The use of diuretics in acute heart failure: Evidence based
... 2. More patients exhibiting severe clinical signs and symptoms. 3. Higher rates of mechanical ventilation (compared to the US) 4. More frequent use of inotropic drugs 5. Underutilization of baseline heart failure medications such as ACEI or ARB, beta blocker and low dose spironolactone 6. Higher rat ...
... 2. More patients exhibiting severe clinical signs and symptoms. 3. Higher rates of mechanical ventilation (compared to the US) 4. More frequent use of inotropic drugs 5. Underutilization of baseline heart failure medications such as ACEI or ARB, beta blocker and low dose spironolactone 6. Higher rat ...
Cardiac Cycle Phase Identification in Echocardiography Images
... flowing out from the chamber of the heart. The aim here is to identify the states of the heart and the volume during the cardiac cycle function occurs. In this paper the left ventricle is considered for the project as due to its importance in pumping the oxygenated blood (pure blood) to all parts of ...
... flowing out from the chamber of the heart. The aim here is to identify the states of the heart and the volume during the cardiac cycle function occurs. In this paper the left ventricle is considered for the project as due to its importance in pumping the oxygenated blood (pure blood) to all parts of ...
Cayman Pulse - April 2012
... During the Greco-Persian War in 490 BC, Pheidippides, a 40-year-old Greek messenger ran ~150 miles during a 48-hour period to deliver urgent military information. On the third day, he ran the 26 miles from a battlefield near Marathon to Athens to deliver news of a Greek victory. According to legend, ...
... During the Greco-Persian War in 490 BC, Pheidippides, a 40-year-old Greek messenger ran ~150 miles during a 48-hour period to deliver urgent military information. On the third day, he ran the 26 miles from a battlefield near Marathon to Athens to deliver news of a Greek victory. According to legend, ...
Chest Pain - Heart Attack Care
... heart muscle, abnormal heart rhythm, high blood pressure, aneurysms, stroke and peripheral vascular disease. These diseases and conditions can lead someone to have a heart attack. However, if you know the signs of a heart attack you may save a life – even your own. ...
... heart muscle, abnormal heart rhythm, high blood pressure, aneurysms, stroke and peripheral vascular disease. These diseases and conditions can lead someone to have a heart attack. However, if you know the signs of a heart attack you may save a life – even your own. ...
Curriculum Vitae
... There are several things that should prevail as values when dealing with a Scientific Society, which include continuity, consistency, transparency and dedication among others. Therefore, It is essential to establish a midterm plan that involves at least two mandates, since two years is too short to ...
... There are several things that should prevail as values when dealing with a Scientific Society, which include continuity, consistency, transparency and dedication among others. Therefore, It is essential to establish a midterm plan that involves at least two mandates, since two years is too short to ...
(AF)? - Atrial Fibrillation Clinic
... If you are taking Warfarin (Coumadin), you will have to be careful about taking foods that are high in vitamin K. Foods that are high in Vitamin K include green leafy vegetables. Warfarin gets in the way of how vitamin K works in your body. Also, if you change the amount of food you eat that is hig ...
... If you are taking Warfarin (Coumadin), you will have to be careful about taking foods that are high in vitamin K. Foods that are high in Vitamin K include green leafy vegetables. Warfarin gets in the way of how vitamin K works in your body. Also, if you change the amount of food you eat that is hig ...
EFFECT OF VARIOUS AGENTS ON THE BLOOD FLOW THROUGH
... cannot be explained by the increased nutrition of the heart, as it has been generally supposed. It would be impossible to say without experimental evidence how great would be its effect on conditions of spasm of the coronary arteries. W e can assume, however, from our results that considerable vasod ...
... cannot be explained by the increased nutrition of the heart, as it has been generally supposed. It would be impossible to say without experimental evidence how great would be its effect on conditions of spasm of the coronary arteries. W e can assume, however, from our results that considerable vasod ...
Pathogenesis of cardiac failure
... rises and the increased pressure is often transmitted to the pulmonary system, leading to pulmonary congestion and dyspnoea. This compensatory mechanism occurs in an effort to enhance ventricular filling and to maintain cardiac output. The predisposing conditions associated with diastolic heart fail ...
... rises and the increased pressure is often transmitted to the pulmonary system, leading to pulmonary congestion and dyspnoea. This compensatory mechanism occurs in an effort to enhance ventricular filling and to maintain cardiac output. The predisposing conditions associated with diastolic heart fail ...
Chapter 6 Cardiovascular System
... 1. Ask for student volunteers and compare the resting heart rates of several students in the class. Next, ask these students to briskly walk up and down two flights of stairs. This exercise shows the relationship between how well resting pulse correlates to overall physical conditioning (ask student ...
... 1. Ask for student volunteers and compare the resting heart rates of several students in the class. Next, ask these students to briskly walk up and down two flights of stairs. This exercise shows the relationship between how well resting pulse correlates to overall physical conditioning (ask student ...
Evidence-Based Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
... unhealthy lifestyles may have a broad range of risk for CVD. For example, a woman found to have coronary calcification or increased carotid intimal thickness may be at low absolute risk of CHD on the basis of the Framingham score, but she may actually be at intermediate or high risk of a future CVD ...
... unhealthy lifestyles may have a broad range of risk for CVD. For example, a woman found to have coronary calcification or increased carotid intimal thickness may be at low absolute risk of CHD on the basis of the Framingham score, but she may actually be at intermediate or high risk of a future CVD ...
Palpitations - COR Medical Group
... “electrical” problem of the heart where the heart structurally otherwise is healthy and normal but arrhythmias can also occur with underlying heart disease as well. Many arrhythmias do not have a known cause. However, there are various factors that can contribute to arrhythmias. These include heart ...
... “electrical” problem of the heart where the heart structurally otherwise is healthy and normal but arrhythmias can also occur with underlying heart disease as well. Many arrhythmias do not have a known cause. However, there are various factors that can contribute to arrhythmias. These include heart ...
What is Your Hypertension IQ?
... The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7) established the following guidelines for hypertension. 1. In persons older than 50, systolic blood pressure (BP) of more than 140 mm Hg is a much more important card ...
... The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7) established the following guidelines for hypertension. 1. In persons older than 50, systolic blood pressure (BP) of more than 140 mm Hg is a much more important card ...
IHD,angina,_MI__2011,gg_g
... ◦ Severe crushing substernal chest pain, which may radiate to the neck, jaw, epigastrum, shoulder or left arm. ◦ Pain lasts for hours to days and is not relieved by nitroglycerin. ◦ Absent in 20-30% of patients. (2) Pulse is rapid and weak. ...
... ◦ Severe crushing substernal chest pain, which may radiate to the neck, jaw, epigastrum, shoulder or left arm. ◦ Pain lasts for hours to days and is not relieved by nitroglycerin. ◦ Absent in 20-30% of patients. (2) Pulse is rapid and weak. ...
ONTOLOGY BASED CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE DIAGNOSIS USING NEURAL NETWORKS
... Obstructed blood flow-When blood vessels or heart valves are narrow because of a Heart Defect, the heart must work harder to pump blood through them. The most common of this type defect is Pulmonary Stenosis, Aortic Stenosis. The narrowed valve forces the heart muscle to work harder, eventually lead ...
... Obstructed blood flow-When blood vessels or heart valves are narrow because of a Heart Defect, the heart must work harder to pump blood through them. The most common of this type defect is Pulmonary Stenosis, Aortic Stenosis. The narrowed valve forces the heart muscle to work harder, eventually lead ...
Fulltext: english,
... ventricular compliance (coronary heart disease, fibrosis, hypertrophy) increased intrathoracic pressure of positive pressure ventilation will reduce afterload of the left ventricle and increase cardiac output. (1,4,5,6,7) In left ventricular dysfunction, manifested by increase in preload and afterlo ...
... ventricular compliance (coronary heart disease, fibrosis, hypertrophy) increased intrathoracic pressure of positive pressure ventilation will reduce afterload of the left ventricle and increase cardiac output. (1,4,5,6,7) In left ventricular dysfunction, manifested by increase in preload and afterlo ...
Lecture 3 LRC
... Atherosclerosis characterized by a buildup of yellowish plaques on the inner walls of arteries. The plaque is composed of cholesterol, lipids, platelets, calcium, and cellular debris. As the plaque size increases, it starts to restrict blood flow and oxygen to the heart and brain. ...
... Atherosclerosis characterized by a buildup of yellowish plaques on the inner walls of arteries. The plaque is composed of cholesterol, lipids, platelets, calcium, and cellular debris. As the plaque size increases, it starts to restrict blood flow and oxygen to the heart and brain. ...
Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation
... National Audit Office. Progress in improving stroke care. 2010 2 ...
... National Audit Office. Progress in improving stroke care. 2010 2 ...
Sample pages 1 PDF
... Alexander the Great made both Mesopotamia and Egypt part of the Greek empire which must have intensified intellectual contact between Mesopotamia and Egypt on the one hand and Greece on the other. After his death in 323 BCE, one of his generals proclaimed himself King of Egypt, as Ptolemeus I, Soter ...
... Alexander the Great made both Mesopotamia and Egypt part of the Greek empire which must have intensified intellectual contact between Mesopotamia and Egypt on the one hand and Greece on the other. After his death in 323 BCE, one of his generals proclaimed himself King of Egypt, as Ptolemeus I, Soter ...
HOPE - New England Journal of Medicine
... these patients, 2.6 percent had an ejection fraction of less than 0.40. A subsequent review of the charts of randomized patients showed that ventricular function had been evaluated before randomization in 5193. Only 421 of these patients (8.1 percent) had a low ejection fraction, and none had heart ...
... these patients, 2.6 percent had an ejection fraction of less than 0.40. A subsequent review of the charts of randomized patients showed that ventricular function had been evaluated before randomization in 5193. Only 421 of these patients (8.1 percent) had a low ejection fraction, and none had heart ...
Congenital Heart Disease for the Adult Sonographer
... How is it applied? • Utilize multiple echo planes to visualize all cardiac structures and related viscera. ...
... How is it applied? • Utilize multiple echo planes to visualize all cardiac structures and related viscera. ...
Trevor L. Jenkins, MD UH Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute
... Physical examination shows a diaphoretic man in mild distress. Blood pressure is 118/74 mm Hg, pulse rate is 96/min, respiration rate is 20/min. Oxygen saturation is 88% on ambient air. Estimated central venous pressure is 10 cm H2O. There is a regular rhythm and S2 is diminished in intensity. There ...
... Physical examination shows a diaphoretic man in mild distress. Blood pressure is 118/74 mm Hg, pulse rate is 96/min, respiration rate is 20/min. Oxygen saturation is 88% on ambient air. Estimated central venous pressure is 10 cm H2O. There is a regular rhythm and S2 is diminished in intensity. There ...
Table 2 - JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging
... outcomes in several subgroups, using different stress methods and radionuclide tracers (7–11). Most studies that evaluated the prognostic value of SPECT-MPI in women collected data before the year 2000 (12–14). In the following years, important changes in IHD treatment were introduced in clinical pr ...
... outcomes in several subgroups, using different stress methods and radionuclide tracers (7–11). Most studies that evaluated the prognostic value of SPECT-MPI in women collected data before the year 2000 (12–14). In the following years, important changes in IHD treatment were introduced in clinical pr ...
Screening for left ventricular systolic dysfunction among patients
... General medicine patients ⱖ60 years of age with hypertension, diabetes, coronary artery disease, or previous myocardial infarction (MI) but no history of HF or reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) were eligible. Medical history and symptoms of breathlessness were determined by interview ...
... General medicine patients ⱖ60 years of age with hypertension, diabetes, coronary artery disease, or previous myocardial infarction (MI) but no history of HF or reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) were eligible. Medical history and symptoms of breathlessness were determined by interview ...
Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels. Cardiovascular disease includes coronary artery diseases (CAD) such as angina and myocardial infarction (commonly known as a heart attack). Other CVDs are stroke, hypertensive heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, cardiomyopathy, atrial fibrillation, congenital heart disease, endocarditis, aortic aneurysms, peripheral artery disease and venous thrombosis.The underlying mechanisms vary depending on the disease in question. Coronary artery disease, stroke, and peripheral artery disease involve atherosclerosis. This may be caused by high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes, lack of exercise, obesity, high blood cholesterol, poor diet, and excessive alcohol consumption, among others. High blood pressure results in 13% of CVD deaths, while tobacco results in 9%, diabetes 6%, lack of exercise 6% and obesity 5%. Rheumatic heart disease may follow untreated strep throat.It is estimated that 90% of CVD is preventable. Prevention of atherosclerosis is by decreasing risk factors through: healthy eating, exercise, avoidance of tobacco smoke and limiting alcohol intake. Treating high blood pressure and diabetes is also beneficial. Treating people who have strep throat with antibiotics can decrease the risk of rheumatic heart disease. The effect of the use of aspirin in people who are otherwise healthy is of unclear benefit. The United States Preventive Services Task Force recommends against its use for prevention in women less than 55 and men less than 45 years old; however, in those who are older it is recommends in some individuals. Treatment of those who have CVD improves outcomes.Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death globally. This is true in all areas of the world except Africa. Together they resulted in 17.3 million deaths (31.5%) in 2013 up from 12.3 million (25.8%) in 1990. Deaths, at a given age, from CVD are more common and have been increasing in much of the developing world, while rates have declined in most of the developed world since the 1970s. Coronary artery disease and stroke account for 80% of CVD deaths in males and 75% of CVD deaths in females. Most cardiovascular disease affects older adults. In the United States 11% of people between 20 and 40 have CVD, while 37% between 40 and 60, 71% of people between 60 and 80, and 85% of people over 80 have CVD. The average age of death from coronary artery disease in the developed world is around 80 while it is around 68 in the developing world. Disease onset is typically seven to ten years earlier in men as compared to women.