PATIENT EDUCATION TOOLS The following tools can be used to
... Daily changes in weight are usually the result of water weight. By weighing yourself every day at the same time, you can help monitor whether your body is retaining fluid due to heart failure. Even though you may feel the same, a gain of just 3 to 4 pounds over a few days is a sign of worsening cong ...
... Daily changes in weight are usually the result of water weight. By weighing yourself every day at the same time, you can help monitor whether your body is retaining fluid due to heart failure. Even though you may feel the same, a gain of just 3 to 4 pounds over a few days is a sign of worsening cong ...
life with dilated cardiomyopathy
... In very rare cases, exposure to certain chemicals can cause dilated cardiomyopathy. In these cases, we don’t know if the person developed the condition because they already had a genetic tendency to develop it, or whether the toxins caused the cardiomyopathy. Some anti-cancer medicines, such as anth ...
... In very rare cases, exposure to certain chemicals can cause dilated cardiomyopathy. In these cases, we don’t know if the person developed the condition because they already had a genetic tendency to develop it, or whether the toxins caused the cardiomyopathy. Some anti-cancer medicines, such as anth ...
Stress-dependent cardiac remodeling occurs in the absence of
... translational inhibition or degradation of specific mRNAs, play critical roles in tissue responses to stress and are mis-expressed in diseased murine and human hearts (2–8). Gain and loss of function in mice have implicated miRNAs in diverse aspects of cardiac function and dysfunction (refs. 3, 7, 9 ...
... translational inhibition or degradation of specific mRNAs, play critical roles in tissue responses to stress and are mis-expressed in diseased murine and human hearts (2–8). Gain and loss of function in mice have implicated miRNAs in diverse aspects of cardiac function and dysfunction (refs. 3, 7, 9 ...
ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for Management of
... AE, Chaitman B, Fromer M, Gregoratos G, Klein G, Moss AJ, Myerburg RJ, Priori SG, Quinones MA, Roden DM, Silka MJ, Tracy C. ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 guidelines for management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death: a report of the American College of Cardiology/ ...
... AE, Chaitman B, Fromer M, Gregoratos G, Klein G, Moss AJ, Myerburg RJ, Priori SG, Quinones MA, Roden DM, Silka MJ, Tracy C. ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 guidelines for management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death: a report of the American College of Cardiology/ ...
ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for Management of Patients With
... AE, Chaitman B, Fromer M, Gregoratos G, Klein G, Moss AJ, Myerburg RJ, Priori SG, Quinones MA, Roden DM, Silka MJ, Tracy C. ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 guidelines for management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death: a report of the American College of Cardiology/ ...
... AE, Chaitman B, Fromer M, Gregoratos G, Klein G, Moss AJ, Myerburg RJ, Priori SG, Quinones MA, Roden DM, Silka MJ, Tracy C. ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 guidelines for management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death: a report of the American College of Cardiology/ ...
PDF - Heart Rhythm Society
... create, review, and categorize clinical situations where physicians utilize diagnostic tests and procedures to care for patients with cardiovascular disease. The process is based on current understanding of the benefits and risks of the procedures examined. Although impossible to be entirely compreh ...
... create, review, and categorize clinical situations where physicians utilize diagnostic tests and procedures to care for patients with cardiovascular disease. The process is based on current understanding of the benefits and risks of the procedures examined. Although impossible to be entirely compreh ...
SIGN publication no. 35 - Diagnosis and Treatment of Heart Failure
... A patient who has clearly deteriorated symptomatically because of recent onset AF should be considered for cardioversion. Similarly, the patient who remains markedly symptomatic despite full medical therapy for CHF should also be considered for cardioversion and, in some cases, long term amiodarone ...
... A patient who has clearly deteriorated symptomatically because of recent onset AF should be considered for cardioversion. Similarly, the patient who remains markedly symptomatic despite full medical therapy for CHF should also be considered for cardioversion and, in some cases, long term amiodarone ...
Patient Selection for subcutaneous ICD
... their use is reimbursed through Medicare. However, implantation of endocardial leads using a transvenous approach can be associated with significant procedural and long term complications (DiMarco, 2003). The subcutaneous ICD system provides the same clinical benefits as transvenous ICDs while minim ...
... their use is reimbursed through Medicare. However, implantation of endocardial leads using a transvenous approach can be associated with significant procedural and long term complications (DiMarco, 2003). The subcutaneous ICD system provides the same clinical benefits as transvenous ICDs while minim ...
Potential Changes Attending the Excitation Process in the
... electrical activity of single fibers of the atrioventricular node in rabbit hearts and the effects of acetylcholine thereon,0 and by Scher and associates7 on the mechanism of atrioventricular conduction in canine hearts. These latter studies properly have relegated to a confirmatory status certain o ...
... electrical activity of single fibers of the atrioventricular node in rabbit hearts and the effects of acetylcholine thereon,0 and by Scher and associates7 on the mechanism of atrioventricular conduction in canine hearts. These latter studies properly have relegated to a confirmatory status certain o ...
EMBLEM™ S-ICD System
... When you experience VF, very little blood is pumped from your heart to the rest of your body. When your heart is in VF, you will become unconscious very quickly. Like ventricular tachycardia, VF can be treated with a defibrillator. The defibrillator produces an electrical shock that passes through ...
... When you experience VF, very little blood is pumped from your heart to the rest of your body. When your heart is in VF, you will become unconscious very quickly. Like ventricular tachycardia, VF can be treated with a defibrillator. The defibrillator produces an electrical shock that passes through ...
ACC/AHA/NASPE Guideline for Implantation of
... drug toxicity, Lyme disease, etc), or during hypoxia in sleep apnea syndrome in absence of symptoms. Gregoratos G. et al. ACC/AHA/NASPE 2002 guideline update for implantation of cardiac pacemakers and antiarrhythmia devices: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association T ...
... drug toxicity, Lyme disease, etc), or during hypoxia in sleep apnea syndrome in absence of symptoms. Gregoratos G. et al. ACC/AHA/NASPE 2002 guideline update for implantation of cardiac pacemakers and antiarrhythmia devices: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association T ...
ICD - Patient Handbook
... When you experience VF, very little blood is pumped from your heart to the rest of your body. When your heart is in VF, you will become unconscious very quickly. Like ventricular tachycardia, VF can be treated with a defibrillator. The defibrillator produces an electrical shock that passes through t ...
... When you experience VF, very little blood is pumped from your heart to the rest of your body. When your heart is in VF, you will become unconscious very quickly. Like ventricular tachycardia, VF can be treated with a defibrillator. The defibrillator produces an electrical shock that passes through t ...
ACC/AHA/NASPE Guideline for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers
... drug toxicity, Lyme disease, etc), or during hypoxia in sleep apnea syndrome in absence of symptoms. Gregoratos G. et al. ACC/AHA/NASPE 2002 guideline update for implantation of cardiac pacemakers and antiarrhythmia devices: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association T ...
... drug toxicity, Lyme disease, etc), or during hypoxia in sleep apnea syndrome in absence of symptoms. Gregoratos G. et al. ACC/AHA/NASPE 2002 guideline update for implantation of cardiac pacemakers and antiarrhythmia devices: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association T ...
CRT-D - Boston Scientific
... One type of arrhythmia you may experience is ventricular tachycardia (VT). With this type of arrhythmia, your heart’s electrical signals may come from one of the ventricles instead of the SA node (Figure 4). The electrical signal does not pass through the heart normally and causes a fast, sometimes ...
... One type of arrhythmia you may experience is ventricular tachycardia (VT). With this type of arrhythmia, your heart’s electrical signals may come from one of the ventricles instead of the SA node (Figure 4). The electrical signal does not pass through the heart normally and causes a fast, sometimes ...
Advances in Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
... with infarct-related VT (Table 2). Early experiences with catheter ablation in this clinical setting reported a significant association between noninducibility at the end of the procedure and VT-free survival.12–16 Subsequent studies including larger patient populations have provided mixed results.4 ...
... with infarct-related VT (Table 2). Early experiences with catheter ablation in this clinical setting reported a significant association between noninducibility at the end of the procedure and VT-free survival.12–16 Subsequent studies including larger patient populations have provided mixed results.4 ...
Pacing System Malfunction: Evaluation and Troubleshooting
... Although many pacing system malfunction are common to single-chamber and dualchamber devices, the latter are more challenging. This section will discuss the common malfunctions associated with single-chamber pacing systems. The subsequent sections will focus on specific abnormalities associated with ...
... Although many pacing system malfunction are common to single-chamber and dualchamber devices, the latter are more challenging. This section will discuss the common malfunctions associated with single-chamber pacing systems. The subsequent sections will focus on specific abnormalities associated with ...
Atrial Septal Defect and Atrial Fibrillation: The Known and Unknown
... ostium primum defect belongs to the atrioventricular (AV) septal defects (also known as endocardial cushion defects), which may include a large ventricular septal defect and a common AV valve in its complete form. The sinus venosus defect is usually located at the junction of the right atrium (RA) a ...
... ostium primum defect belongs to the atrioventricular (AV) septal defects (also known as endocardial cushion defects), which may include a large ventricular septal defect and a common AV valve in its complete form. The sinus venosus defect is usually located at the junction of the right atrium (RA) a ...
Bundle Branch Blocks and Hemiblocks
... (ACC/AHA) guidelines concluded that there is no level of ST segment depression that confers diagnostic significance during exercise ECG testing in patients with LBBB – Can use myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) ...
... (ACC/AHA) guidelines concluded that there is no level of ST segment depression that confers diagnostic significance during exercise ECG testing in patients with LBBB – Can use myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) ...
The epsilon waves clinical characterization and electrophysiological
... The term “epsilon” was nice, because it occurs in the Greek alphabet after delta; thus, delta represents the pre-excitation and epsilon the post-excitation phenomenon. In addition, epsilon is also used in mathematics to express a very small phenomenon. The proximity of the right ventricle (RV) to t ...
... The term “epsilon” was nice, because it occurs in the Greek alphabet after delta; thus, delta represents the pre-excitation and epsilon the post-excitation phenomenon. In addition, epsilon is also used in mathematics to express a very small phenomenon. The proximity of the right ventricle (RV) to t ...
ECG Monitoring of Myocardial Ischemia for Perioperative
... year1. In a mixed general surgical population, up to 10% of the patients will experience cardiac morbidity2. A recent international multicenter trial reports an incidence of myocardial infarction in a mixed general surgical population of 5.7%, with 1.4% of these patients dying from cardiovascular co ...
... year1. In a mixed general surgical population, up to 10% of the patients will experience cardiac morbidity2. A recent international multicenter trial reports an incidence of myocardial infarction in a mixed general surgical population of 5.7%, with 1.4% of these patients dying from cardiovascular co ...
Personalized management of atrial fibrillation
... Almost all patients are in need of rate control therapy. The acute decision is based on symptoms and on ventricular rate (as determined by the ECG). At resting heart rates .100– 110 beats per minute, rate control therapy is required. The choice of rate controlling agent will depend on symptoms and p ...
... Almost all patients are in need of rate control therapy. The acute decision is based on symptoms and on ventricular rate (as determined by the ECG). At resting heart rates .100– 110 beats per minute, rate control therapy is required. The choice of rate controlling agent will depend on symptoms and p ...
Progression from hypertrophic to dilated cardiomyopathy in mice
... undergone cardiac decompensation resulting in a DCM phenotype. This supports the idea that HCM and DCM may be part of a pathological continuum rather than independent diseases. ...
... undergone cardiac decompensation resulting in a DCM phenotype. This supports the idea that HCM and DCM may be part of a pathological continuum rather than independent diseases. ...
Maximum Heart Rate during exercise: Reliability of the 220
... for improving its reliability and proposing corrections that increase its precision (4). A well-known and much used formula is the 220-age. The origin of the formula is a superficial estimation based on the observation in a data set collected in 1968 (5). This formula is used, along with other formu ...
... for improving its reliability and proposing corrections that increase its precision (4). A well-known and much used formula is the 220-age. The origin of the formula is a superficial estimation based on the observation in a data set collected in 1968 (5). This formula is used, along with other formu ...