Three-dimensional transmural organization of perimysial collagen in
... comprises fibrillar proteins such as collagen, elastin, and fibronectin, signaling molecules and enzymes, all surrounded by ground substance. Not only does the ECM provide for structural organization and force transmission, but, more recently, it has come to be seen as a dynamically active entity, c ...
... comprises fibrillar proteins such as collagen, elastin, and fibronectin, signaling molecules and enzymes, all surrounded by ground substance. Not only does the ECM provide for structural organization and force transmission, but, more recently, it has come to be seen as a dynamically active entity, c ...
8 15 17 `Working round my heart transplant gave me more to focus on`
... who attends will find something of relevance and interest. Families who come will be able to meet expert speakers and ask questions, share experiences with ...
... who attends will find something of relevance and interest. Families who come will be able to meet expert speakers and ask questions, share experiences with ...
If Inhibition, Heart Rate, and Coronary Artery Disease
... both cardiovascular and all-cause mortality. A recently published long-term follow-up study provided strong confirmation that heart rate is an independent risk factor for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, using data from nearly 25 000 patients who underwent coronary arteriography for the prese ...
... both cardiovascular and all-cause mortality. A recently published long-term follow-up study provided strong confirmation that heart rate is an independent risk factor for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, using data from nearly 25 000 patients who underwent coronary arteriography for the prese ...
The Cardioprotective Effects of Hydrogen Sulfide in Heart
... the development of cardiac fibrosis, decreased the collagen content in the cardiac tissue by inhibiting the activity of intracardiac Ang-II. It is well known that multiple potassium channels are expressed in cardiac ventricular fibroblasts [50], whereby their modulations may have major significance ...
... the development of cardiac fibrosis, decreased the collagen content in the cardiac tissue by inhibiting the activity of intracardiac Ang-II. It is well known that multiple potassium channels are expressed in cardiac ventricular fibroblasts [50], whereby their modulations may have major significance ...
cellular update From syncitium to regulated pump: a cardiac muscle
... SANCs (similar to that observed in ventricular myocytes described above) regulates rhythmic cardiac excitation (i.e., membrane ion channels) is an important advancement in this area. Central dogma of automaticity. A unique property of cardiac muscle includes automaticity, a function that is primaril ...
... SANCs (similar to that observed in ventricular myocytes described above) regulates rhythmic cardiac excitation (i.e., membrane ion channels) is an important advancement in this area. Central dogma of automaticity. A unique property of cardiac muscle includes automaticity, a function that is primaril ...
ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for Device
... recommendations will only be effective if they are followed. Because lack of patient understanding and adherence may adversely affect treatment outcomes, physicians and other health care providers should make every effort to engage the patient in active participation with prescribed medical regimens ...
... recommendations will only be effective if they are followed. Because lack of patient understanding and adherence may adversely affect treatment outcomes, physicians and other health care providers should make every effort to engage the patient in active participation with prescribed medical regimens ...
Signal Processing Methods for Heart Rate Variability
... application, sleep and head-up tilting (HUT). A novel method for characterising normality in the ECG using both timing information and morphological characteristics is presented. A neural network, used to learn the beat-to-beat variations in ECG waveform morphology, is shown to provide a highly sens ...
... application, sleep and head-up tilting (HUT). A novel method for characterising normality in the ECG using both timing information and morphological characteristics is presented. A neural network, used to learn the beat-to-beat variations in ECG waveform morphology, is shown to provide a highly sens ...
Heart to Heart: Inherited Cardiovascular
... Epidemiological data suggest that the true shortfall may be significantly higher and that it will be likely to increase as more genetic tests become available and cascade testing gathers pace. All the measures of activity surveyed suggest significant inequity in service provision across the country, ...
... Epidemiological data suggest that the true shortfall may be significantly higher and that it will be likely to increase as more genetic tests become available and cascade testing gathers pace. All the measures of activity surveyed suggest significant inequity in service provision across the country, ...
ACC / AHA / HRS 2008 guidelines for device-based
... frequency of follow-up and cost-effectiveness. When available, information from studies on cost will be considered; however, review of data on efficacy and clinical outcomes will constitute the primary basis for preparing recommendations in these guidelines. The ACC/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidel ...
... frequency of follow-up and cost-effectiveness. When available, information from studies on cost will be considered; however, review of data on efficacy and clinical outcomes will constitute the primary basis for preparing recommendations in these guidelines. The ACC/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidel ...
IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS)
... during routine clinical examination. Dextrocardia with situs inversus has been known to be associated with a lower incidence of congenital heart disease (0-10%) unlike its association with situs solitus (the normal levoposition of the heart) with up to 90% of cases [5, 6]. Although only 3-5% of peop ...
... during routine clinical examination. Dextrocardia with situs inversus has been known to be associated with a lower incidence of congenital heart disease (0-10%) unlike its association with situs solitus (the normal levoposition of the heart) with up to 90% of cases [5, 6]. Although only 3-5% of peop ...
AHA/ACC/HR Guideline for the Management of Patients with Atrial
... in the production of guidelines in the area of cardiovascular disease since 1980. The ACC/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Task Force), whose charge is to develop, update, or revise practice guidelines for cardiovascular diseases and procedures, directs this effort. Writing committees are char ...
... in the production of guidelines in the area of cardiovascular disease since 1980. The ACC/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Task Force), whose charge is to develop, update, or revise practice guidelines for cardiovascular diseases and procedures, directs this effort. Writing committees are char ...
Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm with Rupturing into the Right Atrium ¾ A
... sinus, usually over many years. Therefore, sinus of Valsalva aneurysm can remain subclinical for several years until it eventually ruptures between the 3rd and 4th decades of life. The commonest sites of aneurysm ruptures are cardiac chambers, interventricular septum,8 or pericardial space.9 Dilated ...
... sinus, usually over many years. Therefore, sinus of Valsalva aneurysm can remain subclinical for several years until it eventually ruptures between the 3rd and 4th decades of life. The commonest sites of aneurysm ruptures are cardiac chambers, interventricular septum,8 or pericardial space.9 Dilated ...
sinus node paces
... 4. Premature Ventricular Contractions QRS Duration • QRS duration - depolarization of right and left ventricles, from the endocardium to epicardium • Normal QRS duration - 0.06-0.10 sec • QRS duration > 0.10 sec, a conduction delay exists in the bundle branches, Purkinjie network or ventricular myo ...
... 4. Premature Ventricular Contractions QRS Duration • QRS duration - depolarization of right and left ventricles, from the endocardium to epicardium • Normal QRS duration - 0.06-0.10 sec • QRS duration > 0.10 sec, a conduction delay exists in the bundle branches, Purkinjie network or ventricular myo ...
Inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2 improves cardiac - AJP
... PGE2 synthase release large quantities of PGE2, grow faster than normal cells, and also exhibit altered morphology (30). In addition, COX-2 has been detected in the heart in patients with congestive heart failure and during allograft rejection (47, 50). However, we know very little about its regulat ...
... PGE2 synthase release large quantities of PGE2, grow faster than normal cells, and also exhibit altered morphology (30). In addition, COX-2 has been detected in the heart in patients with congestive heart failure and during allograft rejection (47, 50). However, we know very little about its regulat ...
Rediscovering Heart Failure Burden Report
... of just less than half a million adults with this form of heart failure. 5. An additional 164,000 men and 332,000 women are estimated to have heart failure with a preserved ejection fraction. 6. In total, we now estimate that nearly one million Australians are now affected by the syndrome (with a ...
... of just less than half a million adults with this form of heart failure. 5. An additional 164,000 men and 332,000 women are estimated to have heart failure with a preserved ejection fraction. 6. In total, we now estimate that nearly one million Australians are now affected by the syndrome (with a ...
THE INFLUENCE OF THE VAGUS NERVES ON THE FARADIZED
... Schlagen. This form of auricular activity consisted of definite contractions of the auricles which affected at least the main mass of the musculature, together with either fibrillatory movements seen more or less distinctly, especially on the margins of the auricles, or weak peristaltic waves runnin ...
... Schlagen. This form of auricular activity consisted of definite contractions of the auricles which affected at least the main mass of the musculature, together with either fibrillatory movements seen more or less distinctly, especially on the margins of the auricles, or weak peristaltic waves runnin ...
Myocardial ischaemia and the cardiac nervous system
... generated by dorsal root ganglion cardiac afferent neurones in anesthetized dogs during control states were found to occur at higher frequencies (|10 Hz) than those generated by nodose ganglion cardiac afferent neurones (|0.1 Hz). The sensory neurites of only |10% of nodose ganglion cardiac afferent ...
... generated by dorsal root ganglion cardiac afferent neurones in anesthetized dogs during control states were found to occur at higher frequencies (|10 Hz) than those generated by nodose ganglion cardiac afferent neurones (|0.1 Hz). The sensory neurites of only |10% of nodose ganglion cardiac afferent ...
Dissecting the Role of the Extracellular Matrix in Heart Disease
... the TGF-β growth factor Decapentaplegic (Dpp), a BMP2/4-homologue [57,58]. Pannier, involved in CB specification in Drosophila, is homologous with GATA4 [59]. Drosophila possesses a single Mef2 gene, Dmef2, which is expressed in myocardial precursors [60,61]. Its Hand gene, encoding a basic helix-lo ...
... the TGF-β growth factor Decapentaplegic (Dpp), a BMP2/4-homologue [57,58]. Pannier, involved in CB specification in Drosophila, is homologous with GATA4 [59]. Drosophila possesses a single Mef2 gene, Dmef2, which is expressed in myocardial precursors [60,61]. Its Hand gene, encoding a basic helix-lo ...
Robertson, Taylor, Final Thesis.
... Cardiac hypertrophy is an increase in heart size due to either physiological or pathological reasons. Physiological inducers include exercise or pregnancy. For instance, athletes experience cardiac hypertrophy during their seasons of workouts. However, when they stop working out consistently, their ...
... Cardiac hypertrophy is an increase in heart size due to either physiological or pathological reasons. Physiological inducers include exercise or pregnancy. For instance, athletes experience cardiac hypertrophy during their seasons of workouts. However, when they stop working out consistently, their ...
Extraction of Response Waveforms of Heartbeat and Blood Pressure
... of swallowing. ▶ Figures 2B –E show SBP waveforms as an example of the signal processing in this study. First, the time of swallowing was identified by the waveform of the accelerometer (▶ Figure 2A). Second, the SBP data during swallowing and during two breaths after swallowing was extracted as “sw ...
... of swallowing. ▶ Figures 2B –E show SBP waveforms as an example of the signal processing in this study. First, the time of swallowing was identified by the waveform of the accelerometer (▶ Figure 2A). Second, the SBP data during swallowing and during two breaths after swallowing was extracted as “sw ...
Heart rate variability and baroreflex sensitivity in subjects without
... variability (HRV) and baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) in a large random sample of subjects without evidence of heart disease, and to estimate the relation of heart rate behavior to age, sex and cardiovascular risk factors. Short-term HRV was analyzed from 15-minute periods of standardized recording in ...
... variability (HRV) and baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) in a large random sample of subjects without evidence of heart disease, and to estimate the relation of heart rate behavior to age, sex and cardiovascular risk factors. Short-term HRV was analyzed from 15-minute periods of standardized recording in ...
Influence of pacing site on canine left ventricular contraction
... been shown, surprisingly, that despite the increased dispersion in electrical activity, the duration of ventricular contraction is little affected by ventricular pacing (3), a finding whose significance has not been recognized. Results of previous studies indicate that with epicardial ventricular pa ...
... been shown, surprisingly, that despite the increased dispersion in electrical activity, the duration of ventricular contraction is little affected by ventricular pacing (3), a finding whose significance has not been recognized. Results of previous studies indicate that with epicardial ventricular pa ...
Lead aVR – The Neglected Lead - Journal of the Association of
... an increased amplitude of the terminal R wave and an increased R wave to S wave ratio.15 QTc prolongation in this condition is primarily due to QRS widening. Progressive ...
... an increased amplitude of the terminal R wave and an increased R wave to S wave ratio.15 QTc prolongation in this condition is primarily due to QRS widening. Progressive ...
Inappropriate ICD Shocks_Incidence, Predictors and
... all cardiovascular mortality worldwide (1–3). Several important clinical trials have shown that the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) provides a substantial and significant reduction in mortality in survivors of sudden cardiac arrest and high-risk patients with cardiovascular disease (4 – ...
... all cardiovascular mortality worldwide (1–3). Several important clinical trials have shown that the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) provides a substantial and significant reduction in mortality in survivors of sudden cardiac arrest and high-risk patients with cardiovascular disease (4 – ...
the PDF - Heart Rhythm Society
... recommendations will only be effective if they are followed. Because lack of patient understanding and adherence may adversely affect treatment outcomes, physicians and other health care providers should make every effort to engage the patient in active participation with prescribed medical regimens ...
... recommendations will only be effective if they are followed. Because lack of patient understanding and adherence may adversely affect treatment outcomes, physicians and other health care providers should make every effort to engage the patient in active participation with prescribed medical regimens ...