Wenckebach Periods in
... completely blocked in the preceding beats (beats 1, 5, and 8) only. However, how conduction took place in beats 3 and 4 of the first period and in beats 7 and 10 of the last two periods in the left bundle branch needs clarification. The LBBB configuration of beats 3, 4, 7, and 10 may be explained in ...
... completely blocked in the preceding beats (beats 1, 5, and 8) only. However, how conduction took place in beats 3 and 4 of the first period and in beats 7 and 10 of the last two periods in the left bundle branch needs clarification. The LBBB configuration of beats 3, 4, 7, and 10 may be explained in ...
Management of atrial fibrillation-Review
... but not the ultimate clinical outcome, and re-emphasises that management of the disorder should be guided by symptoms. Notably, many patients with atrial fibrillation progress to permanent atrial fibrillation, and older age at diagnosis is an independent predictor of progression on multivariate anal ...
... but not the ultimate clinical outcome, and re-emphasises that management of the disorder should be guided by symptoms. Notably, many patients with atrial fibrillation progress to permanent atrial fibrillation, and older age at diagnosis is an independent predictor of progression on multivariate anal ...
2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of patients with
... associated with acute coronary syndromes: pre-hospital phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1.3 Prevention of sudden cardiac death associated with acute coronary syndromes: in-hospital phase . . . . . . . . . 5.1.3.1 Ventricular arrhythmias in acute coronary ...
... associated with acute coronary syndromes: pre-hospital phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1.3 Prevention of sudden cardiac death associated with acute coronary syndromes: in-hospital phase . . . . . . . . . 5.1.3.1 Ventricular arrhythmias in acute coronary ...
2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of patients with
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... Guidelines may be translated or reproduced in any form without written permission from the ESC. Permission can be obtained upon submission of a written request to Oxford University Press, the publisher of the European Heart Journal and the party authorized to handle such permissions on behalf of the ...
2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of patients with
... 5.1.2 Prevention and management of sudden cardiac death associated with acute coronary syndromes: pre-hospital phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2816 5.1.3 Prevention of sudden cardiac death associated with acute coronary syndromes: in-hospital phase . . . . ...
... 5.1.2 Prevention and management of sudden cardiac death associated with acute coronary syndromes: pre-hospital phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2816 5.1.3 Prevention of sudden cardiac death associated with acute coronary syndromes: in-hospital phase . . . . ...
2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of patients with
... 5.1.1 Ventricular arrhythmias associated with acute coronary syndromes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2816 5.1.2 Prevention and management of sudden cardiac death associated with acute coronary syndromes: pre-hospital phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
... 5.1.1 Ventricular arrhythmias associated with acute coronary syndromes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2816 5.1.2 Prevention and management of sudden cardiac death associated with acute coronary syndromes: pre-hospital phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of
... ventricular arrhythmias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1.3.4 Premature ventricular complexes . . . . . . . . . . 5.1.3.5 Sustained VT and VF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1.3.6 Catheter ablation of recurrent sustained ventricular tachycardia, recurrent ventricular fibrillation ...
... ventricular arrhythmias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1.3.4 Premature ventricular complexes . . . . . . . . . . 5.1.3.5 Sustained VT and VF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1.3.6 Catheter ablation of recurrent sustained ventricular tachycardia, recurrent ventricular fibrillation ...
Atrio-Ventricular Conduction with and without AV Nodal Delay: Two
... have a nodal morphology. Purple electrograms and OAPs are located along the SP. There is overlap in the characteristics of the brown and purple electrograms and OAPs. Traces shown in black were difficult to classify because they share characteristics of two types of activation. White traces were rec ...
... have a nodal morphology. Purple electrograms and OAPs are located along the SP. There is overlap in the characteristics of the brown and purple electrograms and OAPs. Traces shown in black were difficult to classify because they share characteristics of two types of activation. White traces were rec ...
2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of patients with
... ventricular arrhythmias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1.3.4 Premature ventricular complexes . . . . . . . . . . 5.1.3.5 Sustained VT and VF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1.3.6 Catheter ablation of recurrent sustained ventricular tachycardia, recurrent ventricular fibrillation ...
... ventricular arrhythmias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1.3.4 Premature ventricular complexes . . . . . . . . . . 5.1.3.5 Sustained VT and VF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1.3.6 Catheter ablation of recurrent sustained ventricular tachycardia, recurrent ventricular fibrillation ...
The Influence of Cardiac Trabeculae on Ventricular
... From a microstructural point of view the trabeculae are roughly homologous with the ventricular wall. The myocardium is composed for about the 70% of its volume by parallel cardiac muscle cells, or myocytes, having a diameter which varies between 10 and 20 μm and a length that ranges between 80 and ...
... From a microstructural point of view the trabeculae are roughly homologous with the ventricular wall. The myocardium is composed for about the 70% of its volume by parallel cardiac muscle cells, or myocytes, having a diameter which varies between 10 and 20 μm and a length that ranges between 80 and ...
Clinical predictors of the defibrillation threshold with the
... threshold and patient age, history of heart surgery, history of myocardial infarction, history of ventricular tachycardia, recent amiodarone therapy, cardiothoracic ratio, the distance between the two electrodes on the posteroanterior chest roentgenogram, posterior and septal wall thickness on echoc ...
... threshold and patient age, history of heart surgery, history of myocardial infarction, history of ventricular tachycardia, recent amiodarone therapy, cardiothoracic ratio, the distance between the two electrodes on the posteroanterior chest roentgenogram, posterior and septal wall thickness on echoc ...
Solutions for Electrocardiograph and Heart Rate Monitor Applications
... higher amplitude of the QRS complex compared with the P wave is due to the fact that the ventricles contain more muscle mass than atria. Actually, there is one atrium repolarization wave that resembles an inverse P wave, but it is overlapped by the QRS wave. The electrocardiogram signal is useful in ...
... higher amplitude of the QRS complex compared with the P wave is due to the fact that the ventricles contain more muscle mass than atria. Actually, there is one atrium repolarization wave that resembles an inverse P wave, but it is overlapped by the QRS wave. The electrocardiogram signal is useful in ...
65 ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTIC OF LEFT
... the other hand, moderate left ventricular hypertrophy may be confused with pathological disorders such as hypertrophic or dilated cardiomyopathy (22, 26, 29). The data regarding impact of long-term exersice on left ventricular mass in children and adolescent athletes are relative scare. There are cu ...
... the other hand, moderate left ventricular hypertrophy may be confused with pathological disorders such as hypertrophic or dilated cardiomyopathy (22, 26, 29). The data regarding impact of long-term exersice on left ventricular mass in children and adolescent athletes are relative scare. There are cu ...
On the role of the pericardium in the Physioheart experimental setup
... distribution. After removal of the pericardium, little or no direct ventricular interaction and limited ability to compensate rapidly for sudden changes were shown. As for material properties, it was shown that the collagen bundles in the pericardium are distributed over two main directions, at an a ...
... distribution. After removal of the pericardium, little or no direct ventricular interaction and limited ability to compensate rapidly for sudden changes were shown. As for material properties, it was shown that the collagen bundles in the pericardium are distributed over two main directions, at an a ...
ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 guidelines for management of patients with
... 11.1.3.7. Genetic defect . . . . . . . 11.1.3.8. Ventricular arrhythmias . . 11.1.3.9. Genetic analysis . . . . . . . 11.1.4. Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia . . . . . . . . 11.1.4.1. Causes and risk factors . . . 11.1.4.2. Risk stratification . . . . . . 11.1.4.3. Ventricular a ...
... 11.1.3.7. Genetic defect . . . . . . . 11.1.3.8. Ventricular arrhythmias . . 11.1.3.9. Genetic analysis . . . . . . . 11.1.4. Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia . . . . . . . . 11.1.4.1. Causes and risk factors . . . 11.1.4.2. Risk stratification . . . . . . 11.1.4.3. Ventricular a ...
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... a mutation in Scn5a (1798insD), ventricular activation ended after the end of the QRS complex (12.9 + 0.1 vs. ...
... a mutation in Scn5a (1798insD), ventricular activation ended after the end of the QRS complex (12.9 + 0.1 vs. ...
ACC/AHA/ESC Practice Guidelines
... 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/American Heart Association Task Force and ...
... 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/American Heart Association Task Force and ...
Structural And Functional Remodeling Of The Left Atrium: Clinical
... substrates for AF and the therapeutic options available to prevent these changes or for reverse remodeling. Here we also highlighted the emerging role of aggressive risk factor management aimed at the arrhythmogenic atrial substrate to prevent or retard AF progression. ...
... substrates for AF and the therapeutic options available to prevent these changes or for reverse remodeling. Here we also highlighted the emerging role of aggressive risk factor management aimed at the arrhythmogenic atrial substrate to prevent or retard AF progression. ...
Dreaded Heart Blocks
... Third degree heart block/ complete heart block 3rd degree heart block indicates complete absence of conduction between atria and ventricles 3rd degree heart block is characterized by a complete dissociation between P waves and ...
... Third degree heart block/ complete heart block 3rd degree heart block indicates complete absence of conduction between atria and ventricles 3rd degree heart block is characterized by a complete dissociation between P waves and ...
The AV junction region of the heart: a comprehensive - AJP
... wall around the valve. These tissues and the pectinate muscles form a muscular valvular apparatus (53, 61). The present study was undertaken as an essential part of a series of correlated electrophysiological investigations that showed that the atrionodal bundles and proximal AV bundle are part of a ...
... wall around the valve. These tissues and the pectinate muscles form a muscular valvular apparatus (53, 61). The present study was undertaken as an essential part of a series of correlated electrophysiological investigations that showed that the atrionodal bundles and proximal AV bundle are part of a ...
Cardiac endocrine function is an essential component of the
... specific pathophysiological conditions in humans. On the other hand, BNP and its related peptides have been preferentially used for diagnosis, stratification, and monitoring of patients with cardiac and noncardiac diseases during the most recent years, thus more clinical data are available on these ...
... specific pathophysiological conditions in humans. On the other hand, BNP and its related peptides have been preferentially used for diagnosis, stratification, and monitoring of patients with cardiac and noncardiac diseases during the most recent years, thus more clinical data are available on these ...
Modelling of the ventricular conduction system
... repeated subendocardial focal activity, presumably of Purkinje origin, is observed to occur (Pogwizd and Corr, 1992; Chung et al., 1997; Pogwizd et al., 1998; Arnar et al., 1997, 2001; Arnar and Martins, 2002). The source of this Purkinje focal activity has been hypothesized to be either abnormal au ...
... repeated subendocardial focal activity, presumably of Purkinje origin, is observed to occur (Pogwizd and Corr, 1992; Chung et al., 1997; Pogwizd et al., 1998; Arnar et al., 1997, 2001; Arnar and Martins, 2002). The source of this Purkinje focal activity has been hypothesized to be either abnormal au ...
Biventricular Pacing in Patients with Bradycardia and Normal
... he deleterious effect of nonphysiologic right ventricular apical pacing on left ventricular systolic function has been recognized since the 1920s.1 In the Dual Chamber and VVI Implantable Defibrillator (DAVID) trial, the unexpected increased rates of death and hospital admission for heart failure am ...
... he deleterious effect of nonphysiologic right ventricular apical pacing on left ventricular systolic function has been recognized since the 1920s.1 In the Dual Chamber and VVI Implantable Defibrillator (DAVID) trial, the unexpected increased rates of death and hospital admission for heart failure am ...
After reading this chapter you will be able to
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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 ...