World Heart Day - ESL Holiday Lessons
... strokes could live / life longer if they changed their lifestyle. Fewer people would die from heart complaints if they were more awareness / aware of the main risks. These include smoking, eating an unhealthy / healthy diet and not exercising. Experts say heart disease will lose China’s economy arou ...
... strokes could live / life longer if they changed their lifestyle. Fewer people would die from heart complaints if they were more awareness / aware of the main risks. These include smoking, eating an unhealthy / healthy diet and not exercising. Experts say heart disease will lose China’s economy arou ...
Pulse Contour Cardiac Output (PiCCO) Learning Package (Liverpool)
... assumed to be proportional to the stroke volume. This means that the stroke volume and thus the cardiac output can be measured beat to beat. The initial transpulmonary thermodilution calibrates the parameters & the algorithm is then capable of computing each single stroke volume Continuous CO readin ...
... assumed to be proportional to the stroke volume. This means that the stroke volume and thus the cardiac output can be measured beat to beat. The initial transpulmonary thermodilution calibrates the parameters & the algorithm is then capable of computing each single stroke volume Continuous CO readin ...
Clinical Utility of Blood Natriuretic Peptide Levels
... at high risk of re-admission after decompensated heart failure”, J.Am. Coll. Cardiol. (February 18 2004);43(4): pp. 635–641. ...
... at high risk of re-admission after decompensated heart failure”, J.Am. Coll. Cardiol. (February 18 2004);43(4): pp. 635–641. ...
Pathogenesis of ventricular hypertrophy
... in hearts subjected to a volume overload and cardiac dilation, while a greater increase in width occurs in hypertrophy due to a pressure overload unaccompanied by chamber dilation (22). Biochemical changes. Increased RNA polymerase activity is one of the earliest biochemical changes observed in deve ...
... in hearts subjected to a volume overload and cardiac dilation, while a greater increase in width occurs in hypertrophy due to a pressure overload unaccompanied by chamber dilation (22). Biochemical changes. Increased RNA polymerase activity is one of the earliest biochemical changes observed in deve ...
section–6 - New Age International
... Highest fetal and maternal mortality occurs during pregnancy in which of the following cardiac condition? ...
... Highest fetal and maternal mortality occurs during pregnancy in which of the following cardiac condition? ...
Cost-Effectiveness of the Use of Implantable Cardioverter
... Background: Sudden cardiac death (SCD) plays an important role in cardio vascular diseases (CVD) and is often caused by arrhythmia. Patients with arrhythmia can be prevented from SCD with antiarrhythmic agents or with an implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (ICD). Primary prevention is focussed on ...
... Background: Sudden cardiac death (SCD) plays an important role in cardio vascular diseases (CVD) and is often caused by arrhythmia. Patients with arrhythmia can be prevented from SCD with antiarrhythmic agents or with an implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (ICD). Primary prevention is focussed on ...
Reflux of Contrast into the Inferior Vena Cava: A Sign of Right
... Characteristics of patients with extensive reflux of contrast on CTPA are shown in Table 1. Of the eleven patients with extensive reflux, five had acute pulmonary embolism and six had pulmonary hypertension ultimately attributed other conditions, including interstitial lung disease, congenital heart ...
... Characteristics of patients with extensive reflux of contrast on CTPA are shown in Table 1. Of the eleven patients with extensive reflux, five had acute pulmonary embolism and six had pulmonary hypertension ultimately attributed other conditions, including interstitial lung disease, congenital heart ...
Effects of blood pressure lowering with amlodipine
... by a single observer using a purpose-designed userdirected edge-detection image analysis program. The observer was blinded to patient identity, treatment allocation and date of examination. IMT was determined as the median distance from the leading edge of the lumen–intima interface to the leading e ...
... by a single observer using a purpose-designed userdirected edge-detection image analysis program. The observer was blinded to patient identity, treatment allocation and date of examination. IMT was determined as the median distance from the leading edge of the lumen–intima interface to the leading e ...
CCS Consensus Cover.qxd
... Atrial fibrillation (AF) affects approximately 200,000 to 250,000 Canadians and is associated with many common clinical conditions such as aging, thromboembolism, hypertension, valvular heart disease and heart failure and is responsible for substantial morbidity and increased mortality. Consequently ...
... Atrial fibrillation (AF) affects approximately 200,000 to 250,000 Canadians and is associated with many common clinical conditions such as aging, thromboembolism, hypertension, valvular heart disease and heart failure and is responsible for substantial morbidity and increased mortality. Consequently ...
16 A C S
... Baseline complete blood count (CBC) and coagulation tests (activated partial thromboplastin time and international normalized ratio) should be obtained because most patients will receive antithrombotic therapy, which increases the risk for bleeding. Other Diagnostic Tests The 12-lead electrocardiogr ...
... Baseline complete blood count (CBC) and coagulation tests (activated partial thromboplastin time and international normalized ratio) should be obtained because most patients will receive antithrombotic therapy, which increases the risk for bleeding. Other Diagnostic Tests The 12-lead electrocardiogr ...
Diastology: What the Radiologist Needs to Know. Objectives LV
... • To review the physiology and clinical importance of diastolic function. • To briefly overview the physiology and echocardiographic patterns of diastolic dysfunction. • To review the current literature on assessment of diastolic function using MRI. ...
... • To review the physiology and clinical importance of diastolic function. • To briefly overview the physiology and echocardiographic patterns of diastolic dysfunction. • To review the current literature on assessment of diastolic function using MRI. ...
pacemaker malfunction
... TV, Hellkamp AS, Zimmerman J. et al., Atrial high rate episodes detected by pacemaker diagnostics predict death and stroke: Report of the Atrial Diagnostics Ancillary Study of the Mode Selection Trial (MOST). ...
... TV, Hellkamp AS, Zimmerman J. et al., Atrial high rate episodes detected by pacemaker diagnostics predict death and stroke: Report of the Atrial Diagnostics Ancillary Study of the Mode Selection Trial (MOST). ...
ESC Guidelines for the management of grown-up congenital heart disease
... this pathology. In brief, experts in the field are selected and undertake a comprehensive review of the published evidence for management and/or prevention of a given condition. A critical evaluation of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures is performed, including assessment of the risk –benefit rat ...
... this pathology. In brief, experts in the field are selected and undertake a comprehensive review of the published evidence for management and/or prevention of a given condition. A critical evaluation of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures is performed, including assessment of the risk –benefit rat ...
Transcatheter Valve Replacement with the Edwards SAPIEN XT
... effectiveness of the Edwards SAPIEN XT transcatheter heart valve placed in patients with a failing surgical valve. The study was conducted in the United States (US). The study included 97 patients with a failing surgical valve whose doctors had determined them to be at high risk or too sick to under ...
... effectiveness of the Edwards SAPIEN XT transcatheter heart valve placed in patients with a failing surgical valve. The study was conducted in the United States (US). The study included 97 patients with a failing surgical valve whose doctors had determined them to be at high risk or too sick to under ...
Single-site ventricular and biventricular pacing
... LV-epi and RVA-BiV) caused by increased external work relative to normal myocardium. ...
... LV-epi and RVA-BiV) caused by increased external work relative to normal myocardium. ...
Advanced Systolic Function - Society of Cardiovascular
... the left ventricle. The presence of ventricular asymmetry or dysynergy, especially when abnormal regions are not within the plane of the image used to calculate the index may render the index a poor indicator of global left ventricular function. Corrections to the global left ventricular ejection fr ...
... the left ventricle. The presence of ventricular asymmetry or dysynergy, especially when abnormal regions are not within the plane of the image used to calculate the index may render the index a poor indicator of global left ventricular function. Corrections to the global left ventricular ejection fr ...
Risk Stratification for Arrhythmic Events in Patients With
... intermittent preexcitation either at rest or during exercise testing and EP study. ...
... intermittent preexcitation either at rest or during exercise testing and EP study. ...
Clinical Medicine Insights: Cardiology Arrhythmogenic Right
... dysplasia (ARVC/D) is a genetic form of cardiomyopathy that primarily affects the right ventricle (RV). It may also involve the left ventricle (LV) and culminate in life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias, prompting sudden cardiac death (SCD) and/or biventricular heart failure.1–5 ARVC/D was first ...
... dysplasia (ARVC/D) is a genetic form of cardiomyopathy that primarily affects the right ventricle (RV). It may also involve the left ventricle (LV) and culminate in life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias, prompting sudden cardiac death (SCD) and/or biventricular heart failure.1–5 ARVC/D was first ...
Myocardial Infarction Analysis Based on ST
... AMI can be classified according to the presence of STsegment elevation following AMI (STEAMI) or non-STsegment elevation following AMI (NSTEAMI) in ECG. STEAMI is the most severe event among the ischemic syndromes, affecting, in general, the entire wall of the heart12. The ECG remains the main tool ...
... AMI can be classified according to the presence of STsegment elevation following AMI (STEAMI) or non-STsegment elevation following AMI (NSTEAMI) in ECG. STEAMI is the most severe event among the ischemic syndromes, affecting, in general, the entire wall of the heart12. The ECG remains the main tool ...
Impact of left ventricular volume/mass ratio on diastolic function
... 810) or non-ischaemic DCM (n ¼ 940) with a database of 12 768 Cleveland Clinic patients in whom echocardiography was performed on a Vivid 7 ultrasound machine (GE Medical, Milwaukee, WI, USA) in a period of January 2004–December 2007. The medical records were then checked to ascertain that inclusion ...
... 810) or non-ischaemic DCM (n ¼ 940) with a database of 12 768 Cleveland Clinic patients in whom echocardiography was performed on a Vivid 7 ultrasound machine (GE Medical, Milwaukee, WI, USA) in a period of January 2004–December 2007. The medical records were then checked to ascertain that inclusion ...
Ejection Fraction Response to Exercise in Patients with
... made for background immediately before injection, electronic dead-time count loss and detector nonuniformity. Count changes within the left ventricle were' used to identify end-systolic and end-diastolic frames. Addition of data from three to six sequential beats produced an average or representativ ...
... made for background immediately before injection, electronic dead-time count loss and detector nonuniformity. Count changes within the left ventricle were' used to identify end-systolic and end-diastolic frames. Addition of data from three to six sequential beats produced an average or representativ ...
ESC Guidelines for the management of grown
... for review. The document was revised, and finally approved by and subsequently published in the European Heart Journal. After publication, dissemination of the message is of paramount importance. Pocket-sized versions and personal digital assistant (PDA) downloadable versions are useful at the point ...
... for review. The document was revised, and finally approved by and subsequently published in the European Heart Journal. After publication, dissemination of the message is of paramount importance. Pocket-sized versions and personal digital assistant (PDA) downloadable versions are useful at the point ...
Capítulo 1: Descrição geral da tese - RUN
... cohort for evaluation of CRT intervention effects and mechanisms. During the period from January 2012 to March 2015, all patients with chronic heart failure and criteria for cardiac resynchronization were evaluated. The exercise training program started 1 month after cardiac resynchronizer implant a ...
... cohort for evaluation of CRT intervention effects and mechanisms. During the period from January 2012 to March 2015, all patients with chronic heart failure and criteria for cardiac resynchronization were evaluated. The exercise training program started 1 month after cardiac resynchronizer implant a ...
Cardiac contractility modulation
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Cardiac contractility modulation (CCM) is a treatment for patients with moderate to severe left ventricular systolic heart failure (NYHA class II–IV). The short- and long-term use of this therapy enhances both the strength of ventricular contraction and the heart’s pumping capacity. The CCM mechanism is based on stimulation of the cardiac muscle by non-excitatory electrical signals (NES). CCM treatment is delivered by a pacemaker-like device that applies the NES, adjusted to and synchronized with the electrical action in the cardiac cycle.In CCM therapy, electrical stimulation is applied to the cardiac muscle during the absolute refractory period. In this phase of the cardiac cycle, electrical signals cannot trigger new cardiac muscle contractions, hence this type of stimulation is known as a non-excitatory stimulation. However, the electrical CCM signals increase the influx of calcium ions into the cardiac muscle cells (cardiomyocytes). In contrast to other electrical stimulation treatments for heart failure, such as pacemaker therapy or implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD), CCM does not affect the cardiac rhythm directly. Rather, the aim is to enhance the heart’s natural contraction (the native cardiac contractility) sustainably over long periods of time. Furthermore, unlike most interventions that increase cardiac contractility, CCM is not associated with an unfavorable increase in oxygen demand by the heart (measured in terms of Myocardial Oxygen Consumption or MVO2). This may be explained by the beneficial effect CCM has in improving cardiac efficiency. A meta-analysis in 2014 and an overview of device-based treatment options in heart failure in 2013 concluded that CCM treatment is safe, that it is generally beneficial to patients and that CCM treatment increases the exercise tolerance (ET) and quality of life (QoL) of patients. Furthermore, preliminary long-term survival data shows that CCM is associated with lower long-term mortality in heart failure patients when compared with expected rates among similar patients not treated with CCM.