Physical activity and exercise training in preventive cardiology
... cardiovascular (CV) health. Nowadays, multiple population-based trials have confirmed that there is an inverse correlation between PA and all-cause/CV mortality: even doses as low as 15 min of PA per day appear to reduce CV disease risk and all-cause mortality with the greatest health gains due to t ...
... cardiovascular (CV) health. Nowadays, multiple population-based trials have confirmed that there is an inverse correlation between PA and all-cause/CV mortality: even doses as low as 15 min of PA per day appear to reduce CV disease risk and all-cause mortality with the greatest health gains due to t ...
Non Invasive Haemodynamic Monitoring
... • Furthermore, this technique is sensitive to the placement of the electrodes on the body, variations in patient body size, and other physical factors that impact on electric conductivity between the electrodes and the skin (eg, temperature and ...
... • Furthermore, this technique is sensitive to the placement of the electrodes on the body, variations in patient body size, and other physical factors that impact on electric conductivity between the electrodes and the skin (eg, temperature and ...
Patient Guide to Supraventricular Tachycardia
... • Bearing down, like when having a bowel movement (also to increase the pressure in your chest) • Standing on your head for 1 to 2 minutes. • Placing cold ice water on a washcloth and placing the washcloth over your face for 5 to 10 seconds. If vagal maneuvers do not slow down your heart back t ...
... • Bearing down, like when having a bowel movement (also to increase the pressure in your chest) • Standing on your head for 1 to 2 minutes. • Placing cold ice water on a washcloth and placing the washcloth over your face for 5 to 10 seconds. If vagal maneuvers do not slow down your heart back t ...
Images in Paediatric Cardiology
... right to left shunting across the patent foramen ovale and moderate tricuspid regurgitation. At 24 hours of life the patient underwent open-heart surgery to excise the mass. The chest was opened through a median sternotomy. Cardiopulmonary bypass was instituted with bicaval cannulation and the aorti ...
... right to left shunting across the patent foramen ovale and moderate tricuspid regurgitation. At 24 hours of life the patient underwent open-heart surgery to excise the mass. The chest was opened through a median sternotomy. Cardiopulmonary bypass was instituted with bicaval cannulation and the aorti ...
ALS428 Antiarrhythmics During Cardiac Arrest
... VF out of hospital (LOE 4). A retrospective review found procainamide was associated with increased survival to 1 hour postarrest in patients with VF in hospital (LOE 4). Four randomized, controlled trials did not show any increase in ROSC or survival when magnesium was compared with placebo for pat ...
... VF out of hospital (LOE 4). A retrospective review found procainamide was associated with increased survival to 1 hour postarrest in patients with VF in hospital (LOE 4). Four randomized, controlled trials did not show any increase in ROSC or survival when magnesium was compared with placebo for pat ...
Cardiac - PBworks
... return to normal over a period of four to six months. No restrictions to physical activity post ...
... return to normal over a period of four to six months. No restrictions to physical activity post ...
Evidence-Based Perioperative Care for Pectus Excavatum
... Impede Pulmonary Function Postoperative total lung capacity for patients who had ...
... Impede Pulmonary Function Postoperative total lung capacity for patients who had ...
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... Avoid thermal modalities – which increase pooling in lower legs Long-term nitrate use associated withabnormal hemoglobin, methemaglobin both compromise oxygen delivery. ...
... Avoid thermal modalities – which increase pooling in lower legs Long-term nitrate use associated withabnormal hemoglobin, methemaglobin both compromise oxygen delivery. ...
HEART DISEASE IN DOGS AND CATS
... You may have heard of angina and heart attacks. These occur when the supply of blood to the heart muscle is reduced or totally blocked. Whilst heart attacks are common in humans they rarely occur in other animals. Indeed dogs develop different heart conditions from cats, and within species heart con ...
... You may have heard of angina and heart attacks. These occur when the supply of blood to the heart muscle is reduced or totally blocked. Whilst heart attacks are common in humans they rarely occur in other animals. Indeed dogs develop different heart conditions from cats, and within species heart con ...
Ventricular interdependence analysis in patients with congenital
... pulmonary atresia has a greater association with VI type A. This could be a false association because of the small simple size, although RV outflow tract obstruction conditions a greater right-to-left shunt to the left ventricle, which, unlike RV, will develop volume overload.11,12 When analyzed sep ...
... pulmonary atresia has a greater association with VI type A. This could be a false association because of the small simple size, although RV outflow tract obstruction conditions a greater right-to-left shunt to the left ventricle, which, unlike RV, will develop volume overload.11,12 When analyzed sep ...
Lecture 13 Coronary Circulation, Ischemic Heart Disease
... 3. To review causes of ischemia and myocardial infarction. 4. To learn the effects of ischemia and myocardial infarction on cardiac function. I. Coronary Circulation - 33% of all deaths in the western civilized world occurs as a result of coronary artery disease A. Physiologic Anatomy of the Coronar ...
... 3. To review causes of ischemia and myocardial infarction. 4. To learn the effects of ischemia and myocardial infarction on cardiac function. I. Coronary Circulation - 33% of all deaths in the western civilized world occurs as a result of coronary artery disease A. Physiologic Anatomy of the Coronar ...
Slide 1 - AccessCardiology
... Action potential duration (APD) restitution and stability of reentrant. A. APD shortening and APD alternans as pacing cycle length (PCL) decreases (computer simulation). Diastolic interval (DI) is measured from the end of the preceding action potential to the onset of phase zero of the present actio ...
... Action potential duration (APD) restitution and stability of reentrant. A. APD shortening and APD alternans as pacing cycle length (PCL) decreases (computer simulation). Diastolic interval (DI) is measured from the end of the preceding action potential to the onset of phase zero of the present actio ...
Article PDF - Open Access Peer Reviewed Medical
... up are the rate of therapeutic success and the incidence of clinical outcomes in rhythm versus rate control strategies. Therapeutic success, for a given patient at 12 ± 3 months follow-up, will be defined as either the presence of sinus rhythm (for patients with a rhythm-control strategy at baseline ...
... up are the rate of therapeutic success and the incidence of clinical outcomes in rhythm versus rate control strategies. Therapeutic success, for a given patient at 12 ± 3 months follow-up, will be defined as either the presence of sinus rhythm (for patients with a rhythm-control strategy at baseline ...
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... percutaneous intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP). An example is one of our patient with chronic HF due to IDC complicated by CS requiring mechanical assistance by IABP. After 3 mo of continuous IABP support, he was successfully weaned from mechanical assistance and 5 years later he remains asymptomatic ...
... percutaneous intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP). An example is one of our patient with chronic HF due to IDC complicated by CS requiring mechanical assistance by IABP. After 3 mo of continuous IABP support, he was successfully weaned from mechanical assistance and 5 years later he remains asymptomatic ...
Events in the cardiac arrhythmia suppression trial (CAST): Mortality
... Because the moricizine arm of CAST continues, some restrictions on the dissemination of end point data involving moricizine are critical to maintain integrity of the trial, which is ongoing and remains double-blinded. Overall estimates of mortality that include moricizine-treated patients are permit ...
... Because the moricizine arm of CAST continues, some restrictions on the dissemination of end point data involving moricizine are critical to maintain integrity of the trial, which is ongoing and remains double-blinded. Overall estimates of mortality that include moricizine-treated patients are permit ...
Congenital Heart Diseases II
... Most patients reaching adulthood have NYHA I/II symptoms over the next 25 years. 50% develop moderate systolic dysfunction of the RV but only few present with CHF. 1/3rd have severe systemic TR. Atrial flutter arises in 20% by age 20. 50% patients have sinus node dysfunction by age 20. Baffle leak o ...
... Most patients reaching adulthood have NYHA I/II symptoms over the next 25 years. 50% develop moderate systolic dysfunction of the RV but only few present with CHF. 1/3rd have severe systemic TR. Atrial flutter arises in 20% by age 20. 50% patients have sinus node dysfunction by age 20. Baffle leak o ...
Module_3_ICD_Indications_and_Studies
... ICD implantation improves survival in patients with a history of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia. Primary Prevention ICD implantation also improves survival as primary prophylaxis against Sudden Cardiac Death in patients at high risk for ventricular tachyarrhythmias. ...
... ICD implantation improves survival in patients with a history of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia. Primary Prevention ICD implantation also improves survival as primary prophylaxis against Sudden Cardiac Death in patients at high risk for ventricular tachyarrhythmias. ...
decreased - New England Journal of Medicine
... finding of pathologic Q waves on electrocardiography; compensated congestive heart failure or a history of congestive heart failure; current treatment for ventricular arrhythmias; current treatment for diabetes mellitus; or limited exercise capacity, defined as the inability to perform most normal d ...
... finding of pathologic Q waves on electrocardiography; compensated congestive heart failure or a history of congestive heart failure; current treatment for ventricular arrhythmias; current treatment for diabetes mellitus; or limited exercise capacity, defined as the inability to perform most normal d ...
Long-term outcome of the atrioventricular node ablation and
... heart failure (HF) and may induce LV dyssynchrony and more AF.11–16 It is still unclear whether cardiac resynchronization therapy may be beneficial in these patients. A recent meta-analysis reported that cardiac resynchronization therapy in stead of right ventricular pacing may improve outcome, espec ...
... heart failure (HF) and may induce LV dyssynchrony and more AF.11–16 It is still unclear whether cardiac resynchronization therapy may be beneficial in these patients. A recent meta-analysis reported that cardiac resynchronization therapy in stead of right ventricular pacing may improve outcome, espec ...
System and method of AV interval selection in an implantable
... tricles are expanded or stretched somewhat. As the muscular contraction occurs in response to depolarization, the ?uid pressure within the ventricles increases and causes the tricus ...
... tricles are expanded or stretched somewhat. As the muscular contraction occurs in response to depolarization, the ?uid pressure within the ventricles increases and causes the tricus ...
Cardiac Disease in the Ferret
... termed second-degree (A-V) heart block. Veterinarians may or may not treat this condition, depending upon the severity. If none of the electrical signals get to their destination, identified as complete or third-degree (A-V) heart block, a backup system kicks in: a ventricular pacemaker keeps the he ...
... termed second-degree (A-V) heart block. Veterinarians may or may not treat this condition, depending upon the severity. If none of the electrical signals get to their destination, identified as complete or third-degree (A-V) heart block, a backup system kicks in: a ventricular pacemaker keeps the he ...
presentation source
... The P Waves Appear & Are Not Connected To Any QRS Complex The QRS Are Abherrantly Wide Ultimate Ventricular Rate Is Often Very Bradycardic ...
... The P Waves Appear & Are Not Connected To Any QRS Complex The QRS Are Abherrantly Wide Ultimate Ventricular Rate Is Often Very Bradycardic ...
paediatric age dilated cardiomyopathy (dcm): report on a few cases
... “Tachycardiomyopathy is an abnormality of systolic or diastolic function of the heart, or both, usually resulting in heart dilatation and ultimately in heart failure caused by a high and/or irregular ventricular rate. This high and/or irregular ventricular rate may result from any type of cardiac ar ...
... “Tachycardiomyopathy is an abnormality of systolic or diastolic function of the heart, or both, usually resulting in heart dilatation and ultimately in heart failure caused by a high and/or irregular ventricular rate. This high and/or irregular ventricular rate may result from any type of cardiac ar ...
Lecture 18 Foreign Bodies, Masses, etc.
... – Thrombus may be layered, pedunculated, multi-lobulated, or single. – Thrombus will appear as an echogenic mass in areas of Akinesis or dyskinesis – Search ventricular apex closely with a high frequency transducer (5 MHzshort focus) – To rule out artifacts, try to visualize the mass at different de ...
... – Thrombus may be layered, pedunculated, multi-lobulated, or single. – Thrombus will appear as an echogenic mass in areas of Akinesis or dyskinesis – Search ventricular apex closely with a high frequency transducer (5 MHzshort focus) – To rule out artifacts, try to visualize the mass at different de ...
Cardioanatomy - Sinoe Medical Association
... The heart and roots of the great vessels within the pericardial sac are related anteriorly to the sternum, costal cartilages, and the medial ends of the 3rd–5th ribs on the left side. The heart and pericardial sac are situated obliquely, about two thirds to the left and one third to the right of t ...
... The heart and roots of the great vessels within the pericardial sac are related anteriorly to the sternum, costal cartilages, and the medial ends of the 3rd–5th ribs on the left side. The heart and pericardial sac are situated obliquely, about two thirds to the left and one third to the right of t ...
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.