Thrombus aspiration in acute myocardial infarction
... Other less common forms of physical disruption of the atherosclerotic plaques include intraplaque hemorrhage and rupture of calcified nodules [10] . In any form of plaque disruption, exposure of the underlying thrombogenic material leads to a cascade of chemical and biological events that result in ...
... Other less common forms of physical disruption of the atherosclerotic plaques include intraplaque hemorrhage and rupture of calcified nodules [10] . In any form of plaque disruption, exposure of the underlying thrombogenic material leads to a cascade of chemical and biological events that result in ...
Improving knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about acute coronary
... associated with myocardial hypo-perfusion as a consequence of pathological mechanisms [1, 2]. Patients with ACS are classified as ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) or unstable angina [2]. The adverse effects of ACS include fatal arrhythmias, ...
... associated with myocardial hypo-perfusion as a consequence of pathological mechanisms [1, 2]. Patients with ACS are classified as ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) or unstable angina [2]. The adverse effects of ACS include fatal arrhythmias, ...
Electrocardiographic And Vectorcardiographic Criteria
... enzymatic and cardiac catheterization evidence of infarction. When coupled with a clinical history of infarction, the presence of significant amounts of MBcreatine kinase in the serum is a sensitive and specific indicator of acute myocardial infarction.27 This clinical presentation was accompanied b ...
... enzymatic and cardiac catheterization evidence of infarction. When coupled with a clinical history of infarction, the presence of significant amounts of MBcreatine kinase in the serum is a sensitive and specific indicator of acute myocardial infarction.27 This clinical presentation was accompanied b ...
Short-term exercise training can improve myocardial - AJP
... To determine the amount of oxidative damage in the heart, LV levels of two by-products of lipid peroxidation were measured. Lipid hydroperoxides were quantified using the ferrous oxidation-xylenol orange technique reported by HermesLima et al. (13). Briefly, after the tissue was homogenized in metha ...
... To determine the amount of oxidative damage in the heart, LV levels of two by-products of lipid peroxidation were measured. Lipid hydroperoxides were quantified using the ferrous oxidation-xylenol orange technique reported by HermesLima et al. (13). Briefly, after the tissue was homogenized in metha ...
(CMR) for the diagnosis of coronary heart disease
... for 44 per cent and acute myocardial infarction (MI) for 35 per cent. A declining trend has been seen over the past two decades, from 867 hospitalisations per 100,000 population in 1993–94 to 709 per 100,000 in 2007–08.1Similar data for New Zealand were not readily available. Number of patients ...
... for 44 per cent and acute myocardial infarction (MI) for 35 per cent. A declining trend has been seen over the past two decades, from 867 hospitalisations per 100,000 population in 1993–94 to 709 per 100,000 in 2007–08.1Similar data for New Zealand were not readily available. Number of patients ...
Congenital Systemic and Coronary-to
... artery pressure was 31/16 mmHg, the mean pulmonary capillary wedge pressure was 17 mmHg, and the right atrial pressure was 13 mmHg. Tecnetium-43 myocardial scintigraphy showed a decrease in ejection fraction from 53% at rest to 46% at exercise. Selective coronary angiography demonstrated a bilateral ...
... artery pressure was 31/16 mmHg, the mean pulmonary capillary wedge pressure was 17 mmHg, and the right atrial pressure was 13 mmHg. Tecnetium-43 myocardial scintigraphy showed a decrease in ejection fraction from 53% at rest to 46% at exercise. Selective coronary angiography demonstrated a bilateral ...
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in ischemic heart
... A stress test is often indicated in symptomatic patients with typical or atypical chest pain or correlates suspected of being due to CAD and who have a low or intermediate cardiovascular risk profile, as well as in asymptomatic patients with high cardiovascular risk profiles, such as diabetics, or in ...
... A stress test is often indicated in symptomatic patients with typical or atypical chest pain or correlates suspected of being due to CAD and who have a low or intermediate cardiovascular risk profile, as well as in asymptomatic patients with high cardiovascular risk profiles, such as diabetics, or in ...
Cardiac Responses to Increased Afterload
... afterload has on cardiac output, on the energy requirements of the myocardium, and on the tendency to induce myocardial hypertrophy. These effects depend at least as much on cardiac as on vascular factors. Pronounced and equivalent increases in arterial impedance can occur, for example, in hypovolem ...
... afterload has on cardiac output, on the energy requirements of the myocardium, and on the tendency to induce myocardial hypertrophy. These effects depend at least as much on cardiac as on vascular factors. Pronounced and equivalent increases in arterial impedance can occur, for example, in hypovolem ...
Diagnosis of acute cardiac ischemia *, Harry P. Selker, MD, MSPH a,b,
... equivalent when objective criteria are matched. The level of discomfort does not necessarily correlate with the severity of illness, making identification of potentially life-threatening conditions very difficult in certain patients. Because of the serious nature of many conditions presenting with che ...
... equivalent when objective criteria are matched. The level of discomfort does not necessarily correlate with the severity of illness, making identification of potentially life-threatening conditions very difficult in certain patients. Because of the serious nature of many conditions presenting with che ...
Anatomical variations of the coronary arteries: I. The most frequent
... observed that a short common trunk presents the same potential risk as the absence of the common trunk altogether (McAlpine, 1975). Other authors report the existence of a short common trunk as a risk factor for the development of coronary arteriosclerosis (Gazetopoulos et al., 1976a,b) or as a caus ...
... observed that a short common trunk presents the same potential risk as the absence of the common trunk altogether (McAlpine, 1975). Other authors report the existence of a short common trunk as a risk factor for the development of coronary arteriosclerosis (Gazetopoulos et al., 1976a,b) or as a caus ...
Iabp2
... “Emergency high risk PCI such as direct PCI for acute MI can usually be performed without IABP or CPS. ...
... “Emergency high risk PCI such as direct PCI for acute MI can usually be performed without IABP or CPS. ...
Circulatory support
... “Emergency high risk PCI such as direct PCI for acute MI can usually be performed without IABP or CPS. ...
... “Emergency high risk PCI such as direct PCI for acute MI can usually be performed without IABP or CPS. ...
Full-Text PDF - SciDoc Publishers
... of cardiovascular lesions in individuals with acute or chronic pancreatitis without relation to the common cardiovascular risk factors. There is also the possibility of exacerbation of these lesions during the pancreatic event. Although angiographic or morphologic analysis of patients with ST elevat ...
... of cardiovascular lesions in individuals with acute or chronic pancreatitis without relation to the common cardiovascular risk factors. There is also the possibility of exacerbation of these lesions during the pancreatic event. Although angiographic or morphologic analysis of patients with ST elevat ...
NIH Public Access
... have improved cognitive skills compared with those diagnosed postnatally; 3) echocardiography helps to identify risk factors; 4) routine use of BAS and PGE may not be beneficial in some cases; 5) early ASO improves outcomes and reduces costs with a low mortality. Single or intramural coronary arteri ...
... have improved cognitive skills compared with those diagnosed postnatally; 3) echocardiography helps to identify risk factors; 4) routine use of BAS and PGE may not be beneficial in some cases; 5) early ASO improves outcomes and reduces costs with a low mortality. Single or intramural coronary arteri ...
Imaging focal and interstitial fibrosis with cardiovascular magnetic
... cardiac pathology are at increased risk of exerciserelated sudden cardiac death (SCD),2 3 with sudden death often the first clinical manifestation of underlying heart disease.4 In healthy athletic adults (age <35 years), the incidence of sportsrelated sudden death ranges from 1:15 000 to 1:50 000.5 C ...
... cardiac pathology are at increased risk of exerciserelated sudden cardiac death (SCD),2 3 with sudden death often the first clinical manifestation of underlying heart disease.4 In healthy athletic adults (age <35 years), the incidence of sportsrelated sudden death ranges from 1:15 000 to 1:50 000.5 C ...
Total and Regional Coronary Blood Flow Measured by Radioactive
... To get more information about the distribution of microspheres within the heart, similar studies were made on four additional conscious dogs, except that the reference flow was not measured. In three of them, smaller microspheres of mean diameter 14.1/x or 22 Afj, were alternated with the larger mic ...
... To get more information about the distribution of microspheres within the heart, similar studies were made on four additional conscious dogs, except that the reference flow was not measured. In three of them, smaller microspheres of mean diameter 14.1/x or 22 Afj, were alternated with the larger mic ...
Birger Axelsson - Umeå universitet
... infarction in coronary care units. Management strategies for acute myocardial infarction have changed and improved dramatically since then. Most patients with acute symptoms of coronary artery syndrome are today treated early and aggressively with emergency percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), ...
... infarction in coronary care units. Management strategies for acute myocardial infarction have changed and improved dramatically since then. Most patients with acute symptoms of coronary artery syndrome are today treated early and aggressively with emergency percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), ...
Conus Artery in Coronary CT Angiography
... Wynn et al. (4) presented a case in which the collateral flow to the occluded LAD originated from the conus branch as demonstrated in a stress echocardiographic examination. In that case report, the importance of the conus artery was described in its responsibility for the relative preservation of t ...
... Wynn et al. (4) presented a case in which the collateral flow to the occluded LAD originated from the conus branch as demonstrated in a stress echocardiographic examination. In that case report, the importance of the conus artery was described in its responsibility for the relative preservation of t ...
High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in Coronary - J
... This study shows that patients with elevated HDL-C develop CAD as do those with low or normal HDL-C, but at a more advanced age. It is known from large prospective studies that LDL-C lowered by 25-40% following statin therapy is associated with a 9-38% reduction in cardiovascular disease risk 26-29) ...
... This study shows that patients with elevated HDL-C develop CAD as do those with low or normal HDL-C, but at a more advanced age. It is known from large prospective studies that LDL-C lowered by 25-40% following statin therapy is associated with a 9-38% reduction in cardiovascular disease risk 26-29) ...
Prognosis of complete versus incomplete
... percentages. Differences in baseline characteristics between patients with complete revascularisation and patients with incomplete revascularisation were evaluated with the independent samples t-test, the Mann-Whitney U test or the χ2 test when appropriate. Survival analyses were performed using Kap ...
... percentages. Differences in baseline characteristics between patients with complete revascularisation and patients with incomplete revascularisation were evaluated with the independent samples t-test, the Mann-Whitney U test or the χ2 test when appropriate. Survival analyses were performed using Kap ...
Pathophysiology of heart failure following myocardial infarction
... cardiac death are coronary artery disease and left ventricular abnormalities related to remodelling (left ventricular hypertrophy, left ventricular systolic dysfunction, and left ventricular fibrosis). Aldosterone adversely affects all of these processes. It produces both a vasculopathy and left ven ...
... cardiac death are coronary artery disease and left ventricular abnormalities related to remodelling (left ventricular hypertrophy, left ventricular systolic dysfunction, and left ventricular fibrosis). Aldosterone adversely affects all of these processes. It produces both a vasculopathy and left ven ...
VEGF-C and aortic cardiomyocytes guide coronary artery stem
... deliver oxygenated blood to the ventricular myocardium. Congenital anomalies causing stems to arise at abnormal sites can cause myocardial ischemia and sometimes lead to sudden death (1, 2). Most dramatic is when CAs stem from the pulmonary artery, which carries deoxygenated blood. Usually fatal if ...
... deliver oxygenated blood to the ventricular myocardium. Congenital anomalies causing stems to arise at abnormal sites can cause myocardial ischemia and sometimes lead to sudden death (1, 2). Most dramatic is when CAs stem from the pulmonary artery, which carries deoxygenated blood. Usually fatal if ...
Evidence-Based Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
... C-reactive protein) and novel screening technologies (eg, coronary calcium scoring) should play in guiding preventive interventions is not yet defined. Further research is needed on added benefits, risks, and costs associated with such strategies before they can be incorporated into guidelines. Uniq ...
... C-reactive protein) and novel screening technologies (eg, coronary calcium scoring) should play in guiding preventive interventions is not yet defined. Further research is needed on added benefits, risks, and costs associated with such strategies before they can be incorporated into guidelines. Uniq ...
Review - MedPage Today
... No study estimated how accurately resting or exercise electrocardiography classified participants into high-, intermediate-, or low-risk groups compared with traditional risk factor assessment alone, or provided sufficient data for constructing risk-stratification tables (13). One study in women (22 ...
... No study estimated how accurately resting or exercise electrocardiography classified participants into high-, intermediate-, or low-risk groups compared with traditional risk factor assessment alone, or provided sufficient data for constructing risk-stratification tables (13). One study in women (22 ...