Late Systolic Murmurs and Non-Ejection - Heart
... Group 4, 18 patients with either a late systolic murmur or a non-ejection click, or both, together with a "pathological" murmur (Table I). For purposes of this study, a " pathological" murmur is a diastolic murmur of mitral or aortic origin, an apical pansystolic murmur, or an aortic ejection murmur ...
... Group 4, 18 patients with either a late systolic murmur or a non-ejection click, or both, together with a "pathological" murmur (Table I). For purposes of this study, a " pathological" murmur is a diastolic murmur of mitral or aortic origin, an apical pansystolic murmur, or an aortic ejection murmur ...
Stress Testing in Cardiac Evaluation
... testing (in all leads except aVR), some patients exhibit ST-segment elevation of ⱖ 1 mm (Fig 1F). Generally, in the absence of prior infarction, this finding is uncommon but implies severe transmural ischemia exceeding that associated with isolated ST depression.38 The reported incidence among patie ...
... testing (in all leads except aVR), some patients exhibit ST-segment elevation of ⱖ 1 mm (Fig 1F). Generally, in the absence of prior infarction, this finding is uncommon but implies severe transmural ischemia exceeding that associated with isolated ST depression.38 The reported incidence among patie ...
Pericardial heart disease
... recognition of the dominant morphologic component is useful in determining the cause of pericardial heart disease in any particular patient. The causes of each of the primary morphologic components are discussed more thoroughly in the remainder of this report. FIBRINOUS PERICARDIAL HEART DISEASE Fib ...
... recognition of the dominant morphologic component is useful in determining the cause of pericardial heart disease in any particular patient. The causes of each of the primary morphologic components are discussed more thoroughly in the remainder of this report. FIBRINOUS PERICARDIAL HEART DISEASE Fib ...
Exercise Management
... • Pacing equipment can normalize these aberrations and improve symptoms while enhancing exercise performance ...
... • Pacing equipment can normalize these aberrations and improve symptoms while enhancing exercise performance ...
PRELIMINARY VERSION Drug-Induced T-Wave Morphology Changes
... Dessertenne [1], as a description of the electrocardiogram (ECG) tracing which had occurred in an elderly woman with high-grade atrioventricular block. The term describes a specific characteristic appearance of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia. Although the early reports mostly described proarrhy ...
... Dessertenne [1], as a description of the electrocardiogram (ECG) tracing which had occurred in an elderly woman with high-grade atrioventricular block. The term describes a specific characteristic appearance of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia. Although the early reports mostly described proarrhy ...
Lesson Plans
... Explain blood pressure and describe how blood pressure is measured........................................................................ 12 ...
... Explain blood pressure and describe how blood pressure is measured........................................................................ 12 ...
Correlations Between Redox-State Potential Changes in Different
... For redox agents, the reply is easy: Since significant changes only occurred after their administration, it should hardly be supposed that it were frequency changes which evoked the alterations. The problem is more difficult to solve with strangulation. Following aortic strangulation, E'a began grad ...
... For redox agents, the reply is easy: Since significant changes only occurred after their administration, it should hardly be supposed that it were frequency changes which evoked the alterations. The problem is more difficult to solve with strangulation. Following aortic strangulation, E'a began grad ...
The formation and function of the cardiac conduction system
... Early in development, during folding of the embryo, fusion of the two heart-forming regions in the lateral plate mesoderm results in the formation of the primitive heart tube (Fig. 2A). At this time, the myocardial cells of the primitive tube are automatic (i.e. they spontaneously depolarize), slowl ...
... Early in development, during folding of the embryo, fusion of the two heart-forming regions in the lateral plate mesoderm results in the formation of the primitive heart tube (Fig. 2A). At this time, the myocardial cells of the primitive tube are automatic (i.e. they spontaneously depolarize), slowl ...
Recovery-Phase Patterns of STSegment
... depression with reference to changing heart rate have not been quantified. We have found distinct recovery loop patterns of ST segment depression that distinguish subjects without coronary disease from patients with coronary artery disease when ST segment depression is examined in the heart rate dom ...
... depression with reference to changing heart rate have not been quantified. We have found distinct recovery loop patterns of ST segment depression that distinguish subjects without coronary disease from patients with coronary artery disease when ST segment depression is examined in the heart rate dom ...
Chapter 1
... The triplets method is a very quick and easy calculation to perform, and as long as the rhythm is regular, it provides an estimation of HR accurate enough for most clinical purposes. First, establish that the QRS complexes are coming along at fairly regular intervals (i.e., the R-R interval is consi ...
... The triplets method is a very quick and easy calculation to perform, and as long as the rhythm is regular, it provides an estimation of HR accurate enough for most clinical purposes. First, establish that the QRS complexes are coming along at fairly regular intervals (i.e., the R-R interval is consi ...
Federal guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of
... requires further investigation. Several studies demonstrated clinical differences between men and women suffering from COPD. With similar bronchial obstruction, women with COPD were shown to have more pronounced bronchial hyperresponsibility and more severe breathlessness compared to men. Oxygenatio ...
... requires further investigation. Several studies demonstrated clinical differences between men and women suffering from COPD. With similar bronchial obstruction, women with COPD were shown to have more pronounced bronchial hyperresponsibility and more severe breathlessness compared to men. Oxygenatio ...
The visceral pericardium: macromolecular structure and - AJP
... Much attention has been focused on the passive mechanical properties of the myocardium, which determines left ventricular (LV) diastolic mechanics, but the significance of the visceral pericardium (VP) has not been extensively studied. A unique en face three-dimensional volumetric view of the porcin ...
... Much attention has been focused on the passive mechanical properties of the myocardium, which determines left ventricular (LV) diastolic mechanics, but the significance of the visceral pericardium (VP) has not been extensively studied. A unique en face three-dimensional volumetric view of the porcin ...
Curriculum Vitae - The Royal Children`s Hospital
... Otorhinolaryngol. 2007 Jan;71(1):159-63.Surgical strategy for the bicuspid aortic valve: tricuspidization with cusp extension versus pulmonary autograft. McMullan DM, Oppido G, Davies B, Kawahira Y, Cochrane AD, d’Udekem d’Acoz Y, Penny DJ, Brizard CP. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007 Jul;134(1):90-8. ...
... Otorhinolaryngol. 2007 Jan;71(1):159-63.Surgical strategy for the bicuspid aortic valve: tricuspidization with cusp extension versus pulmonary autograft. McMullan DM, Oppido G, Davies B, Kawahira Y, Cochrane AD, d’Udekem d’Acoz Y, Penny DJ, Brizard CP. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007 Jul;134(1):90-8. ...
Limitations and difficulties of echocardiographic short
... underwent TAVI [7]. Surprisingly, in the most recent VARC-2 publication [8] the arbitrary cut-off value to define severe PVL was changed to more than 30 % (rather than the earlier published 20 %) [5–7] without any argument or reference given. This cut-off seems to be derived from a study published a ...
... underwent TAVI [7]. Surprisingly, in the most recent VARC-2 publication [8] the arbitrary cut-off value to define severe PVL was changed to more than 30 % (rather than the earlier published 20 %) [5–7] without any argument or reference given. This cut-off seems to be derived from a study published a ...
CARDIOVASCULAR BASIC DATA SET - International Spinal Cord
... Dependent oedema: A clinically detectable increase in extracellular fluid volume localized in a dependent area, such as a limb, characterized by swelling or pitting. Hypertension: (arterial blood pressure >140/90 mmHg).12 The diagnosis of hypertension in individual with SCI should be considered afte ...
... Dependent oedema: A clinically detectable increase in extracellular fluid volume localized in a dependent area, such as a limb, characterized by swelling or pitting. Hypertension: (arterial blood pressure >140/90 mmHg).12 The diagnosis of hypertension in individual with SCI should be considered afte ...
The visceral pericardium: macromolecular structure and contribution
... Much attention has been focused on the passive mechanical properties of the myocardium, which determines left ventricular (LV) diastolic mechanics, but the significance of the visceral pericardium (VP) has not been extensively studied. A unique en face three-dimensional volumetric view of the porcin ...
... Much attention has been focused on the passive mechanical properties of the myocardium, which determines left ventricular (LV) diastolic mechanics, but the significance of the visceral pericardium (VP) has not been extensively studied. A unique en face three-dimensional volumetric view of the porcin ...
PDF - Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
... Background—For patients with symptomatic New York Heart Association class III or IV, ejection fraction ⱕ35%, and QRS ⱖ130 ms, cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has become an established treatment option. However, use of these implant criteria fails to result in clinical or echocardiographic im ...
... Background—For patients with symptomatic New York Heart Association class III or IV, ejection fraction ⱕ35%, and QRS ⱖ130 ms, cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has become an established treatment option. However, use of these implant criteria fails to result in clinical or echocardiographic im ...
short review
... These actions may explain the prevention of graft vasculopathy and renal function improvement in therapeutic regimens that use anti-mTOR drugs. A clinical symptom may be a lower arterial stiffness, as was observed in a controlled study in which the conversion from CsA to EVE was associated with a sl ...
... These actions may explain the prevention of graft vasculopathy and renal function improvement in therapeutic regimens that use anti-mTOR drugs. A clinical symptom may be a lower arterial stiffness, as was observed in a controlled study in which the conversion from CsA to EVE was associated with a sl ...
paced - Weebly
... impulses to the heart muscle coordinating their contractions. The heart is able to fill and pump blood more effectively. This along with medical therapy, helps to improve heart failure symptoms. Improves quality of life in many. ...
... impulses to the heart muscle coordinating their contractions. The heart is able to fill and pump blood more effectively. This along with medical therapy, helps to improve heart failure symptoms. Improves quality of life in many. ...
Noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium mimicking ischemic
... with diffuse left ventricular hypokinesis without regional wall motion abnormalities, presumably due to ventricular remodeling.2 In these patients with global left ventricular dysfunction, differentiation of INVM from other forms of cardiomyopathy such as dilated cardiomyopathy and ischemic cardiomy ...
... with diffuse left ventricular hypokinesis without regional wall motion abnormalities, presumably due to ventricular remodeling.2 In these patients with global left ventricular dysfunction, differentiation of INVM from other forms of cardiomyopathy such as dilated cardiomyopathy and ischemic cardiomy ...
Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery from the Right
... AOLCARPA without associated defects, but with a peculiar intramural aortic trajectory. Methods - Fifty-five patients with anomalous origin of the left coronary artery were operated upon at INCORFMUSP. Four of the patients had the anomalous origin from the right pulmonary artery (RPA) without associa ...
... AOLCARPA without associated defects, but with a peculiar intramural aortic trajectory. Methods - Fifty-five patients with anomalous origin of the left coronary artery were operated upon at INCORFMUSP. Four of the patients had the anomalous origin from the right pulmonary artery (RPA) without associa ...
The correlation between ventricular remodeling and arrhythmia in
... in vivo, and partial electrophysiological parameters were detected. In addition, myocardial tissue collagen expression was detected by improved Masson staining and immunohistochemistry. To determine the relationship between cardiac structure/pathology and heart physiological function, multiple linea ...
... in vivo, and partial electrophysiological parameters were detected. In addition, myocardial tissue collagen expression was detected by improved Masson staining and immunohistochemistry. To determine the relationship between cardiac structure/pathology and heart physiological function, multiple linea ...
Rapidly detecting disorder in rhythmic biological signals: A spectral
... 共HRs兲, we fix and use an L value for each patient such that there are on average ten beats in each spectral entropy window. Thus, ␣ = L共HR兲 = ␣共HR兲. All subsequent parameters that are determined by L will similarly be a function of the average heart rate; we will henceforth drop the HR notation f ...
... 共HRs兲, we fix and use an L value for each patient such that there are on average ten beats in each spectral entropy window. Thus, ␣ = L共HR兲 = ␣共HR兲. All subsequent parameters that are determined by L will similarly be a function of the average heart rate; we will henceforth drop the HR notation f ...