Phenytoin-Induced Purple Glove Syndrome
... PGS is a rare complication of IV phenytoin therapy. The incidence of PGS among patients receiving IV phenytoin ranges from 1.7% to 5.9%.3,4 These data come from a retrospective and a prospective analysis of patients receiving consecutive IV phenytoin at 2 institutions.3,4 Post hoc ratio estimation o ...
... PGS is a rare complication of IV phenytoin therapy. The incidence of PGS among patients receiving IV phenytoin ranges from 1.7% to 5.9%.3,4 These data come from a retrospective and a prospective analysis of patients receiving consecutive IV phenytoin at 2 institutions.3,4 Post hoc ratio estimation o ...
Is Fibrillation Chaos?
... random-looking. Although there is no universally accepted definition of deterministic chaos, it is widely accepted that a chaotic system has three attributes: 1) it is a deterministic dynamical system, 2) it has sensitive dependence on initial conditions, and 3) it has an attractor. A dynamical syst ...
... random-looking. Although there is no universally accepted definition of deterministic chaos, it is widely accepted that a chaotic system has three attributes: 1) it is a deterministic dynamical system, 2) it has sensitive dependence on initial conditions, and 3) it has an attractor. A dynamical syst ...
ACEIs/ARBs for the prevention of type 2 diabetes in patients with
... two groups (RR 0.91, 95% CI 0.79-1.05, P= group, but I2 was no more than 75%. Random0.15), incidence rate in ramipril group was less effects model accordingly was used for pooled than control group (17.1% versus 18.5%), and data (Table 4). Sensitivity analysis showed that glucose levels of subjects ...
... two groups (RR 0.91, 95% CI 0.79-1.05, P= group, but I2 was no more than 75%. Random0.15), incidence rate in ramipril group was less effects model accordingly was used for pooled than control group (17.1% versus 18.5%), and data (Table 4). Sensitivity analysis showed that glucose levels of subjects ...
EMS Performance Measures
... operating better or worse – like a performance thermometer. In contrast, an attribute does ...
... operating better or worse – like a performance thermometer. In contrast, an attribute does ...
Step by step through Heart Attack
... happen after a heart attack. Your heart may go too fast or too slow. The fast rates are usually controlled by medicines, but if you have a slow heart rate, your doctor may need to insert a temporary pacemaker until your heart recovers. Heart failure: Although this sounds like an awful condition, it ...
... happen after a heart attack. Your heart may go too fast or too slow. The fast rates are usually controlled by medicines, but if you have a slow heart rate, your doctor may need to insert a temporary pacemaker until your heart recovers. Heart failure: Although this sounds like an awful condition, it ...
Management strategies for patients with pulmonary hypertension in
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... Visit the Critical Care Medicine Web site (www.ccmjournal.org) for information on obtaining continuing medical education credit. ...
Investigation of changes in apelin receptor mRNA and protein
... heart failure [19]. Apelin has opposing effects, compared with angII, on vascular tone, blood pressure regulation, and fluid homoeostasis [3]. In fact, the most recent findings point to major interactions between apelin–APJ and angII–AT1 systems, for instance, in molecular and transcriptional stages ...
... heart failure [19]. Apelin has opposing effects, compared with angII, on vascular tone, blood pressure regulation, and fluid homoeostasis [3]. In fact, the most recent findings point to major interactions between apelin–APJ and angII–AT1 systems, for instance, in molecular and transcriptional stages ...
Feature Extraction for Detection of Ventricular Tachycardia and
... ventricular arrhythmias such as ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ventricular fibrillation (VFIB) are life threatening. Hence, it is very important to detect features that can be used to differentiate between the two for reliable design of an arrhythmia detecting system. The detection of this cardiac ...
... ventricular arrhythmias such as ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ventricular fibrillation (VFIB) are life threatening. Hence, it is very important to detect features that can be used to differentiate between the two for reliable design of an arrhythmia detecting system. The detection of this cardiac ...
Anatomy and myoarchitecture of the left ventricular wall in normal
... was dismissed by Hunter in the phrase ‘Much more pains than were necessary have been taken to dissect and describe the course and arrangement of the muscular fibres of the heart’. Based on investigation techniques, some argue that there are discrete systems of myocyte arrangements in each ventricle ...
... was dismissed by Hunter in the phrase ‘Much more pains than were necessary have been taken to dissect and describe the course and arrangement of the muscular fibres of the heart’. Based on investigation techniques, some argue that there are discrete systems of myocyte arrangements in each ventricle ...
Hypertension
... output which appears to be mediated in part through plasma volume expansion and sodium retention. Neurohumoral mechanisms are also involved. • However, a purely hemodynamic etiology, based on increased plasma volume and increased cardiac output, are not sufficient explanations since the latter do no ...
... output which appears to be mediated in part through plasma volume expansion and sodium retention. Neurohumoral mechanisms are also involved. • However, a purely hemodynamic etiology, based on increased plasma volume and increased cardiac output, are not sufficient explanations since the latter do no ...
HT2313131319
... Auscultation is one of the most important non-invasive and simple diagnostic tools for detecting disorders in the respiratory tract like lung diseases [1]. It is defined as the act of listening for sounds within the body, mainly for ascertaining the condition of the lungs, heart and other organs. Di ...
... Auscultation is one of the most important non-invasive and simple diagnostic tools for detecting disorders in the respiratory tract like lung diseases [1]. It is defined as the act of listening for sounds within the body, mainly for ascertaining the condition of the lungs, heart and other organs. Di ...
Serum carnitine concentrations in patients with
... cardiomyopathy (APH). Twelve patients had a family history of HCM. The diagnosis of HCM was based on clinical findings, i.e. echocardiographic demonstration of a hypertrophied, non-dilated left ventricle in the absence of other cardiac or systemic diseases known to cause left ventricular hypertrophy ...
... cardiomyopathy (APH). Twelve patients had a family history of HCM. The diagnosis of HCM was based on clinical findings, i.e. echocardiographic demonstration of a hypertrophied, non-dilated left ventricle in the absence of other cardiac or systemic diseases known to cause left ventricular hypertrophy ...
Congenital Absence of Left Circumflex Coronary Artery
... tool for this purpose, as many congenital coronary anomalies are more easily assessed using this modality.13 Notably, MDCT is well suited to detect and define the anatomical course of coronary artery anomalies and their relationship to other cardiac and non-cardiac structures, because of the three-d ...
... tool for this purpose, as many congenital coronary anomalies are more easily assessed using this modality.13 Notably, MDCT is well suited to detect and define the anatomical course of coronary artery anomalies and their relationship to other cardiac and non-cardiac structures, because of the three-d ...
Medical Policy Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) for
... 64-slices has been shown in studies to have a high negative predictive value (93 to 100 percent), using conventional coronary angiography as the reference standard. Given its high negative predictive value, cardiac CT angiography has been shown to be most useful for evaluating persons at low risk of ...
... 64-slices has been shown in studies to have a high negative predictive value (93 to 100 percent), using conventional coronary angiography as the reference standard. Given its high negative predictive value, cardiac CT angiography has been shown to be most useful for evaluating persons at low risk of ...
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia and Congenital Heart
... slowly over the first two weeks of life. Normal ranges of BNP and NTpBNP have been established in neonates but vary depending on age of neonate and the testing kit used. (Ellis 1991) (Koch and Singer 2003) (El-Khuffash and Molloy 2009) (El-Khuffash and Molloy 2007) BNP and NTpBNP are used to aid dia ...
... slowly over the first two weeks of life. Normal ranges of BNP and NTpBNP have been established in neonates but vary depending on age of neonate and the testing kit used. (Ellis 1991) (Koch and Singer 2003) (El-Khuffash and Molloy 2009) (El-Khuffash and Molloy 2007) BNP and NTpBNP are used to aid dia ...
Scientific STAFF and MALT meetings — past, present, and future
... normal and diseased subjects. J Clin Physiol Funct Imaging ...
... normal and diseased subjects. J Clin Physiol Funct Imaging ...
Ral Antic Director Thoracic Medicine Head of Sleep
... coronary syndrome (ACS) y Correlation between CAD, ACS & OSA well established – 65% admitted for MI ...
... coronary syndrome (ACS) y Correlation between CAD, ACS & OSA well established – 65% admitted for MI ...
Longitudinally and circumferentially directed movements of the left
... traced from the apex to the base in the subendocardial zones and in a counter-clockwise direction at the outer surface [1,16-18]. Mathematical models have shown that this counter-directional helical arrangement of muscle fibers in the heart is important for equal redistribution of stresses and strai ...
... traced from the apex to the base in the subendocardial zones and in a counter-clockwise direction at the outer surface [1,16-18]. Mathematical models have shown that this counter-directional helical arrangement of muscle fibers in the heart is important for equal redistribution of stresses and strai ...
On the results of ligation of the coronary arteries.
... in fact be interrupted by the ligation of one coronary artery. This possibly explains the fact that both ventricles, if arrested at all, usually stop at the same instant, no matter which ventricle the ligated artery supplied. But in our present ignorance of the nature of the cardiac co-ordinating me ...
... in fact be interrupted by the ligation of one coronary artery. This possibly explains the fact that both ventricles, if arrested at all, usually stop at the same instant, no matter which ventricle the ligated artery supplied. But in our present ignorance of the nature of the cardiac co-ordinating me ...
Ribose Supplementation Alone or with Elevated Creatine
... pulmonary oedema commensurate with congestive heart failure (Table 2). Cardiac dysfunction was noted in all infarcted groups with increased diastolic and systolic ventricular volumes and significantly impaired ejection fraction compared to sham animals (2568% in group MI, 2066% in group MI+R, 2468% ...
... pulmonary oedema commensurate with congestive heart failure (Table 2). Cardiac dysfunction was noted in all infarcted groups with increased diastolic and systolic ventricular volumes and significantly impaired ejection fraction compared to sham animals (2568% in group MI, 2066% in group MI+R, 2468% ...
pdf 12 MB - Cardio Symposium 2011
... heart failure would produce any benefits. Barr et al5 showed that spironolactone had beneficial cardiac effects (on sympathetic activity and on ventricular arrhythmias) when added to an ACE inhibitor in human heart failure. Aldosterone blockade was then shown clearly to reduce total mortality in bot ...
... heart failure would produce any benefits. Barr et al5 showed that spironolactone had beneficial cardiac effects (on sympathetic activity and on ventricular arrhythmias) when added to an ACE inhibitor in human heart failure. Aldosterone blockade was then shown clearly to reduce total mortality in bot ...
Inglés - SciELO México
... and that have not been taken into account by these equations.10 Similarly, the stress test is an important clinical tool for assessing11 from two points of view: a) protects the health through prevention and early diagnosis of coronary heart disease or ischemic heart disease (angina pectoris, myocar ...
... and that have not been taken into account by these equations.10 Similarly, the stress test is an important clinical tool for assessing11 from two points of view: a) protects the health through prevention and early diagnosis of coronary heart disease or ischemic heart disease (angina pectoris, myocar ...
Cardiovascular emergency crisis: Arrhythmias EKG and Cardiac Arrest
... monitor is likely to miss them. • For these patients, an event monitor may provide a solution. An event monitor records only three to five minutes of a rhythm strip, but it is initiated by the patient when he or she experiences palpitations. The resultant EKG recording is sent out over the phone lin ...
... monitor is likely to miss them. • For these patients, an event monitor may provide a solution. An event monitor records only three to five minutes of a rhythm strip, but it is initiated by the patient when he or she experiences palpitations. The resultant EKG recording is sent out over the phone lin ...