My Approach to the Treatment of Scleroderma
... scleroderma is clinical heterogeneity with subsets that vary in the degree of disease expression, organ involvement, and ultimate prognosis. Thus, the term scleroderma is used to describe patients who have common manifestations that link them together, whereas a highly variable clinical course exist ...
... scleroderma is clinical heterogeneity with subsets that vary in the degree of disease expression, organ involvement, and ultimate prognosis. Thus, the term scleroderma is used to describe patients who have common manifestations that link them together, whereas a highly variable clinical course exist ...
Transcatheter Heart Valve Procedures
... The mitral valve directs blood flow from the left atrium into the left ventricle. Mitral regurgitation (MR) occurs when the mitral valve does not close properly, allowing blood to flow backwards from the ventricle to the atrium. MR is sometimes referred to as mitral incompetence or mitral insufficie ...
... The mitral valve directs blood flow from the left atrium into the left ventricle. Mitral regurgitation (MR) occurs when the mitral valve does not close properly, allowing blood to flow backwards from the ventricle to the atrium. MR is sometimes referred to as mitral incompetence or mitral insufficie ...
Task Force Report Task Force on Sudden Cardiac Death of the
... centuries and throughout this time different authors have debated how to define it most appropriately. SCD is defined as follows: ‘Natural death due to cardiac causes, heralded by abrupt loss of consciousness within one hour of the onset of acute symptoms; preexisting heart disease may have been know ...
... centuries and throughout this time different authors have debated how to define it most appropriately. SCD is defined as follows: ‘Natural death due to cardiac causes, heralded by abrupt loss of consciousness within one hour of the onset of acute symptoms; preexisting heart disease may have been know ...
Resting heart rate as a tool for risk stratification in primary
... While classical, established cardiovascular risk factors, such as arterial hypertension (HR=4.80; p<0.0001), hyperlipidaemia (HR=2.16; p<0.0001), and diabetes mellitus (HR=2.87; p<0.0001), demonstrated significantly increased HRs within the study cohort, neither a cut-off value of 70 bpm nor a study ...
... While classical, established cardiovascular risk factors, such as arterial hypertension (HR=4.80; p<0.0001), hyperlipidaemia (HR=2.16; p<0.0001), and diabetes mellitus (HR=2.87; p<0.0001), demonstrated significantly increased HRs within the study cohort, neither a cut-off value of 70 bpm nor a study ...
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... The RelayClinical™ Digital Animations offer high quality 3−D animations and computer graphics that simplify medical concepts. The Digital Animations complement the RelayClinical™ Patient Education text topics and illustrations. Each digital animation is scientifically accurate and designed to educat ...
... The RelayClinical™ Digital Animations offer high quality 3−D animations and computer graphics that simplify medical concepts. The Digital Animations complement the RelayClinical™ Patient Education text topics and illustrations. Each digital animation is scientifically accurate and designed to educat ...
Cardiac Rhythm Management Devices (Part I)
... latter activate the left ventricular free wall.36 In addition, septal branches of the left bundle branch supply the middle third of the ventricular septum and provide the earliest ventricular activation. Isolated block of any one of these fascicles is unifascicular block. Left or right bundle-branch ...
... latter activate the left ventricular free wall.36 In addition, septal branches of the left bundle branch supply the middle third of the ventricular septum and provide the earliest ventricular activation. Isolated block of any one of these fascicles is unifascicular block. Left or right bundle-branch ...
Ventricular Tachycardia in a Patient with Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot
... arrhythmia; Congenital heart disease Case Presentation and ECG Description A 22 year old male presented to the emergency department with malaise, nausea and vomiting after consuming alcohol. A 12 lead ECG (Figure 1a) revealed a regular, wide complex tachycardia (QRS duration 144 ms), ventricular rat ...
... arrhythmia; Congenital heart disease Case Presentation and ECG Description A 22 year old male presented to the emergency department with malaise, nausea and vomiting after consuming alcohol. A 12 lead ECG (Figure 1a) revealed a regular, wide complex tachycardia (QRS duration 144 ms), ventricular rat ...
Determination of Right Ventricular Mass in Computed
... taken during a single contrast injection. During infusion of intravenous contrast, ECG-triggered tomograms can be obtained at a designated time during each cardiac cycle. This allows for stop-action scans to be obtained during continuous infusion of circulating contrast. The system performs image re ...
... taken during a single contrast injection. During infusion of intravenous contrast, ECG-triggered tomograms can be obtained at a designated time during each cardiac cycle. This allows for stop-action scans to be obtained during continuous infusion of circulating contrast. The system performs image re ...
Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA)
... Depending upon the clinical situation and severity of the PDA your doctor may choose one of three options (which may change with time): 1. No treatment (conservative approach): If the PDA is small or your baby is making good clinical progress, the doctors may wait to see if it closes on its own. A P ...
... Depending upon the clinical situation and severity of the PDA your doctor may choose one of three options (which may change with time): 1. No treatment (conservative approach): If the PDA is small or your baby is making good clinical progress, the doctors may wait to see if it closes on its own. A P ...
AHA Scientific Statement
... cardiovascular events (defined as hospitalization for coronary heart disease, heart failure, ischemic stroke, or peripheral arterial disease) (B), and hospitalization (C) according to the estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) among 1 120 295 ambulatory adults. Reprinted from Go et al9 with perm ...
... cardiovascular events (defined as hospitalization for coronary heart disease, heart failure, ischemic stroke, or peripheral arterial disease) (B), and hospitalization (C) according to the estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) among 1 120 295 ambulatory adults. Reprinted from Go et al9 with perm ...
Genetic defects in a His-Purkinje system transcription factor, IRX3
... Telemetry electrocardiogram recording showed that Irx3-deleted mice developed frequent ventricular tachyarrhythmias mostly at night. Ventricular tachyarrhythmias were enhanced by exercise and sympathetic nerve activation. and results In human, the sequence analysis of IRX3 exons in 130 probands of i ...
... Telemetry electrocardiogram recording showed that Irx3-deleted mice developed frequent ventricular tachyarrhythmias mostly at night. Ventricular tachyarrhythmias were enhanced by exercise and sympathetic nerve activation. and results In human, the sequence analysis of IRX3 exons in 130 probands of i ...
SYNCHRONIZATION PROBLEM OF THE COUPLED MODIFIED
... examining stability of our setup because without such limitations the system could have completely different properties and would not recreate physiological properties. Modification of the parameter a value increases time intervals between pulses but also changes their shapes. This behavior is incon ...
... examining stability of our setup because without such limitations the system could have completely different properties and would not recreate physiological properties. Modification of the parameter a value increases time intervals between pulses but also changes their shapes. This behavior is incon ...
Heart 2016 – Deactivation of Devices
... symptoms, to reduce the risk of death, to prevent death by treating cardiac arrest, to monitor the heart’s rhythm or any combination of those objectives. These devices are referred to collectively as CIEDs. The increasing use of CIEDs has provided considerable benefit but has also created new challen ...
... symptoms, to reduce the risk of death, to prevent death by treating cardiac arrest, to monitor the heart’s rhythm or any combination of those objectives. These devices are referred to collectively as CIEDs. The increasing use of CIEDs has provided considerable benefit but has also created new challen ...
Rapid Communications - Circulation Research
... function but also display a dominant-negative effect by partially inactivating the normal channel subunits encoded by the WT allele in heterozygous patients.16 –18 By contrast, mutations responsible for JLN syndrome have no pronounced dominant-negative effect but abolish the current in the homozygou ...
... function but also display a dominant-negative effect by partially inactivating the normal channel subunits encoded by the WT allele in heterozygous patients.16 –18 By contrast, mutations responsible for JLN syndrome have no pronounced dominant-negative effect but abolish the current in the homozygou ...
PhD THESIS PROPOSAL TO THE SCHOOL OF POST GRADUATE
... a leading non communicable disease with numerous systemic complications. Diabetes mellitus cause polyuria with consequent excessive loss of essential body minerals. Hyperglycemia induce reactive oxygen species which act as major mediators of diabetic complications such as diabetic cardiac hypertroph ...
... a leading non communicable disease with numerous systemic complications. Diabetes mellitus cause polyuria with consequent excessive loss of essential body minerals. Hyperglycemia induce reactive oxygen species which act as major mediators of diabetic complications such as diabetic cardiac hypertroph ...
Heart Disease and Exercise - Cardiovascular Health Improvement
... effects of physical activity in reducing the risk of heart disease. First, physical activity can positively affect other major coronary risk factors. Exercise has been found to be useful in increasing high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDLC), controlling mild and moderate hypertension, decreasin ...
... effects of physical activity in reducing the risk of heart disease. First, physical activity can positively affect other major coronary risk factors. Exercise has been found to be useful in increasing high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDLC), controlling mild and moderate hypertension, decreasin ...
SELF-STUDY QUESTIONS-I
... 1. What are the primary organ systems of the body? What are the basic functions of each? 2. What is the “internal environment”? Why is it so important? 3. How would you define a “regulated” variable? Think of a couple of things in the body that are regulated. How does this regulation occur? 4. Defin ...
... 1. What are the primary organ systems of the body? What are the basic functions of each? 2. What is the “internal environment”? Why is it so important? 3. How would you define a “regulated” variable? Think of a couple of things in the body that are regulated. How does this regulation occur? 4. Defin ...
Gerard W. Ostheimer “What`s New in Obstetric
... who achieve a recommended weight gain during their pregnancies.”† This study would suggest that this goal has not been achieved. Women with excessive weight gain were more likely to have macrosomic babies than the rest of the population (adjusted odds ratio, 1.9; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.85–1 ...
... who achieve a recommended weight gain during their pregnancies.”† This study would suggest that this goal has not been achieved. Women with excessive weight gain were more likely to have macrosomic babies than the rest of the population (adjusted odds ratio, 1.9; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.85–1 ...
The Effect of Statin Therapy on Heart Failure Events
... (i.e. some events would still not be captured by assessing HF hospitalization); development of HF soon after MI may be transient, reflecting cardiac stunning, and may not necessarily lead to chronic HF; and if participants developed clinically significant HF they may well have suffered a subsequent ...
... (i.e. some events would still not be captured by assessing HF hospitalization); development of HF soon after MI may be transient, reflecting cardiac stunning, and may not necessarily lead to chronic HF; and if participants developed clinically significant HF they may well have suffered a subsequent ...
Thermodynamic analysis questions claims of improved cardiac
... polyunsaturated fish oils has been promoted and sustained over the intervening decades, despite a dearth of supporting evidence. The second thread is the more recent claim that a diet high in omega-3 fish oils can dramatically increase the pumping efficiency of the left ventricle, either by increasi ...
... polyunsaturated fish oils has been promoted and sustained over the intervening decades, despite a dearth of supporting evidence. The second thread is the more recent claim that a diet high in omega-3 fish oils can dramatically increase the pumping efficiency of the left ventricle, either by increasi ...
Regional Implementation of a Pediatric Cardiology Syncope
... analyzed and the care pathway was revised. The vast majority (85%) of the 1254 patients had typical syncope. A minority had exercise-related or more problematic symptoms. Guideline-defined testing identified one patient with cardiac syncope. Syncope Severity Scores correlated well between physician an ...
... analyzed and the care pathway was revised. The vast majority (85%) of the 1254 patients had typical syncope. A minority had exercise-related or more problematic symptoms. Guideline-defined testing identified one patient with cardiac syncope. Syncope Severity Scores correlated well between physician an ...
Case 4. Coronary Heart Disease: Family History of Father with Early
... Lifestyle modification is beneficial for all patients with cardiac risk factors, even if drug treatment is also required. Measures include regular exercise; low-fat diet; and smoking cessation (see sections below on physical activity and diet). Drug treatment is an important component of the managem ...
... Lifestyle modification is beneficial for all patients with cardiac risk factors, even if drug treatment is also required. Measures include regular exercise; low-fat diet; and smoking cessation (see sections below on physical activity and diet). Drug treatment is an important component of the managem ...
THE EFFECTS OF EPHEDRINE ON THE HEART RATE OF THE EMBRYO
... • Is a biogenic amine, a neurotransmitter of the sympathetic nervous system produced from the amino acid tyrosine, and commonly known as noradreline • Is an amplifier of the sympathic nervous system that effectuates the “fight or flight” response of the body. • Often affect processes within the post ...
... • Is a biogenic amine, a neurotransmitter of the sympathetic nervous system produced from the amino acid tyrosine, and commonly known as noradreline • Is an amplifier of the sympathic nervous system that effectuates the “fight or flight” response of the body. • Often affect processes within the post ...
Four-Chamber Heart Modeling and Automatic
... Though, both volumetric meshes and surface meshes are proposed for heart modeling, the latter is more popular and well suited for automatic heart chamber detection and segmentation. The image intensity inside a heart chamber is uniform. A large intensity jump is often observed on the boundary betwee ...
... Though, both volumetric meshes and surface meshes are proposed for heart modeling, the latter is more popular and well suited for automatic heart chamber detection and segmentation. The image intensity inside a heart chamber is uniform. A large intensity jump is often observed on the boundary betwee ...
heart
... SV is the amount of blood pumped out by a ventricle with each beat Cardiac reserve is the difference between resting and maximal CO Copyright © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings ...
... SV is the amount of blood pumped out by a ventricle with each beat Cardiac reserve is the difference between resting and maximal CO Copyright © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings ...