Rheumatic Fever and Heart Disease
... extra-cardiac sites e.g. joints, skin, brain…. • The incidence and mortality of rheumatic fever has declined over the past 30 years (due to improved socioeconomic condition and rapid diagnosis and treatment of strep. pharyngitis). ...
... extra-cardiac sites e.g. joints, skin, brain…. • The incidence and mortality of rheumatic fever has declined over the past 30 years (due to improved socioeconomic condition and rapid diagnosis and treatment of strep. pharyngitis). ...
IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (JDMS)
... premenstrual syndrome (PMS) during luteal phase of menstrual cycle. Normally menstruating women show hypocapnia followed by increased ventilation due to increased progesterone during the luteal phase compared follicular phase . As specific reason for PMS has not still been proved, various theories h ...
... premenstrual syndrome (PMS) during luteal phase of menstrual cycle. Normally menstruating women show hypocapnia followed by increased ventilation due to increased progesterone during the luteal phase compared follicular phase . As specific reason for PMS has not still been proved, various theories h ...
Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities
... listed as a Class I indication (beneficial, useful, and effective) does not preclude the use of other therapeutic modalities that may be equally effective. As with all clinical practice guidelines, the recommendations in this document focus on treatment of an average patient with a specific ...
... listed as a Class I indication (beneficial, useful, and effective) does not preclude the use of other therapeutic modalities that may be equally effective. As with all clinical practice guidelines, the recommendations in this document focus on treatment of an average patient with a specific ...
Guidelines: Congenital Aortic Valve Stenosis
... valve (autograft) and a biological valve is implanted in pulmonary position. Anticoagulation is not necessary. The operation can be performed at any age and offers the advantage that a vital valve with growth potential is placed in aortic position. However, due to unphysiological pressure and dilata ...
... valve (autograft) and a biological valve is implanted in pulmonary position. Anticoagulation is not necessary. The operation can be performed at any age and offers the advantage that a vital valve with growth potential is placed in aortic position. However, due to unphysiological pressure and dilata ...
Supravalvular aortic stenosis Echocardiographicfeatures
... The diagnosis was confirmed by cardiac catheterization in both and at operation in I. A systematic echocardiographic approach to such patients is described. The characteristic finding in these patients was the narrowing of the diameter of the aortic lumen at the stenotic area just distal to the aort ...
... The diagnosis was confirmed by cardiac catheterization in both and at operation in I. A systematic echocardiographic approach to such patients is described. The characteristic finding in these patients was the narrowing of the diameter of the aortic lumen at the stenotic area just distal to the aort ...
Editor – Dean F. Connors, MD, PhD
... prevents high ventricular rates. Some DDD pacemakers are programmed to enter the DDI mode when high atrial rates occur. The fourth position, rate modulation, increases the patient’s heart rate in response to “patient exercise”. A number of mechanisms (vibration, respiration, and pressure) are used t ...
... prevents high ventricular rates. Some DDD pacemakers are programmed to enter the DDI mode when high atrial rates occur. The fourth position, rate modulation, increases the patient’s heart rate in response to “patient exercise”. A number of mechanisms (vibration, respiration, and pressure) are used t ...
Catheter Ablation in New Zealand
... In this strategy patients remain in atrial fibrillation with no attempt to restore sinus rhythm. The heart rate is controlled with medication (usually β-adrenergic blockers, calcium-channel blockers and/or digoxin) to reduce symptoms and increase exercise tolerance. If the heart rate is difficult to ...
... In this strategy patients remain in atrial fibrillation with no attempt to restore sinus rhythm. The heart rate is controlled with medication (usually β-adrenergic blockers, calcium-channel blockers and/or digoxin) to reduce symptoms and increase exercise tolerance. If the heart rate is difficult to ...
Mitral Valve Surgery - HeartValveSurgery.com
... in valve disease. It’s one of the key turning points in a patient that might be followed for mitral valve regurgitation. Atrial fibrillation is one of the important triggers now, I think, that lead to a discussion of timing intervention. Atrial fibrillation is an important marker that it’s probably ...
... in valve disease. It’s one of the key turning points in a patient that might be followed for mitral valve regurgitation. Atrial fibrillation is one of the important triggers now, I think, that lead to a discussion of timing intervention. Atrial fibrillation is an important marker that it’s probably ...
Premature Ventricular Contraction
... • Groups of pacemaker cells throughout the conducting system are capable of spontaneous depolarization. • The rate of depolarization decreases from top to bottom: fastest at the sinoatrial node; slowest within the ventricles. • Ectopic impulses from subsidiary pacemakers are normally suppressed by m ...
... • Groups of pacemaker cells throughout the conducting system are capable of spontaneous depolarization. • The rate of depolarization decreases from top to bottom: fastest at the sinoatrial node; slowest within the ventricles. • Ectopic impulses from subsidiary pacemakers are normally suppressed by m ...
Echocardiographic assessment of right heart indices in dogs with
... ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to evaluate right ventricular (RV) remodeling and right heart failure associated with different causes of elevated pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP) in dogs. In total, 169 client-owned dogs with tricuspid regurgitation (TR) and 40 client-owned clinically healthy d ...
... ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to evaluate right ventricular (RV) remodeling and right heart failure associated with different causes of elevated pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP) in dogs. In total, 169 client-owned dogs with tricuspid regurgitation (TR) and 40 client-owned clinically healthy d ...
Regional Myocardial Function: Advances in MR Imaging and
... ejection fraction and ventricular mass (1). Ventricular volumes and ejection fraction, however, may not correlate with myocardial contractility, because they are very sensitive to loading conditions (2). Interest in imaging of regional cardiac function has been driven by the fact that ischemic heart ...
... ejection fraction and ventricular mass (1). Ventricular volumes and ejection fraction, however, may not correlate with myocardial contractility, because they are very sensitive to loading conditions (2). Interest in imaging of regional cardiac function has been driven by the fact that ischemic heart ...
Capítulo 1: Descrição geral da tese - RUN
... Patients who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were randomized for long duration high intensity interval exercise training or for control group (EXTG and CG, respectively). Randomization, performed by an independent investigator, was stratified, based on age (
... Patients who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were randomized for long duration high intensity interval exercise training or for control group (EXTG and CG, respectively). Randomization, performed by an independent investigator, was stratified, based on age (
S1936879816319100_mmc1
... A device related adverse event is defined as any adverse event for which a causal relationship between the device and the event is at least a reasonable possibility, i.e., the relationship cannot be excluded. Device Failure: A device has failed if it is used in accordance with the IFU, but does not ...
... A device related adverse event is defined as any adverse event for which a causal relationship between the device and the event is at least a reasonable possibility, i.e., the relationship cannot be excluded. Device Failure: A device has failed if it is used in accordance with the IFU, but does not ...
Proarrhythmic Effects Of Antiarrhythmic Drugs: Case Study
... Little difference is observed between the routes of administration for cardioversion rates, although intravenous administration results in faster conversion. Indeed, in patients with recent onset AF, successful cardioversion is reported in up to 80% of cases with oral therapy, rising only to 90% wit ...
... Little difference is observed between the routes of administration for cardioversion rates, although intravenous administration results in faster conversion. Indeed, in patients with recent onset AF, successful cardioversion is reported in up to 80% of cases with oral therapy, rising only to 90% wit ...
HEART RATE DETECTION FROM IMPEDANCE ... BASED ON CONCEALED CAPACITIVE ELECTRODES
... Impedance plethysmography is the measurement of volume changes through the measurement of the electrical impedance of the body tissues of interest [10]. When measuring in limbs, these volume changes are mainly due to the blood flow. Common IPG measurements in a limb use four band electrodes around i ...
... Impedance plethysmography is the measurement of volume changes through the measurement of the electrical impedance of the body tissues of interest [10]. When measuring in limbs, these volume changes are mainly due to the blood flow. Common IPG measurements in a limb use four band electrodes around i ...
How to do It : Closed Mitral Commissurotomy
... long time at any point of time by the finger, the Hegar dilator, or the Tubbs dilator. Once the Hegar dilator is employed it is removed and the Tubb’s dilator is introduced into the LV with the handle towards the superior aspect and rotated so the handle lies in a horizontal plane and the tip of the ...
... long time at any point of time by the finger, the Hegar dilator, or the Tubbs dilator. Once the Hegar dilator is employed it is removed and the Tubb’s dilator is introduced into the LV with the handle towards the superior aspect and rotated so the handle lies in a horizontal plane and the tip of the ...
Diagnostic Characteristics of Clozapine
... that clozapine was significantly more frequently associated with myocarditis than any other drug. In subsequent publications,3,4 it has been proposed that the incidence may be more than 2% of patients starting clozapine. Clozapine is recognized as the most effective antipsychotic available for treat ...
... that clozapine was significantly more frequently associated with myocarditis than any other drug. In subsequent publications,3,4 it has been proposed that the incidence may be more than 2% of patients starting clozapine. Clozapine is recognized as the most effective antipsychotic available for treat ...
Morphological Changes of the QRS Complex as a Marker of
... is a sympathetic overdrive rather than a parasympathetic withdrawal among these patients. An altered sympathovagal balance is also seen in patients after cardiovascular surgery and it has been related to myocardial ischemic episodes in patients who have undergone coronary artery bypass grafting [Tas ...
... is a sympathetic overdrive rather than a parasympathetic withdrawal among these patients. An altered sympathovagal balance is also seen in patients after cardiovascular surgery and it has been related to myocardial ischemic episodes in patients who have undergone coronary artery bypass grafting [Tas ...
DRUGS FROM EMASCULATED HORMONES: THE PRINCIPLES OF SYNTOPIC ANTAGONISM
... itself but simply antagonised the effects of adrenaline and isoprenaline, although the stimulant activity on pacemaker tissue could be clearly seen in the atria1 preparation. We were astonished. Today, we classify DCI as a partial agonist. Ariens (1954) and R.P. Stephenson (1956) had introduced the ...
... itself but simply antagonised the effects of adrenaline and isoprenaline, although the stimulant activity on pacemaker tissue could be clearly seen in the atria1 preparation. We were astonished. Today, we classify DCI as a partial agonist. Ariens (1954) and R.P. Stephenson (1956) had introduced the ...
In situ cardiac perfusion reveals interspecific variation of
... in the systemic circulation (pulmonary bypass), or left-to-right (L-R), wherein oxygenated blood is recirculated to the lungs (systemic bypass). In vivo blood flow measurements demonstrate a great capacity for intracardiac shunts in many reptile species, which may be maximally manifested as a comple ...
... in the systemic circulation (pulmonary bypass), or left-to-right (L-R), wherein oxygenated blood is recirculated to the lungs (systemic bypass). In vivo blood flow measurements demonstrate a great capacity for intracardiac shunts in many reptile species, which may be maximally manifested as a comple ...
Misdiagnosis of Dextrocardia and Situs Inversus in a two Year Old
... the atria that is right atrium on the right side and left atrium on the left side. Dextrocardia associated with situs solitus is called dextroversion, which is the second most common type of dextrocardia characterized by D-loop ventricles, normal great arteries and the apex of heart pointing towards ...
... the atria that is right atrium on the right side and left atrium on the left side. Dextrocardia associated with situs solitus is called dextroversion, which is the second most common type of dextrocardia characterized by D-loop ventricles, normal great arteries and the apex of heart pointing towards ...
BALLOON VALVULPLASTY OF PULMONIC STENOSIS
... valves particularly when there is a severe lesion, but is often difficult to reliably and accurately appreciate. The post-stenotic bulge is sometimes seen and the right ventricle is often seen to be hypertrophied. Right atrial dilation may be evident. Subvalvular stenosis with aberrant coronaries It ...
... valves particularly when there is a severe lesion, but is often difficult to reliably and accurately appreciate. The post-stenotic bulge is sometimes seen and the right ventricle is often seen to be hypertrophied. Right atrial dilation may be evident. Subvalvular stenosis with aberrant coronaries It ...
A Prospective, Randomized Trial of an Emergency
... Only patients willing and able to sign an informed consent were included in this study. After granting consent, participants were randomized by telephone call to a remote, designated randomization center uninvolved in the patients’ care. Patients were then managed per the protocol to either care in ...
... Only patients willing and able to sign an informed consent were included in this study. After granting consent, participants were randomized by telephone call to a remote, designated randomization center uninvolved in the patients’ care. Patients were then managed per the protocol to either care in ...