Percutaneous closure of multiple atrial septal defects and patent
... with multiple or complex, fenestrated defects, a single device can be placed through one defect so that it overlaps and closes a second defect. In our case, we were able to close three defects with a single device because of the short distance between them. Devices designed to cover a large part of ...
... with multiple or complex, fenestrated defects, a single device can be placed through one defect so that it overlaps and closes a second defect. In our case, we were able to close three defects with a single device because of the short distance between them. Devices designed to cover a large part of ...
Differential diagnosis
... zones Mitral regurgitation -eccentric hypertrophy of the left atrium -LA and LV enlargement -equalization, cephalization -mitral annulus calcification ...
... zones Mitral regurgitation -eccentric hypertrophy of the left atrium -LA and LV enlargement -equalization, cephalization -mitral annulus calcification ...
Management of Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery
... coronary anatomy, 2) agrees that either percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) is technically feasible and reasonable, and 3) discusses revascularization options with the patient before a treatment strategy is selected. Support for using a Heart Team ...
... coronary anatomy, 2) agrees that either percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) is technically feasible and reasonable, and 3) discusses revascularization options with the patient before a treatment strategy is selected. Support for using a Heart Team ...
Cardiac Cephalgia
... acute cardiovascular event. Fifty-seven percent of patients show ECG abnormalities at rest [4] as well as elevated cardiac enzymes [5], and in the remaining ECG changes appear only during stress [6]. It is not surprising CC does not respond to simple painkillers [7], but promptly responds to nitrate ...
... acute cardiovascular event. Fifty-seven percent of patients show ECG abnormalities at rest [4] as well as elevated cardiac enzymes [5], and in the remaining ECG changes appear only during stress [6]. It is not surprising CC does not respond to simple painkillers [7], but promptly responds to nitrate ...
Performance of QRS detection for cardiac MRI with a novel
... poor electrode contact, patient motion, muscle contraction, and ECG baseline drift or amplitude modulation due to respiration. Standard QRS detection algorithms that have been developed for general monitoring purposes work well with general ECG databases and healthy patients but may not suffice for ...
... poor electrode contact, patient motion, muscle contraction, and ECG baseline drift or amplitude modulation due to respiration. Standard QRS detection algorithms that have been developed for general monitoring purposes work well with general ECG databases and healthy patients but may not suffice for ...
Management of Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery
... coronary anatomy, 2) agrees that either percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) is technically feasible and reasonable, and 3) discusses revascularization options with the patient before a treatment strategy is selected. Support for using a Heart Team ...
... coronary anatomy, 2) agrees that either percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) is technically feasible and reasonable, and 3) discusses revascularization options with the patient before a treatment strategy is selected. Support for using a Heart Team ...
T-Vector Direction Differentiates Postpacing From Ischemic T
... activation, such as ventricular pacing,5 transient left bundle-branch block, ventricular arrhythmias, or WolfParkinson-White syndrome.6,7 Pacing-induced TWI, the most common clinical example of CM, is usually localized to precordial and inferior leads.6,8 Postpacing CM often produces striking precor ...
... activation, such as ventricular pacing,5 transient left bundle-branch block, ventricular arrhythmias, or WolfParkinson-White syndrome.6,7 Pacing-induced TWI, the most common clinical example of CM, is usually localized to precordial and inferior leads.6,8 Postpacing CM often produces striking precor ...
T-Vector Direction Differentiates Postpacing From Ischemic T
... activation, such as ventricular pacing,5 transient left bundle-branch block, ventricular arrhythmias, or WolfParkinson-White syndrome.6,7 Pacing-induced TWI, the most common clinical example of CM, is usually localized to precordial and inferior leads.6,8 Postpacing CM often produces striking precor ...
... activation, such as ventricular pacing,5 transient left bundle-branch block, ventricular arrhythmias, or WolfParkinson-White syndrome.6,7 Pacing-induced TWI, the most common clinical example of CM, is usually localized to precordial and inferior leads.6,8 Postpacing CM often produces striking precor ...
Assessment of Mechanical Cardiac Function in Elite Athletes
... vibrations of the heart, thus allowing the measurement of the cardiac cycle events including timing, durations and amplitudes of contraction [25-28]. Later, the technology was refined by Salerno and colleagues to show that cardiac cycle timing events at rest could be recorded reliably using this tec ...
... vibrations of the heart, thus allowing the measurement of the cardiac cycle events including timing, durations and amplitudes of contraction [25-28]. Later, the technology was refined by Salerno and colleagues to show that cardiac cycle timing events at rest could be recorded reliably using this tec ...
Effect of Stimulation of Hypothalamus and Reticular Activating
... • The role of: the central nervous system in maintaining and modifying cardiac rhythmicity lias been extensively studied1"5 by many investigators. Emphasis has been laid on the diencephalic region as a pathway for important neurovcgetative fibers. Pitts et al." showed that from both sides of the hyp ...
... • The role of: the central nervous system in maintaining and modifying cardiac rhythmicity lias been extensively studied1"5 by many investigators. Emphasis has been laid on the diencephalic region as a pathway for important neurovcgetative fibers. Pitts et al." showed that from both sides of the hyp ...
SICI-GISE
... 2.1 Mitral valve: crossroads of the left ventricle The mitral valve is anatomically and functionally integrated in the left heart (figure 1). Consequently, any left ventricular geometrical and functional alterations can induce mitral regurgitation (MR). Vice versa, mitral regurgitation could determi ...
... 2.1 Mitral valve: crossroads of the left ventricle The mitral valve is anatomically and functionally integrated in the left heart (figure 1). Consequently, any left ventricular geometrical and functional alterations can induce mitral regurgitation (MR). Vice versa, mitral regurgitation could determi ...
Papillary muscle rupture following myocardial
... assessment of left ventricular wall movement and coronary artery morphology would help to select those patients who may benefit from myocardial revascularization and resection of a non-contracting area of the left ventricle (Spencer, 1972). In our patient such a combination of procedures might have ...
... assessment of left ventricular wall movement and coronary artery morphology would help to select those patients who may benefit from myocardial revascularization and resection of a non-contracting area of the left ventricle (Spencer, 1972). In our patient such a combination of procedures might have ...
Giant Molecule Titin and Myocardial Stiffness
... stiffening caused by chronic preload elevation. The functional consequences of an increased ventricular stiffness include a limitation in the degree of enlargement of the failing heart. This limitation protects the ventricle against serious rises in systolic wall stresses and thereby attenuates the ...
... stiffening caused by chronic preload elevation. The functional consequences of an increased ventricular stiffness include a limitation in the degree of enlargement of the failing heart. This limitation protects the ventricle against serious rises in systolic wall stresses and thereby attenuates the ...
national audit of cardiac rhythm management devices
... Arrhythmia Alliance, and is dedicated to improving all aspects of cardiac arrhythmia care and electrical device based therapies. It provides an essential link between professionals working within pacing, devices and electrophysiology in the UK. The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) i ...
... Arrhythmia Alliance, and is dedicated to improving all aspects of cardiac arrhythmia care and electrical device based therapies. It provides an essential link between professionals working within pacing, devices and electrophysiology in the UK. The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) i ...
Giant Molecule Titin and Myocardial Stiffness
... stiffening caused by chronic preload elevation. The functional consequences of an increased ventricular stiffness include a limitation in the degree of enlargement of the failing heart. This limitation protects the ventricle against serious rises in systolic wall stresses and thereby attenuates the ...
... stiffening caused by chronic preload elevation. The functional consequences of an increased ventricular stiffness include a limitation in the degree of enlargement of the failing heart. This limitation protects the ventricle against serious rises in systolic wall stresses and thereby attenuates the ...
EFFECTIVENESS OF A HANDHELD REMOTE ECG MONITOR
... This present study deals with designing a real-time remote handheld ECG monitoring system and evaluating its potential usefulness in early detection of heart conduction problems. The raw ECG recordings were sent by the handheld monitor (client) to a remote server, which performed an on-line ECG anal ...
... This present study deals with designing a real-time remote handheld ECG monitoring system and evaluating its potential usefulness in early detection of heart conduction problems. The raw ECG recordings were sent by the handheld monitor (client) to a remote server, which performed an on-line ECG anal ...
CV/CV Surgery Booklet - MC5751-10
... exercise stress studies, and intraoperative transesophageal echocardiographic studies. Mayo Clinic echocardiographers continue to lead the field in the development and application of new technology. The Echocardiography Laboratory has recently introduced a new modality—strain rate imaging—that is us ...
... exercise stress studies, and intraoperative transesophageal echocardiographic studies. Mayo Clinic echocardiographers continue to lead the field in the development and application of new technology. The Echocardiography Laboratory has recently introduced a new modality—strain rate imaging—that is us ...
Fetal cardiac abnormalities identified prior to 14 weeks` gestation
... crown–rump length 40.0–85.0 mm (median, 60.3 mm) with increased nuchal translucency, suspected abnormalities on routine scan or a family history of heart defect. The findings were related to results of autopsy, karyotyping, later scans and postnatal follow-up. Results Satisfactory images were obtain ...
... crown–rump length 40.0–85.0 mm (median, 60.3 mm) with increased nuchal translucency, suspected abnormalities on routine scan or a family history of heart defect. The findings were related to results of autopsy, karyotyping, later scans and postnatal follow-up. Results Satisfactory images were obtain ...
Mind the gap: difference between Framingham heart
... Objectives: To measure the excess risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in HIV-positive individuals by comparing ‘heart age’ with real age and to estimate associations of patients’ characteristics with heart age deviation (heart age–real age). Design: Clinical Cohort Study. Setting: Bristol HIV clini ...
... Objectives: To measure the excess risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in HIV-positive individuals by comparing ‘heart age’ with real age and to estimate associations of patients’ characteristics with heart age deviation (heart age–real age). Design: Clinical Cohort Study. Setting: Bristol HIV clini ...
Left coronary pressure–flow relations of the beating and arrested
... their mean values) of left coronary pressure–flow relations in diastole and systole at the two ventricular chamber volumes (diastolic pressure at V0 was 1–2 mmHg and at V1 20 mmHg) in the beating and arrested heart for all experiments. The p-values from analysis of variance are given at the bottom. ...
... their mean values) of left coronary pressure–flow relations in diastole and systole at the two ventricular chamber volumes (diastolic pressure at V0 was 1–2 mmHg and at V1 20 mmHg) in the beating and arrested heart for all experiments. The p-values from analysis of variance are given at the bottom. ...
PhD Thesis Meoli
... patient-specific 3D finite-element (FE) model of the SV to a patient-specific lumped parameter (LP) model of the whole circulation, in a closed-loop fashion. A sequential approach was carried out: (i) cardiocirculatory parameters were estimated by using a fully LP model; (ii) ventricular material pa ...
... patient-specific 3D finite-element (FE) model of the SV to a patient-specific lumped parameter (LP) model of the whole circulation, in a closed-loop fashion. A sequential approach was carried out: (i) cardiocirculatory parameters were estimated by using a fully LP model; (ii) ventricular material pa ...
Molecular Replacement in Cancer Therapy: Reversing Cancer
... tic agents, when they induce apoptosis in cancer cells. This occurs when drug-induced apoptosis is triggered by the release of cytochrome c from the mitochondrial electron transport chain. When this occurs, electrons are diverted from NADH dehydrogenase and reduced CoQ to oxygen with formation of su ...
... tic agents, when they induce apoptosis in cancer cells. This occurs when drug-induced apoptosis is triggered by the release of cytochrome c from the mitochondrial electron transport chain. When this occurs, electrons are diverted from NADH dehydrogenase and reduced CoQ to oxygen with formation of su ...
Increased Efferent Cardiac Sympathetic Nerve Activity
... Elevated sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) coupled with dysregulated b-adrenoceptor (b-AR) signaling is postulated as a major driving force for cardiac dysfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes; however, cardiac SNA has never been assessed directly in diabetes. Our aim was to measure the sympathet ...
... Elevated sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) coupled with dysregulated b-adrenoceptor (b-AR) signaling is postulated as a major driving force for cardiac dysfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes; however, cardiac SNA has never been assessed directly in diabetes. Our aim was to measure the sympathet ...