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... to determine whether they respond differently from younger subjects. Other reported clinical experience has not identified differences in responses between the elderly and younger patients. In general, dose selection for an elderly patient should be cautious, usually starting at the low end of the d ...
... to determine whether they respond differently from younger subjects. Other reported clinical experience has not identified differences in responses between the elderly and younger patients. In general, dose selection for an elderly patient should be cautious, usually starting at the low end of the d ...
Dysfunction of atrial and B-type natriuretic peptides in congenital
... fetal period that decreased with advancing gestational age.2,4 It is not known whether this developmental transition from ventricular to atrial predominance of ANP is disrupted when cardiac malformation occurs during organogenesis, particularly in situations involving underdevelopment of one of the ...
... fetal period that decreased with advancing gestational age.2,4 It is not known whether this developmental transition from ventricular to atrial predominance of ANP is disrupted when cardiac malformation occurs during organogenesis, particularly in situations involving underdevelopment of one of the ...
Stretch-induced modifications of myocardial performance: from
... summarized his findings as follows: “Within physiological limits, the larger the volume of the heart, the greater are the energy of its contraction and the amount of chemical change at each contraction.” The impact of the ‘Starling’s law of the heart’ was such that many cardiologists spent, during t ...
... summarized his findings as follows: “Within physiological limits, the larger the volume of the heart, the greater are the energy of its contraction and the amount of chemical change at each contraction.” The impact of the ‘Starling’s law of the heart’ was such that many cardiologists spent, during t ...
-Blockers and Diuretics Precludes Their Use for First-Line Risk/Benefit Assessment of β
... regimens, showed benefit for CVD outcomes.3– 8 This evidence, which provided a basis for recommending thiazides or -blockers as first-step drugs in most editions of US guidelines through 1997,9 needs to continue to be given due weight in practice and practice guidelines. The largest and most consis ...
... regimens, showed benefit for CVD outcomes.3– 8 This evidence, which provided a basis for recommending thiazides or -blockers as first-step drugs in most editions of US guidelines through 1997,9 needs to continue to be given due weight in practice and practice guidelines. The largest and most consis ...
International Guidelines for the Selection of Lung Transplant
... Cystic Fibrosis and Other Causes of Bronchiectasis Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the third most common indication for which lung transplantation is performed.2 CF patients are often chronically infected with antibioticresistant organisms that remain in the large airways, upper respiratory tract, and sinus ...
... Cystic Fibrosis and Other Causes of Bronchiectasis Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the third most common indication for which lung transplantation is performed.2 CF patients are often chronically infected with antibioticresistant organisms that remain in the large airways, upper respiratory tract, and sinus ...
A Large Whale Heart
... No major differences in venous return between whale and human heart were noted except for a large additional left ventricular branch (fig. 5). Conduction System. By means of the method outlined by Widran and Lev,6 a specific conduction system could not be grossly or microscopically differentiated. M ...
... No major differences in venous return between whale and human heart were noted except for a large additional left ventricular branch (fig. 5). Conduction System. By means of the method outlined by Widran and Lev,6 a specific conduction system could not be grossly or microscopically differentiated. M ...
Incidence and Predictors of Very Late (>4 Years) Major Cardiac
... percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) ⬎18 years of age. Angiographic inclusion criteria were the presence of at least 1 documented stenosis ⱖ50% (by visual estimation) in a native coronary vessel or graft (arterial or venous) suitable for PCI with DES implantation. There were no protocol pre-spec ...
... percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) ⬎18 years of age. Angiographic inclusion criteria were the presence of at least 1 documented stenosis ⱖ50% (by visual estimation) in a native coronary vessel or graft (arterial or venous) suitable for PCI with DES implantation. There were no protocol pre-spec ...
Print - Circulation
... balloon dilating catheters. Double-balloon PMV was done differently than reported by Zaibag et al.8 in that the two balloon dilating catheters were introduced through the same femoral vein and atrial punctures. When double-balloon PMV was performed, a second 260 cm long exchange wire was passed thro ...
... balloon dilating catheters. Double-balloon PMV was done differently than reported by Zaibag et al.8 in that the two balloon dilating catheters were introduced through the same femoral vein and atrial punctures. When double-balloon PMV was performed, a second 260 cm long exchange wire was passed thro ...
Transient First-Degree Atrioventricular Block in a Young Patient
... showed that the frequency of the first-degree AVB varies between 0.65% to 1.1% among young people. At advanced ages, this frequency increases to 1.36% (2, 3). On evaluation of the patients with first-degree AVB, only 3.6% of this population was associated with organic heart disease (3). The known ca ...
... showed that the frequency of the first-degree AVB varies between 0.65% to 1.1% among young people. At advanced ages, this frequency increases to 1.36% (2, 3). On evaluation of the patients with first-degree AVB, only 3.6% of this population was associated with organic heart disease (3). The known ca ...
Increased plasma arginine vasopressin levels in patients
... cardiac index, 2.2 ± 0.07 liters/min per m2 and systemic vascular resistance, 1,512 ± 58 dynes-s-cm - 5 . As a group then, these patients had relatively advanced disease on the basis of hemodynamic measurements. Plasma vasopressin (Table 1). Plasma vasopressin was increased in these patients, with t ...
... cardiac index, 2.2 ± 0.07 liters/min per m2 and systemic vascular resistance, 1,512 ± 58 dynes-s-cm - 5 . As a group then, these patients had relatively advanced disease on the basis of hemodynamic measurements. Plasma vasopressin (Table 1). Plasma vasopressin was increased in these patients, with t ...
Premature discontinuation of patients: a potential bias in COPD clinical trials
... studies. If the study is of short duration, such as a few hours or days, the patient may tolerate the discomfort for the study duration. However, over many weeks or months, such a patient may decide that their altruistic reason for participating in a clinical trial has gone beyond an acceptable thre ...
... studies. If the study is of short duration, such as a few hours or days, the patient may tolerate the discomfort for the study duration. However, over many weeks or months, such a patient may decide that their altruistic reason for participating in a clinical trial has gone beyond an acceptable thre ...
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome - University of Maryland Medical
... 2-4 years old. In this surgery, the IVC is removed from the heart and then connected to the pulmonary arteries. Therefore, all of the oxygen poor blood drains directly into the lungs, and the right ventricle pumps oxygen rich blood to the body. Your baby may stay in the hospital for approximately 7- ...
... 2-4 years old. In this surgery, the IVC is removed from the heart and then connected to the pulmonary arteries. Therefore, all of the oxygen poor blood drains directly into the lungs, and the right ventricle pumps oxygen rich blood to the body. Your baby may stay in the hospital for approximately 7- ...
2-Acyanotic CHD
... Higher aortic pressure, blood shunts L to R through ductus from Aorta to PA. Extent of the shunt depends on size of the ductus & PVR. Small PDA, pressures in PA, RV, RA are normal. Large PDA, PA pressures are increasing. ...
... Higher aortic pressure, blood shunts L to R through ductus from Aorta to PA. Extent of the shunt depends on size of the ductus & PVR. Small PDA, pressures in PA, RV, RA are normal. Large PDA, PA pressures are increasing. ...
Treatment of Congestive Heart failure
... in the body. A deficiency has been linked to conditions such as irregular heartbeat, asthma, emphysema, cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, mitral valve prolapse, stroke and heart attack, diabetes, fibromyalgia, glaucoma, migraine, kidney stones, osteoporosis, and probably many more. About ...
... in the body. A deficiency has been linked to conditions such as irregular heartbeat, asthma, emphysema, cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, mitral valve prolapse, stroke and heart attack, diabetes, fibromyalgia, glaucoma, migraine, kidney stones, osteoporosis, and probably many more. About ...
Understanding your child`s heart Atrial septal defect
... On each side of the heart, blood passes from the atrium, through a heart valve – the tricuspid valve on the right, and the mitral valve on the left – into the ventricle. The ventricles are the main pumping chambers of the heart. Each ventricle pumps blood out into an artery. The right ventricle pump ...
... On each side of the heart, blood passes from the atrium, through a heart valve – the tricuspid valve on the right, and the mitral valve on the left – into the ventricle. The ventricles are the main pumping chambers of the heart. Each ventricle pumps blood out into an artery. The right ventricle pump ...
BNP JH - Public Health Wales
... negative results of both tests accurately rule out the diagnosis if patients are at relatively low risk of chronic HF and that the use of BNP tests in low-risk patients in primary care settings could reduce demand for echocardiography and referrals of patients to specialists. The ELISA test, which a ...
... negative results of both tests accurately rule out the diagnosis if patients are at relatively low risk of chronic HF and that the use of BNP tests in low-risk patients in primary care settings could reduce demand for echocardiography and referrals of patients to specialists. The ELISA test, which a ...
The new england journal of medicine
... prior cardiac arrest has been evaluated in small trials focused on patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy3,4 and also remains unproven. Most of the mortality data on amiodarone and ICD therapy have been obtained in clinical trials performed after myocardial infarction in patients without CHF or th ...
... prior cardiac arrest has been evaluated in small trials focused on patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy3,4 and also remains unproven. Most of the mortality data on amiodarone and ICD therapy have been obtained in clinical trials performed after myocardial infarction in patients without CHF or th ...
The invention of the stethoscope: A milestone in cardiology
... 17) of a short introduction numbering 14 pages, while the illustrative plate and explanation are consigned to the end of the first volume of 456 pages. Laennec states in the first page of this introduction the importance of being able to listen to the heart: 1. This hospital, situated in the 7th arr ...
... 17) of a short introduction numbering 14 pages, while the illustrative plate and explanation are consigned to the end of the first volume of 456 pages. Laennec states in the first page of this introduction the importance of being able to listen to the heart: 1. This hospital, situated in the 7th arr ...
Electrical properties - Akademik Ciamik 2010
... during the cardiac cycle produces electric currents that can be measured at the surface of the body. • Electrodes placed on the surface of the body and attached to an appropriate recording device can detect small voltage changes from action potentials in the cardiac muscle. • The electrodes detect a ...
... during the cardiac cycle produces electric currents that can be measured at the surface of the body. • Electrodes placed on the surface of the body and attached to an appropriate recording device can detect small voltage changes from action potentials in the cardiac muscle. • The electrodes detect a ...
Circulatory System Notes File
... Antigen: an identification glycoprotein on a RBC • 2 kinds of antigens on human RBC's: A and B • Therefore, 4 possible blood types: • Antigen A – type A blood • Antigen B – type B blood • Antigens A & B – type AB blood • No antigens – type O blood ...
... Antigen: an identification glycoprotein on a RBC • 2 kinds of antigens on human RBC's: A and B • Therefore, 4 possible blood types: • Antigen A – type A blood • Antigen B – type B blood • Antigens A & B – type AB blood • No antigens – type O blood ...
The Pathophysiological Basis of Carotid
... epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) family, a family of cation channels [30]. Although it seems strange to meet this cation family in the baroreflex circuit, we have to take in consideration that this family is involved in mechano-transduction in several species (light touch in the rat footpad, touch s ...
... epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) family, a family of cation channels [30]. Although it seems strange to meet this cation family in the baroreflex circuit, we have to take in consideration that this family is involved in mechano-transduction in several species (light touch in the rat footpad, touch s ...
Pulmonary Hypertension: Pathophysiology and Perioperative
... Decompensation in patients with pulmonary hypertension is relatively common and frequently lethal. The principal reason is that under normal circumstances the right ventricular myocardium is perfused by the right coronary arteries all through systole as well as all through diastole. In patients with ...
... Decompensation in patients with pulmonary hypertension is relatively common and frequently lethal. The principal reason is that under normal circumstances the right ventricular myocardium is perfused by the right coronary arteries all through systole as well as all through diastole. In patients with ...
Prognostication in Coronary Artery Disease
... necessity, not an optional component of stress testing” vs. “exercise testing alone is a useful first step.” ...
... necessity, not an optional component of stress testing” vs. “exercise testing alone is a useful first step.” ...
High Blood Cholesterol advice
... through them. This is particularly likely to happen in the narrow vessels which supply blood to the muscle of the heart (the corona arteries). This may cause damage to the heart and can cause a heart attack. If you have high blood cholesterol, whatever the cause, it is possible to do something about ...
... through them. This is particularly likely to happen in the narrow vessels which supply blood to the muscle of the heart (the corona arteries). This may cause damage to the heart and can cause a heart attack. If you have high blood cholesterol, whatever the cause, it is possible to do something about ...