Skin autofluorescence is elevated in acute myocardial infarction and
... four patients died, four were hospitalised for a new myocardial infarction and three for heart failure and that patients with skin AF values above the median (2.5 *10 to 2 AU) had a hazard ratio of 11.6 (95% CI 1.5 to 90.8; p=0.019) for developing MACE. Partial corrections for potential confounders ...
... four patients died, four were hospitalised for a new myocardial infarction and three for heart failure and that patients with skin AF values above the median (2.5 *10 to 2 AU) had a hazard ratio of 11.6 (95% CI 1.5 to 90.8; p=0.019) for developing MACE. Partial corrections for potential confounders ...
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... therefore describes the relationship between right ventricular contractility and afterload, so-called right ventricle–pulmonary artery (RV-PA) coupling [18]. In addition to the aforementioned difficulties imaging the right ventricle, a clinically apparent decline in ejection fraction or stroke volum ...
... therefore describes the relationship between right ventricular contractility and afterload, so-called right ventricle–pulmonary artery (RV-PA) coupling [18]. In addition to the aforementioned difficulties imaging the right ventricle, a clinically apparent decline in ejection fraction or stroke volum ...
Flow Characteristics of the Medtronic CoreValve: Difficulties
... Association of Echocardiography7-10 advocate an integrated approach, using both flow-dependent (mean gradient) and flow-independent (effective orifice area: EOA) assessment. If there is discordance between these measurements, the Doppler velocity index (DVI) is calculated. Calculation of EOA is perf ...
... Association of Echocardiography7-10 advocate an integrated approach, using both flow-dependent (mean gradient) and flow-independent (effective orifice area: EOA) assessment. If there is discordance between these measurements, the Doppler velocity index (DVI) is calculated. Calculation of EOA is perf ...
IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS)
... Decontamination Either In The Form Of Activated Charcoal/Normal Saline Or The Whole Bowel Irrigation Altering The Clinical Outcome In The Ccb Overdose. However, Gastrointestinal Decontamination Is Still Advocated Because Of The Potential Lethal Nature Of This Overdose And To Avoid Delayed Toxicity B ...
... Decontamination Either In The Form Of Activated Charcoal/Normal Saline Or The Whole Bowel Irrigation Altering The Clinical Outcome In The Ccb Overdose. However, Gastrointestinal Decontamination Is Still Advocated Because Of The Potential Lethal Nature Of This Overdose And To Avoid Delayed Toxicity B ...
SPONTANEOUS RUPTURE OF A PREVIOUSLY SCARED UTERUS
... 30-week gestation owing to severe, acute lower abdominal pain like a stab that awakened her from sleep followed by an aggressive fetal movement at 4. a. m at home. Since then, pain was continuous and accompanied by mild vaginal bleeding with watery discharge. Four years previously she had a cesarean ...
... 30-week gestation owing to severe, acute lower abdominal pain like a stab that awakened her from sleep followed by an aggressive fetal movement at 4. a. m at home. Since then, pain was continuous and accompanied by mild vaginal bleeding with watery discharge. Four years previously she had a cesarean ...
ESC Guidelines for the management of grown-up congenital heart disease
... are still lacking and can be assumed to change constantly. The remarkable improvement in survival of patients with CHD has led to a continuously growing number of GUCH patients, in particular those with more complex disease. In addition, some defects [e.g. atrial septal defect (ASD), coarctation of ...
... are still lacking and can be assumed to change constantly. The remarkable improvement in survival of patients with CHD has led to a continuously growing number of GUCH patients, in particular those with more complex disease. In addition, some defects [e.g. atrial septal defect (ASD), coarctation of ...
Does treadmill running performance, heart r
... increase in TTT (p<0.001), derived VO2max (p<0.001), METs (p<0.001) and drop in recovery HR (p=0.038); altered HR response (Figure 1) and BR response during exercise (Figure 2). We hypothesize that these changes are probably due to VRMT induced learnt behavior to control the breathing pattern that i ...
... increase in TTT (p<0.001), derived VO2max (p<0.001), METs (p<0.001) and drop in recovery HR (p=0.038); altered HR response (Figure 1) and BR response during exercise (Figure 2). We hypothesize that these changes are probably due to VRMT induced learnt behavior to control the breathing pattern that i ...
Preoperative echocardiographic clues for the repair of
... patch augmentation of the anterior leaflet or replacement of the TV should be considered. ...
... patch augmentation of the anterior leaflet or replacement of the TV should be considered. ...
The Heart and Blood Vessels
... constricting or dilating and, by doing this, they control how much blood enters the capillaries. Capillaries are tiny vessels that connect arterioles to venules. They have very thin walls which allow nutrients from the blood to pass into the body tissues. Waste products from body tissues can also pa ...
... constricting or dilating and, by doing this, they control how much blood enters the capillaries. Capillaries are tiny vessels that connect arterioles to venules. They have very thin walls which allow nutrients from the blood to pass into the body tissues. Waste products from body tissues can also pa ...
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
... protein titin (Borlaug 2011). Through one or more of these pathophysiologic changes, an increased passive stiffness of the left ventricle will result, leading to hemodynamic abnormalities. In patients with HFpEF, small changes in left ventricular volume are associated with relatively large changes ...
... protein titin (Borlaug 2011). Through one or more of these pathophysiologic changes, an increased passive stiffness of the left ventricle will result, leading to hemodynamic abnormalities. In patients with HFpEF, small changes in left ventricular volume are associated with relatively large changes ...
Haemodynamics in Essential Hypertension
... oxygen consumption it was found to be normal, and so was the arteriovenous oxygen difference. These results showed that there is really no true ‘luxury’ perfusion in ‘early’ essential hypertension and no need for any ‘protection’ of the tissues against overflow through increase in vascular resistanc ...
... oxygen consumption it was found to be normal, and so was the arteriovenous oxygen difference. These results showed that there is really no true ‘luxury’ perfusion in ‘early’ essential hypertension and no need for any ‘protection’ of the tissues against overflow through increase in vascular resistanc ...
Dispersion of QT interval in patients with and without
... >50% was considered significant stenosis. Exercise test. The healthy subjects performed a symptomlimited, maximal, dynamic exercise test on an electrically braked bicycle ergometer, starting at a work load of 30 to 50 W that was increased by 10 to 15 W/min (13). Measurement of QT interval and disper ...
... >50% was considered significant stenosis. Exercise test. The healthy subjects performed a symptomlimited, maximal, dynamic exercise test on an electrically braked bicycle ergometer, starting at a work load of 30 to 50 W that was increased by 10 to 15 W/min (13). Measurement of QT interval and disper ...
4.4. Mitral valve prosthesis vs. plasty and final result of the
... excitation generated in sinus node to spread towards atrioventricular node by a certain path, only. While suppressing arrhythmogenic impulses, this method in 90 % of cases prevents from atrial fibrillation caused by various mechanisms. Therefore, medicamental treatment and different methods of non-m ...
... excitation generated in sinus node to spread towards atrioventricular node by a certain path, only. While suppressing arrhythmogenic impulses, this method in 90 % of cases prevents from atrial fibrillation caused by various mechanisms. Therefore, medicamental treatment and different methods of non-m ...
Effect of Sub Maximal Exercise Test on Cardiovascular
... pressure and oxygen saturation in young obese adults. Several epidemiological studies have consistently revealed a lower lean mass and a higher proportion of body fat compositions in south Asians compared to Caucasians 8, 9 .And also the people of South Asian origin are more prone to visceral obesit ...
... pressure and oxygen saturation in young obese adults. Several epidemiological studies have consistently revealed a lower lean mass and a higher proportion of body fat compositions in south Asians compared to Caucasians 8, 9 .And also the people of South Asian origin are more prone to visceral obesit ...
Evaluation of the Right Ventricular Function in Hypertrophic
... for basal segments of LV (lateral, inferior and anterior) between HOCM and controls. Septal basal segment was excluded due to a possible affection by the scar after ASA. The parameters of RV and right atrium are presented in Table 3. There was no difference in conventional parameters of RV either. A ...
... for basal segments of LV (lateral, inferior and anterior) between HOCM and controls. Septal basal segment was excluded due to a possible affection by the scar after ASA. The parameters of RV and right atrium are presented in Table 3. There was no difference in conventional parameters of RV either. A ...
Anatomy Blood Vessels
... vessels comprised of endothelium with basement membrane; allows for filtration and reabsorption Found in all tissues of the body except for those that are “avascular” Usually form branching networks (“capillary beds”) within tissues for increased surface area blood flow into capillaries may be ...
... vessels comprised of endothelium with basement membrane; allows for filtration and reabsorption Found in all tissues of the body except for those that are “avascular” Usually form branching networks (“capillary beds”) within tissues for increased surface area blood flow into capillaries may be ...
Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction
... For purposes of regional wall motion analysis, the ASE has recommended a 16-segment model or, optionally, a 17-segment model with an addition of the apical cap. A scoring system for grading wall motion has been developed depending upon the appearance on echocardiography and is shown in Table 3. On t ...
... For purposes of regional wall motion analysis, the ASE has recommended a 16-segment model or, optionally, a 17-segment model with an addition of the apical cap. A scoring system for grading wall motion has been developed depending upon the appearance on echocardiography and is shown in Table 3. On t ...
Congenital Heart Diseases
... • The most common type of ASD is a defect in the development of the septum secundum, which produces mild disease that is frequently not detected until adult life. • In most cases of ostium secundum ASD, the defect is large enough (> 2 cm) to cause near equalization of left and right atrial pressure, ...
... • The most common type of ASD is a defect in the development of the septum secundum, which produces mild disease that is frequently not detected until adult life. • In most cases of ostium secundum ASD, the defect is large enough (> 2 cm) to cause near equalization of left and right atrial pressure, ...
Identification of ECG Arrhythmias using Phase Space Reconstruction
... fibrillation is a disorganized, irregular heart rhythm that renders the heart incapable of pumping blood. It is fatal within minutes unless externally terminated by the passage of a large electrical current through the heart muscle. Automatic defibrillators, both internal and external to the body, h ...
... fibrillation is a disorganized, irregular heart rhythm that renders the heart incapable of pumping blood. It is fatal within minutes unless externally terminated by the passage of a large electrical current through the heart muscle. Automatic defibrillators, both internal and external to the body, h ...
Traumatic ventricular septal defect in a 4-year
... the sensitivity or specificity for the diagnosis of cardiac injury, because other skeletal injuries may cause elevations of cardiac enzymes, with or without cardiac injury8). Recently, some authors reported that troponin I and T have proved to be sensitive to cardiac injury and useful in stratificat ...
... the sensitivity or specificity for the diagnosis of cardiac injury, because other skeletal injuries may cause elevations of cardiac enzymes, with or without cardiac injury8). Recently, some authors reported that troponin I and T have proved to be sensitive to cardiac injury and useful in stratificat ...
Cardiac MRI evaluation of myocardial disease
... possible signal to noise in SD units in severe but not extreme disease (a measure of effect size). Provided minimal systematic bias by disease-tracking confounders like heart rate or anaemia, an SD change of 2 means the technique can detect between group differences for biological insights, >4 means ...
... possible signal to noise in SD units in severe but not extreme disease (a measure of effect size). Provided minimal systematic bias by disease-tracking confounders like heart rate or anaemia, an SD change of 2 means the technique can detect between group differences for biological insights, >4 means ...
Guidelines for Pharmacotherapy of Atrial Fibrillation (JCS 2008)
... by specialists based on their own experience. In March 2007, the results of the J-RHYTHM study, a nationwide clinical study in patients with AF in Japan begun in 2003, demonstrated the validity of the guidelines in Japan. The J-RHYTHM study also represented current treatment of AF with antiarrhythmi ...
... by specialists based on their own experience. In March 2007, the results of the J-RHYTHM study, a nationwide clinical study in patients with AF in Japan begun in 2003, demonstrated the validity of the guidelines in Japan. The J-RHYTHM study also represented current treatment of AF with antiarrhythmi ...
The second peak of the radial artery pressure wave represents
... and radial pressures would permit recognition of their ®rst and second systolic de¯ections, and con®rmation of the relationship between aortic pressure and the second radial wave.4 Then, it would be seen that the lowering effect of vasodilator treatment on the aortic pressure agreed with that on the ...
... and radial pressures would permit recognition of their ®rst and second systolic de¯ections, and con®rmation of the relationship between aortic pressure and the second radial wave.4 Then, it would be seen that the lowering effect of vasodilator treatment on the aortic pressure agreed with that on the ...