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... industrialised countries are decreasing, not increasing 2. What is being suggested as ‘high’ is in fact just normal in many cases. I am also concerned by the fact that most people who have a heart attack have an average cholesterol level, not a high cholesterol level: this has been found during stud ...
... industrialised countries are decreasing, not increasing 2. What is being suggested as ‘high’ is in fact just normal in many cases. I am also concerned by the fact that most people who have a heart attack have an average cholesterol level, not a high cholesterol level: this has been found during stud ...
Prevention Metabolism, Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke
... of studies involving 100 to >400 patients presenting with chest pain and negative results on an accelerated diagnostic protocol.324–329 Patients with negative exercise tests were discharged, and those with positive results were admitted. No adverse effects of exercise testing were reported. Direct d ...
... of studies involving 100 to >400 patients presenting with chest pain and negative results on an accelerated diagnostic protocol.324–329 Patients with negative exercise tests were discharged, and those with positive results were admitted. No adverse effects of exercise testing were reported. Direct d ...
Arrhythmias An arrhythmia is a condition caused by a problem with
... treatment, unless there are symptoms such as fatigue, dizziness, swooning and fainting or near fainting. This symptoms are generally due to insufficient blood flow to the brain. The elderly are more likely to have slow heart rate problems. These symptoms may sometimes be medication-related. In some ...
... treatment, unless there are symptoms such as fatigue, dizziness, swooning and fainting or near fainting. This symptoms are generally due to insufficient blood flow to the brain. The elderly are more likely to have slow heart rate problems. These symptoms may sometimes be medication-related. In some ...
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... lesions < 50%, more significance for women than men, as women are more prone to coronary artery spasm diffuse small lesions are fairly innocuous only in the elderly or at any age if risk factors are meticulously controlled. lesions as they appear on cath are smaller when actually seen, so the presen ...
... lesions < 50%, more significance for women than men, as women are more prone to coronary artery spasm diffuse small lesions are fairly innocuous only in the elderly or at any age if risk factors are meticulously controlled. lesions as they appear on cath are smaller when actually seen, so the presen ...
Respiratory Failure
... xtra oxygen – usually given through a nose tube or a mask • CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) – a treatment that uses pressurised air to keep the alveoli in the lungs open • Mechanical ventilation – a machine that helps your baby breathe using a tube. The tube goes through the baby’s no ...
... xtra oxygen – usually given through a nose tube or a mask • CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) – a treatment that uses pressurised air to keep the alveoli in the lungs open • Mechanical ventilation – a machine that helps your baby breathe using a tube. The tube goes through the baby’s no ...
FMD Patient Dictionary
... Infarction: death of tissue due to lack of oxygen (often caused by lack of blood flow to tissue). Intimal fibroplasia: an older term used for focal FMD. Intracranial: inside the skull. Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS): a medical imaging technique using a specially designed catheter with a miniaturize ...
... Infarction: death of tissue due to lack of oxygen (often caused by lack of blood flow to tissue). Intimal fibroplasia: an older term used for focal FMD. Intracranial: inside the skull. Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS): a medical imaging technique using a specially designed catheter with a miniaturize ...
Severe Aortic Stenosis and TAVR
... Evaluate the peripheral vasculature and aortic valvular complex using catheterization ...
... Evaluate the peripheral vasculature and aortic valvular complex using catheterization ...
Assessment of left ventricular diastolic function in bronchial asthma
... clinical or ECG changes14. These studies implicate β2-AG as a cause of cardiac dysfunction in BA. Transmitral inflow velocity patterns15 have been used to assess left ventricle (LV) diastolic function, and diastolic LV dysfunction has been reported in BA16,17. These velocity-derived indices are sens ...
... clinical or ECG changes14. These studies implicate β2-AG as a cause of cardiac dysfunction in BA. Transmitral inflow velocity patterns15 have been used to assess left ventricle (LV) diastolic function, and diastolic LV dysfunction has been reported in BA16,17. These velocity-derived indices are sens ...
New national guidelines on hypertension - FO
... position with the arms supported at the heart older patients who are more likely to have other level for at least five minutes before BP is taken.33 CVDs and reduced resiliency of the cardiovasJNC 7 recommends averaging two measurecular system.46 Bader and colleagues,46 in an ments. The mercury sphy ...
... position with the arms supported at the heart older patients who are more likely to have other level for at least five minutes before BP is taken.33 CVDs and reduced resiliency of the cardiovasJNC 7 recommends averaging two measurecular system.46 Bader and colleagues,46 in an ments. The mercury sphy ...
blood flow
... Ideally, blood flow in the cardiovascular system is laminar, or streamlined. In laminar flow, there is a parabolic profile of velocity within a blood vessel, with the velocity of blood flow highest in the center of the vessel and lowest toward the vessel walls. The parabolic profile develops because ...
... Ideally, blood flow in the cardiovascular system is laminar, or streamlined. In laminar flow, there is a parabolic profile of velocity within a blood vessel, with the velocity of blood flow highest in the center of the vessel and lowest toward the vessel walls. The parabolic profile develops because ...
Natural History and Prognosis of Atrial Septal Defect
... had shunt ratios greater than 1.6 and constituted fair to good material for surgical treatment. It is noteworthy that the preponderance of women in this group is slightly higher than in the entire series (78% versus 66%). Cardiac failure was observed in only four patients in this group, in two of wh ...
... had shunt ratios greater than 1.6 and constituted fair to good material for surgical treatment. It is noteworthy that the preponderance of women in this group is slightly higher than in the entire series (78% versus 66%). Cardiac failure was observed in only four patients in this group, in two of wh ...
Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated With Ventricular
... more than 30% of the LV free wall area, the majority of these being fatal). Along with these advances, a series of experimental studies have shown that myocardial ischemia depends on the oxygen supply-demand imbalance, highlighting the factors affecting oxygen consumption. The study of various physi ...
... more than 30% of the LV free wall area, the majority of these being fatal). Along with these advances, a series of experimental studies have shown that myocardial ischemia depends on the oxygen supply-demand imbalance, highlighting the factors affecting oxygen consumption. The study of various physi ...
18(4) Oct 05 for web.indd
... epidemiological study to target a noninfectious disease. The results produced from the first generation of volunteers—5209 citizens of Framingham, Massachusetts—yielded an evidenced-based list of risk factors for cardiovascular disease, the majority of them modifiable. The very term “risk factors” i ...
... epidemiological study to target a noninfectious disease. The results produced from the first generation of volunteers—5209 citizens of Framingham, Massachusetts—yielded an evidenced-based list of risk factors for cardiovascular disease, the majority of them modifiable. The very term “risk factors” i ...
Resting Heart Rate Is a Risk Factor for Mortality in Chronic
... dysfunction and risk factor for cardiovascular events. The relation between resting heart rate and respiratory mortality is probably overestimated. Previous studies showed overestimation of COPD as the cause of death mentioned on death certificates [22]. An effect that certainly is even stronger whe ...
... dysfunction and risk factor for cardiovascular events. The relation between resting heart rate and respiratory mortality is probably overestimated. Previous studies showed overestimation of COPD as the cause of death mentioned on death certificates [22]. An effect that certainly is even stronger whe ...
Division of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery
... Kenneth Schowengerdt, MD, FAAP, FACC Director, Division of Pediatric Cardiology Wieck-Sullivan Professor of Pediatrics Saint Louis University School of Medicine ...
... Kenneth Schowengerdt, MD, FAAP, FACC Director, Division of Pediatric Cardiology Wieck-Sullivan Professor of Pediatrics Saint Louis University School of Medicine ...
Detection of Hypokinesis by Quantitative
... such as akinesis or dyskinesis is present, it is greatest in detecting decreased amplitude of wall motion or hypokinesis. The superimposition of end-diastolic and end-systolic left ventricular silhouettes traced from cineangiographic frames taken in the 300 right anterior oblique position appears to ...
... such as akinesis or dyskinesis is present, it is greatest in detecting decreased amplitude of wall motion or hypokinesis. The superimposition of end-diastolic and end-systolic left ventricular silhouettes traced from cineangiographic frames taken in the 300 right anterior oblique position appears to ...
Premature Ventricular Contraction-Induced Systolic Heart Failure: A
... presentation can be late and in some cases only after manifest systolic HF develops. In other cases, it can be extremely difficult to determine whether the frequent VPDs are the origin or the consequence of a NICM. Frequently VPDs are considered secondary to the NICM and not treated aggressively. It ...
... presentation can be late and in some cases only after manifest systolic HF develops. In other cases, it can be extremely difficult to determine whether the frequent VPDs are the origin or the consequence of a NICM. Frequently VPDs are considered secondary to the NICM and not treated aggressively. It ...
PDF - Medical Journal of Australia
... Antihypertensive therapy should be used to prevent subsequent CHF in patients with elevated blood pressure levels. ...
... Antihypertensive therapy should be used to prevent subsequent CHF in patients with elevated blood pressure levels. ...
CHADS2 AND CHA2DS2-VASc FOR ASSESSING - Med-IQ
... (AF). A number of scoring systems have been devised to estimate stroke risk. Traditionally, the CHADS2 score (outlined below) has been the most widely used scoring system. The CHADS2 score has limitations, however, as it does not include several additional known risk factors for stroke in the settin ...
... (AF). A number of scoring systems have been devised to estimate stroke risk. Traditionally, the CHADS2 score (outlined below) has been the most widely used scoring system. The CHADS2 score has limitations, however, as it does not include several additional known risk factors for stroke in the settin ...
Left Ventricle Assessment-Ejection Fraction and Stroke Volume
... to record and display ultrasound images of 3D. In the beginning of 1990, von Ramm and colleagues developed the first real-time 3D echocardiographic, able of obtain volumetric data at frame rates enough to represent cardiac motion [11]. New ultrasound equipment and techniques allows real-time 3D acqu ...
... to record and display ultrasound images of 3D. In the beginning of 1990, von Ramm and colleagues developed the first real-time 3D echocardiographic, able of obtain volumetric data at frame rates enough to represent cardiac motion [11]. New ultrasound equipment and techniques allows real-time 3D acqu ...
RADIONUCLIDE VENTRICULOGRAPY Vs CHEST X-RAY
... Despite their frequent use these systems have rarely been tested with regard to reproducibility or against a suitable reference. ...
... Despite their frequent use these systems have rarely been tested with regard to reproducibility or against a suitable reference. ...
Know the basics
... Be able to identify the parts of the heart. Be able to explain how blood moves through the heart and how it moves through the circulatory system. Be able to explain the components of the blood. Right atrium ...
... Be able to identify the parts of the heart. Be able to explain how blood moves through the heart and how it moves through the circulatory system. Be able to explain the components of the blood. Right atrium ...