Multiple Hydatid Cysts of Pericardium and Epicardium
... day five and was managed with intravenous desmopressin. Repeat cranial CT revealed a large infarct in the right temporoparietal region. The patient died on the 12nd day after surgery due to cerebral herniation. ...
... day five and was managed with intravenous desmopressin. Repeat cranial CT revealed a large infarct in the right temporoparietal region. The patient died on the 12nd day after surgery due to cerebral herniation. ...
the role of open mitral valve repair or replacement for severe mitral
... and develops myocardial changes. Atrial fibrillation leads to embolic complications, impaired cardiac function and reduced long-term survival. Correction at the time of valve surgery is now performed in all our patients. The procedure of choice is the Maze procedure which has a 98% drug free cure ra ...
... and develops myocardial changes. Atrial fibrillation leads to embolic complications, impaired cardiac function and reduced long-term survival. Correction at the time of valve surgery is now performed in all our patients. The procedure of choice is the Maze procedure which has a 98% drug free cure ra ...
Mechanism of diastolic rumble and presystolic - Heart
... It was observed that: (a) the diastolic rumble began just after the E point of the echocardiogram, clearly related to the diastolic closure of the valve, and was never recorded during the opening motion of the valve, which in 49 patients was completed (Epoint) 20 to 6o msec after the opening snap; ( ...
... It was observed that: (a) the diastolic rumble began just after the E point of the echocardiogram, clearly related to the diastolic closure of the valve, and was never recorded during the opening motion of the valve, which in 49 patients was completed (Epoint) 20 to 6o msec after the opening snap; ( ...
Ike - Wendy Blount, DVM
... • No dexdomitor – hypertension not so good for HCM cats • Dental went well ...
... • No dexdomitor – hypertension not so good for HCM cats • Dental went well ...
THE CARDIOVASCULAR HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
... Extra heart sounds in diastole: Opening snap An opening snap is commonly heard in mitral (rarely tricuspid) stenosis (if the valves are not calcified and almost immobile) The mitral valve normally opens immediately after S2. In mitral stenosis, sudden opening of the stiffened valve , due ...
... Extra heart sounds in diastole: Opening snap An opening snap is commonly heard in mitral (rarely tricuspid) stenosis (if the valves are not calcified and almost immobile) The mitral valve normally opens immediately after S2. In mitral stenosis, sudden opening of the stiffened valve , due ...
Almanac 2011: Valvular Heart Disease. The National Society
... (BNP) level, a risk score predicting outcome in patients with moderate-to-severe asymptomatic AS was derived and validated in an independent cohort: score=(peak velocity (m/s)×2)+(ln of BNP×1.5)+1.5 (if female sex). Event-free survival after 20 months was particularly poor (7%) for patients in the f ...
... (BNP) level, a risk score predicting outcome in patients with moderate-to-severe asymptomatic AS was derived and validated in an independent cohort: score=(peak velocity (m/s)×2)+(ln of BNP×1.5)+1.5 (if female sex). Event-free survival after 20 months was particularly poor (7%) for patients in the f ...
Is transcatheter aortic valve implantation cost effective in the
... Transcatheter heart valves are an emerging technology for the treatment of patients with aortic stenosis (AS). The procedure is widely known as either transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) or replacement. Unlike surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR), which is the standard treatment for pa ...
... Transcatheter heart valves are an emerging technology for the treatment of patients with aortic stenosis (AS). The procedure is widely known as either transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) or replacement. Unlike surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR), which is the standard treatment for pa ...
Special PICS Preview Issue North American
... how the subspecialty would evolve. However, it was clear that in order to support the successful development of this field, an international platform for sharing knowledge and experience was essential. Since the first PICS meeting, the symposia has evolved into the dominant international meeting cov ...
... how the subspecialty would evolve. However, it was clear that in order to support the successful development of this field, an international platform for sharing knowledge and experience was essential. Since the first PICS meeting, the symposia has evolved into the dominant international meeting cov ...
Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis after Aortic Valve Replacement
... this entity requires immediate reperfusion. Aortocoronary bypass is not without problems, considering the temporal proximity to the first operation and the difficulty of protecting the myocardium adequately, and it may result in a high incidence of perioperative infarction.7 In our first patient the ...
... this entity requires immediate reperfusion. Aortocoronary bypass is not without problems, considering the temporal proximity to the first operation and the difficulty of protecting the myocardium adequately, and it may result in a high incidence of perioperative infarction.7 In our first patient the ...
KlInIčnI prImer/CASe reporT
... cial to estimate the balance of risk versus the benefit from resection in asymptomatic cases. In the natural history described by Elefteriades,7 the aneurysmal ascending aorta grows at an average rate of 0.07 cm per year, however, the larger the aneurysm, the faster it grows. The critical hinge poin ...
... cial to estimate the balance of risk versus the benefit from resection in asymptomatic cases. In the natural history described by Elefteriades,7 the aneurysmal ascending aorta grows at an average rate of 0.07 cm per year, however, the larger the aneurysm, the faster it grows. The critical hinge poin ...
Distinction of “Fat Around the Heart”
... disease. The authors remark that pericardial fat may predict the severity and symptomatic burden of AF and recurrence of AF after conventional AF ablation techniques. The authors have used the term pericardial fat in this study to denote the fat present between the myoepicardium and the pericardium. ...
... disease. The authors remark that pericardial fat may predict the severity and symptomatic burden of AF and recurrence of AF after conventional AF ablation techniques. The authors have used the term pericardial fat in this study to denote the fat present between the myoepicardium and the pericardium. ...
Structural Heart Disease - Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions
... emerged as an effective alternative therapy for patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis considered to be at high or prohibitive surgical risk.1,2 Mild paravalvular aortic regurgitation (AR) is frequent after TAVI with an incidence ranging from 40% to 94%3–8 probably because of the presence ...
... emerged as an effective alternative therapy for patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis considered to be at high or prohibitive surgical risk.1,2 Mild paravalvular aortic regurgitation (AR) is frequent after TAVI with an incidence ranging from 40% to 94%3–8 probably because of the presence ...
Heart valve disease - British Heart Foundation
... your heart. A catheter (a long, hollow plastic tube) is passed into the artery in the groin, or sometimes into the arm. Using X-ray screening, the operator then directs the catheter through the blood vessels and into the heart. A special dye is then injected and a series of X-ray pictures is taken. ...
... your heart. A catheter (a long, hollow plastic tube) is passed into the artery in the groin, or sometimes into the arm. Using X-ray screening, the operator then directs the catheter through the blood vessels and into the heart. A special dye is then injected and a series of X-ray pictures is taken. ...
Heart valve disease - British Heart Foundation
... About this booklet ...........................................................................4 What is heart valve disease? ........................................................5 What are the symptoms of heart valve disease? .................8 How is heart valve disease diagnosed? .............. ...
... About this booklet ...........................................................................4 What is heart valve disease? ........................................................5 What are the symptoms of heart valve disease? .................8 How is heart valve disease diagnosed? .............. ...
Integration of 3D Imaging Data in the Assessment of Aortic Stenosis
... a circular left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT). We evaluated incremental utility of 3D multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) over TTE assessment of AS severity. Methods and Results—We included 51 patients (age, 81⫾8 years; 61% men; mean gradient, 42⫾12 mm Hg) with calcific AS who underwent eval ...
... a circular left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT). We evaluated incremental utility of 3D multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) over TTE assessment of AS severity. Methods and Results—We included 51 patients (age, 81⫾8 years; 61% men; mean gradient, 42⫾12 mm Hg) with calcific AS who underwent eval ...
Stress–strain behavior of mitral valve leaflets in
... regions. In biaxial studies of excised anterior leaflets, MayNewman and Yin (1995) found anisotropic, non-linear material properties with pre-transitional stiffness values ranging from 0.06 to 0.09 N/mm2 and post-transitional stiffness values from 2 to 9 N/ mm2. Recent mitral valve models (Kunzelman ...
... regions. In biaxial studies of excised anterior leaflets, MayNewman and Yin (1995) found anisotropic, non-linear material properties with pre-transitional stiffness values ranging from 0.06 to 0.09 N/mm2 and post-transitional stiffness values from 2 to 9 N/ mm2. Recent mitral valve models (Kunzelman ...
A brief glossary of the most used cardiac acronyms and medical
... Antibiotic Prophylaxis or Prophylactic Antibiotics or Premedication - a single dose of antibiotics taken two hours before certain types of dental work below the gum line, colonoscopy, or other invasive health procedures. It's intended to protect against bacterial endocarditis by placing antibiotics ...
... Antibiotic Prophylaxis or Prophylactic Antibiotics or Premedication - a single dose of antibiotics taken two hours before certain types of dental work below the gum line, colonoscopy, or other invasive health procedures. It's intended to protect against bacterial endocarditis by placing antibiotics ...
Computational Modeling of Aortic Heart Valves
... tissue to withstand the great pressure load without bulging or prolapse [54]. This fiber crimping and two elastic modulus transition phases contribute to the nonlinear property of the leaflet tissue. Bioprosthetic heart valves, which are constructed from porcine or bovine pericardium or intact aorti ...
... tissue to withstand the great pressure load without bulging or prolapse [54]. This fiber crimping and two elastic modulus transition phases contribute to the nonlinear property of the leaflet tissue. Bioprosthetic heart valves, which are constructed from porcine or bovine pericardium or intact aorti ...
Absent Pulmonary Valve Associated with Tetralogy of Fallot and
... Corrective surgery through a median sternotomy was performed when he was 5 months old. The right ventricular outflow was extremely elongated and extended to just below the bifurcation of the pulmonary artery. Thus the main pulmonary artery was almost absent and the pulmonary valve annulus was locate ...
... Corrective surgery through a median sternotomy was performed when he was 5 months old. The right ventricular outflow was extremely elongated and extended to just below the bifurcation of the pulmonary artery. Thus the main pulmonary artery was almost absent and the pulmonary valve annulus was locate ...
Aortic stiffness and valvular calcifications in patients with end
... Abstract: Objectives. To evaluate the presence and extent of cardiac calcifications and aortic stiffness in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Patients and methods. The study group consisted of 60 patients with ESRD with a mean age of 51.7 years, treated with peritoneal dialysis. In all p ...
... Abstract: Objectives. To evaluate the presence and extent of cardiac calcifications and aortic stiffness in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Patients and methods. The study group consisted of 60 patients with ESRD with a mean age of 51.7 years, treated with peritoneal dialysis. In all p ...
Mechanisms And Prevention Of TAVI
... consisted of fibrin, or amorphous calcium and connective tissue, which were most likely derived from either the native aortic valve leaflets or aortic wall. ...
... consisted of fibrin, or amorphous calcium and connective tissue, which were most likely derived from either the native aortic valve leaflets or aortic wall. ...
Silent Rheumatic Valvular Heart Disease
... of reports attest to the occurrence of dynamic rheumatic cultatory ...
... of reports attest to the occurrence of dynamic rheumatic cultatory ...
Three dimensional fluid structural interaction of tissue valves
... overgrowth, infection, paravalvular leak and valve failure owing to material fatigue or chemical change [1,2,3] once implanted. On the other hand, the tissue valve has an advantage of presenting a flow dynamics that is close to the natural heart valves; hence patients implanted with tissue valve nee ...
... overgrowth, infection, paravalvular leak and valve failure owing to material fatigue or chemical change [1,2,3] once implanted. On the other hand, the tissue valve has an advantage of presenting a flow dynamics that is close to the natural heart valves; hence patients implanted with tissue valve nee ...
Percutaneous Mitral Valve Intervention and modelling with multi
... Major adverse events at 30 days occurred in 15%vs 48% of patients in the percutaneous and surgery groups, respectively (p<0.001). The safety end point incorporating major adverse event criteria and blood transfusion > 2 units occurred in 9.6%vs 57%, in the percutaneous and surgical groups, respectiv ...
... Major adverse events at 30 days occurred in 15%vs 48% of patients in the percutaneous and surgery groups, respectively (p<0.001). The safety end point incorporating major adverse event criteria and blood transfusion > 2 units occurred in 9.6%vs 57%, in the percutaneous and surgical groups, respectiv ...
Right Bundle-Branch Block and Left Anterior
... Tricuspid valves are being replaced with increasing frequency for rheumatic and traumatic disease as well as for Ebstein's anomaly. 1-15 However, comprehensive studies of conduction disturbances following tricuspid valve replacement have not been reported. The purposes of this study were threefold: ...
... Tricuspid valves are being replaced with increasing frequency for rheumatic and traumatic disease as well as for Ebstein's anomaly. 1-15 However, comprehensive studies of conduction disturbances following tricuspid valve replacement have not been reported. The purposes of this study were threefold: ...