Obesity and atrial electrical and mechanical remodeling
... The relationship between hypertension and AF is perhaps the best studied. This stems from the observation that hypertension is the most prevalent condition associated with AF in community settings and therefore causation is plausible9. Both the presence of hypertension and its severity are strong pr ...
... The relationship between hypertension and AF is perhaps the best studied. This stems from the observation that hypertension is the most prevalent condition associated with AF in community settings and therefore causation is plausible9. Both the presence of hypertension and its severity are strong pr ...
Print - Circulation
... levels. However, in the presence of pulmonary vascular obstruction, right heart pressures are in excess of this relationship,"'9 20 and left ventricular assistance may have an opposite and detrimental effect on right ventricular outflow pressure due to augmented flow through the elevated pulmonary v ...
... levels. However, in the presence of pulmonary vascular obstruction, right heart pressures are in excess of this relationship,"'9 20 and left ventricular assistance may have an opposite and detrimental effect on right ventricular outflow pressure due to augmented flow through the elevated pulmonary v ...
Brief Review Determinants of Left Ventricular Filling and of the
... geometry. According to this view, the relation between diastolic pressure and volume could change only in response to chronic changes in the cardiac muscle's material properties, such as scarring due to infarction,1 or changes in cardiac geometry due to hypertrophy. As a consequence, the diastolic p ...
... geometry. According to this view, the relation between diastolic pressure and volume could change only in response to chronic changes in the cardiac muscle's material properties, such as scarring due to infarction,1 or changes in cardiac geometry due to hypertrophy. As a consequence, the diastolic p ...
Antithrombotic Therapy for Coronary Artery Disease
... of SK and aspirin, which are all highly significant reductions. The early reduction in mortality with aspirin persisted when the patients were observed for a mean of 15 months. Aspirin reduced the risk of nonfatal reinfarction by 49% and nonfatal stroke by 46%. The increased rate of early nonfatal r ...
... of SK and aspirin, which are all highly significant reductions. The early reduction in mortality with aspirin persisted when the patients were observed for a mean of 15 months. Aspirin reduced the risk of nonfatal reinfarction by 49% and nonfatal stroke by 46%. The increased rate of early nonfatal r ...
Effects and mechanisms of curcumin on the
... Background/aim: There is no information on the dose–response relationship of curcumin on the hemodynamic variables of the heart at the organ level in isolated perfused rat hearts. We aimed to investigate the effects and mechanisms of curcumin on the hemodynamic variables of isolated perfused rat hea ...
... Background/aim: There is no information on the dose–response relationship of curcumin on the hemodynamic variables of the heart at the organ level in isolated perfused rat hearts. We aimed to investigate the effects and mechanisms of curcumin on the hemodynamic variables of isolated perfused rat hea ...
Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Acute Myocardial
... of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction). Available at www.acc.org. These guidelines have been reviewed over the course of the past 2 and 1/2 years since their initial publication in the Journal of the America ...
... of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction). Available at www.acc.org. These guidelines have been reviewed over the course of the past 2 and 1/2 years since their initial publication in the Journal of the America ...
the PDF - Heart Rhythm Society
... It is important that the medical profession play a significant role in critically evaluating the use of diagnostic procedures and therapies as they are introduced and tested in the detection, management, or prevention of disease states. Rigorous and expert analysis of the available data documenting ...
... It is important that the medical profession play a significant role in critically evaluating the use of diagnostic procedures and therapies as they are introduced and tested in the detection, management, or prevention of disease states. Rigorous and expert analysis of the available data documenting ...
ACC/AHA/ACP-ASIM Guidelines for the Management
... sections of the guidelines are intended to apply to symptomatic patients. Asymptomatic patients with “silent ischemia” or known coronary artery disease (CAD) that has been detected in the absence of symptoms are beyond the scope of these guidelines. Pediatric patients are also beyond the scope of th ...
... sections of the guidelines are intended to apply to symptomatic patients. Asymptomatic patients with “silent ischemia” or known coronary artery disease (CAD) that has been detected in the absence of symptoms are beyond the scope of these guidelines. Pediatric patients are also beyond the scope of th ...
ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities
... It is important that the medical profession play a significant role in critically evaluating the use of diagnostic procedures and therapies as they are introduced and tested in the detection, management, or prevention of disease states. Rigorous and expert analysis of the available data documenting ...
... It is important that the medical profession play a significant role in critically evaluating the use of diagnostic procedures and therapies as they are introduced and tested in the detection, management, or prevention of disease states. Rigorous and expert analysis of the available data documenting ...
Coronary Artery Spasm: Review and Update
... [12] and the diagnosis of variant angina among patients with angina referred to Japanese medical institutions is made in a high percentage, 40% [9]. In addition, the frequencies of multiple spasms (≥2 spastic coronary arteries) by provocative testing in Japanese (24.3%) [13] and Taiwanese population ...
... [12] and the diagnosis of variant angina among patients with angina referred to Japanese medical institutions is made in a high percentage, 40% [9]. In addition, the frequencies of multiple spasms (≥2 spastic coronary arteries) by provocative testing in Japanese (24.3%) [13] and Taiwanese population ...
PVCs - Saudi Heart Association
... • He noted that: these irregularities did not interfere with normal lifespan when they were occasional but an ominous prognosis was implied if they were frequent. ...
... • He noted that: these irregularities did not interfere with normal lifespan when they were occasional but an ominous prognosis was implied if they were frequent. ...
The Norwegian athletes` heart Cardiac screening of 595
... highest risk in the Nordic countries is unknown (4;5). Some of the CV risk factors can be detected during screening and successfully treated, while others will lead to recommendations for restricted activity to reduce the risk of SCD (8-14). How many athletes who unnecessary have to abandon their ca ...
... highest risk in the Nordic countries is unknown (4;5). Some of the CV risk factors can be detected during screening and successfully treated, while others will lead to recommendations for restricted activity to reduce the risk of SCD (8-14). How many athletes who unnecessary have to abandon their ca ...
Alcohol Septal Ablation in Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy
... graphy is repeated after alcohol injection in order to identify the alcohol impregnation of the target septal area.38 The amount of injected alcohol depends principally on the echocardiographically estimated size of the contrasted septal area and less on the acute haemodynamic effect. This has gradu ...
... graphy is repeated after alcohol injection in order to identify the alcohol impregnation of the target septal area.38 The amount of injected alcohol depends principally on the echocardiographically estimated size of the contrasted septal area and less on the acute haemodynamic effect. This has gradu ...
Materials and Methods - Frontiers in Bioscience
... uraemic groups, whilst haematocrit was significantly lower. 4.2. Effect of carnitine treatment on serum and tissue carnitine concentrations Following 3 weeks of carnitine supplementation, serum FC increased (from 44.4+/-3.5 to 94.1+/-10.1 micromol/L, p value less than 0.001 and from 25.3+/-1.7 to 69 ...
... uraemic groups, whilst haematocrit was significantly lower. 4.2. Effect of carnitine treatment on serum and tissue carnitine concentrations Following 3 weeks of carnitine supplementation, serum FC increased (from 44.4+/-3.5 to 94.1+/-10.1 micromol/L, p value less than 0.001 and from 25.3+/-1.7 to 69 ...
PI - BDI Pharma
... neuroblastoma, soft tissue and bone sarcomas, breast carcinoma, ovarian carcinoma, transitional cell bladder carcinoma, thyroid carcinoma, gastric carcinoma, Hodgkin’s disease, malignant lymphoma and bronchogenic carcinoma in which the small cell histologic type is the most responsive compared to ot ...
... neuroblastoma, soft tissue and bone sarcomas, breast carcinoma, ovarian carcinoma, transitional cell bladder carcinoma, thyroid carcinoma, gastric carcinoma, Hodgkin’s disease, malignant lymphoma and bronchogenic carcinoma in which the small cell histologic type is the most responsive compared to ot ...
ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for Device
... evidence and acting as an independent group of authors to develop, update, or revise written recommendations for clinical practice. Experts in the subject under consideration have been selected from both organizations to examine subject-specific data and write guidelines. The process includes additi ...
... evidence and acting as an independent group of authors to develop, update, or revise written recommendations for clinical practice. Experts in the subject under consideration have been selected from both organizations to examine subject-specific data and write guidelines. The process includes additi ...
Pulse Pressure Variation Estimation to Predict Fluid Responsiveness
... chambers. The two circuits have differing characteristics in terms of pressures: the systemic circulation is a high pressure system, whereas the lung circulation is working at low pressure. The heart performing as a “fluid” pump is a part of the systemic circulation. The whole pulmonary circulation ...
... chambers. The two circuits have differing characteristics in terms of pressures: the systemic circulation is a high pressure system, whereas the lung circulation is working at low pressure. The heart performing as a “fluid” pump is a part of the systemic circulation. The whole pulmonary circulation ...
Extraction of Response Waveforms of Heartbeat and Blood Pressure
... compared are not normally distributed, the indices in this study are different from merely heart rate or blood pressure because of subtraction of CV fluctuations from raw CV signals. In addition, the non-normality of the indices were not apparent because the p values of all data of indices were no l ...
... compared are not normally distributed, the indices in this study are different from merely heart rate or blood pressure because of subtraction of CV fluctuations from raw CV signals. In addition, the non-normality of the indices were not apparent because the p values of all data of indices were no l ...
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... min of their respective ischemic conditions, hearts of both modalities showed similar contractility, as indicated by mean Pmax values. Figure 2B depicts the observed changes in PSIA from preischemic to ischemic values. For mock ischemic and globally ischemic hearts, no statistically significant chan ...
... min of their respective ischemic conditions, hearts of both modalities showed similar contractility, as indicated by mean Pmax values. Figure 2B depicts the observed changes in PSIA from preischemic to ischemic values. For mock ischemic and globally ischemic hearts, no statistically significant chan ...
ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Acute
... rational and widely accepted have been associated with substantial adverse effects on mortality (2). Despite the recognized importance of empirical evidence to guide therapeutic decisions, it has been only since the advent of computers that computational and organizational capabilities have begun to ...
... rational and widely accepted have been associated with substantial adverse effects on mortality (2). Despite the recognized importance of empirical evidence to guide therapeutic decisions, it has been only since the advent of computers that computational and organizational capabilities have begun to ...
A Study of Hemodynamics and Coronary Blood Flow in
... gas methods.9 10 It seems important, therefore, to obtain such information since previous studies have indicated a normal average value.'-8 There is always considerable spread in values for coronary flow from the highest to the lowest point. Similarly, there is considerable difference in the severit ...
... gas methods.9 10 It seems important, therefore, to obtain such information since previous studies have indicated a normal average value.'-8 There is always considerable spread in values for coronary flow from the highest to the lowest point. Similarly, there is considerable difference in the severit ...
PDF Article
... Journal of the American College of Cardiology © 1999 by the American College of Cardiology Published by Elsevier Science Inc. ...
... Journal of the American College of Cardiology © 1999 by the American College of Cardiology Published by Elsevier Science Inc. ...
PDF - Circulation
... have shown a progressive decrease in resistance during the latter half of gestation with an increase not only of actual pulmonary blood flow, but of pulmonary flow in relation to body weight (Rudolph and Heymann, unpublished data). However, pulmonary vascular resistance related to body weight remain ...
... have shown a progressive decrease in resistance during the latter half of gestation with an increase not only of actual pulmonary blood flow, but of pulmonary flow in relation to body weight (Rudolph and Heymann, unpublished data). However, pulmonary vascular resistance related to body weight remain ...
The spectrum and distribution of imaging findings at coronary
... Risk factors play a central role in the timing, initiation and rate of progression of coronary atherosclerosis plaque development and therefore in prevention of the disease. The Framingham study has been able to provide insight regarding risk factors numbering in excess of 300 but most of which are ...
... Risk factors play a central role in the timing, initiation and rate of progression of coronary atherosclerosis plaque development and therefore in prevention of the disease. The Framingham study has been able to provide insight regarding risk factors numbering in excess of 300 but most of which are ...
ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 guidelines for management of patients with
... Disclaimer. The ESC Guidelines represent the views of the ESC and were arrived at after careful consideration of the available evidence at the time they were written. Health professionals are encouraged to take them fully into account when exercising their clinical judgement. The guidelines do not, ...
... Disclaimer. The ESC Guidelines represent the views of the ESC and were arrived at after careful consideration of the available evidence at the time they were written. Health professionals are encouraged to take them fully into account when exercising their clinical judgement. The guidelines do not, ...
Antihypertensive drug
Antihypertensives are a class of drugs that are used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure). Antihypertensive therapy seeks to prevent the complications of high blood pressure, such as stroke and myocardial infarction. Evidence suggests that reduction of the blood pressure by 5 mmHg can decrease the risk of stroke by 34%, of ischaemic heart disease by 21%, and reduce the likelihood of dementia, heart failure, and mortality from cardiovascular disease. There are many classes of antihypertensives, which lower blood pressure by different means. Among the most important and most widely used drugs are thiazide diuretics, calcium channel blockers, ACE inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor antagonists (ARBs), and beta blockers.Which type of medication to use initially for hypertension has been the subject of several large studies and resulting national guidelines. The fundamental goal of treatment should be the prevention of the important endpoints of hypertension, such as heart attack, stroke and heart failure. Patient age, associated clinical conditions and end-organ damage also play a part in determining dosage and type of medication administered. The several classes of antihypertensives differ in side effect profiles, ability to prevent endpoints, and cost. The choice of more expensive agents, where cheaper ones would be equally effective, may have negative impacts on national healthcare budgets. As of 2009, the best available evidence favors the thiazide diuretics as the first-line treatment of choice for high blood pressure when drugs are necessary. Although clinical evidence shows calcium channel blockers and thiazide-type diuretics are preferred first-line treatments for most people (from both efficacy and cost points of view), an ACE inhibitor is recommended by NICE in the UK for those under 55 years old.