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... Currently, the advent and utilization of new echocardiographic techniques based on myocardial deformation (strain and strain rate) may facilitate decision-making process in these patients. These would be of special value as a bedside diagnostic tool and particularly for patients with devices implant ...
... Currently, the advent and utilization of new echocardiographic techniques based on myocardial deformation (strain and strain rate) may facilitate decision-making process in these patients. These would be of special value as a bedside diagnostic tool and particularly for patients with devices implant ...
ABSORPTION FROM THE PERICARDIAL CAVITY
... frequently the staining of the ventricles would be concentrated in the groove between the two ventricles or would be in patches on the anterior side. The pericardium itself stained lightly but uniformly. The right and left ventricles, when slit open, showed no blue staining on the inside, whereas th ...
... frequently the staining of the ventricles would be concentrated in the groove between the two ventricles or would be in patches on the anterior side. The pericardium itself stained lightly but uniformly. The right and left ventricles, when slit open, showed no blue staining on the inside, whereas th ...
Central Venous Pressure: Principles, Measurement, and Interpretation
... accurate reflection of end-diastolic volume only when ventricular compliance is normal. Therefore, CVP cannot be assessed, or preload inferred, if compliance of the ventricle is abnormal. Decreased right ventricular compliance can increase the CVP. Pathologic processes leading to decreased right ven ...
... accurate reflection of end-diastolic volume only when ventricular compliance is normal. Therefore, CVP cannot be assessed, or preload inferred, if compliance of the ventricle is abnormal. Decreased right ventricular compliance can increase the CVP. Pathologic processes leading to decreased right ven ...
Temporal Evolution of Left Ventricular Strain Late After Repair of
... mass/EDV ratio were significantly greater in the CoA group. The gradient between right arm and leg SBP was increased (range 214 to 38, median 12 mmHg in the CoA group). The length between apex and base shortened less in the CoA group ðp , 0:001Þ: Mass indexed to BSA tended to be higher in the CoA gr ...
... mass/EDV ratio were significantly greater in the CoA group. The gradient between right arm and leg SBP was increased (range 214 to 38, median 12 mmHg in the CoA group). The length between apex and base shortened less in the CoA group ðp , 0:001Þ: Mass indexed to BSA tended to be higher in the CoA gr ...
Diagnosis, Treatment and Prognosis of Cardiac Rupture in Acute
... a) Initial treatment: Patients who fulfill the clinical profile of risk for FWR and who experience a sudden non-arrhythmic hypotension unrelated to administration of betablockers or vasodilators associated with sinus bradycardia or nodal rhythm and jugular distension, should be considered as present ...
... a) Initial treatment: Patients who fulfill the clinical profile of risk for FWR and who experience a sudden non-arrhythmic hypotension unrelated to administration of betablockers or vasodilators associated with sinus bradycardia or nodal rhythm and jugular distension, should be considered as present ...
Holter Monitoring and Cardiac Event Recording
... weakness is a feature of all cases. If an event does not occur during the week that the unit is worn, a definitive diagnosis is not possible. Borde evaluated the use of cardiac event recording in 22 dogs presented with a history of recent syncope and a routine electrocardiogram demonstrating no sign ...
... weakness is a feature of all cases. If an event does not occur during the week that the unit is worn, a definitive diagnosis is not possible. Borde evaluated the use of cardiac event recording in 22 dogs presented with a history of recent syncope and a routine electrocardiogram demonstrating no sign ...
Table 2 - JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging
... Clinical data and patient follow-up. Clinical data including age, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, body mass index, smoking status, symptoms, family history of premature IHD, and prior history of known IHD (prior myocardial infarction, revascularization, or IHD confirmed by coronary angiograp ...
... Clinical data and patient follow-up. Clinical data including age, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, body mass index, smoking status, symptoms, family history of premature IHD, and prior history of known IHD (prior myocardial infarction, revascularization, or IHD confirmed by coronary angiograp ...
RADIOGRAPHS
... QUESTION : DOES IT CONTACT STERNUM IN NORMAL RADIOGRAPHS ANSWER : YES. IN SOME ABNORMAL CONDITIONS IT IS SEPARATED FROM THE STERNUM AND WHEN THE DOG LIES ON ITS SIDE IT APPEARS THAT IT IS LIFTED DORSALLY OFF THE STERNUM. QUESTION : CAN YOU IDENTIFY RADIOGRAPHICALLY THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE FO ...
... QUESTION : DOES IT CONTACT STERNUM IN NORMAL RADIOGRAPHS ANSWER : YES. IN SOME ABNORMAL CONDITIONS IT IS SEPARATED FROM THE STERNUM AND WHEN THE DOG LIES ON ITS SIDE IT APPEARS THAT IT IS LIFTED DORSALLY OFF THE STERNUM. QUESTION : CAN YOU IDENTIFY RADIOGRAPHICALLY THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE FO ...
The effects of daily exercise on susceptibility to sudden
... 50 mm Hg. RR interval (and heart rate) were plotted against the preceding systolic arterial pressure and the slope was determined by least-squares fit linear regression (an index of baroreceptor reflex sensitivity). The heart rate change for a 30 mm Hg increase in arterial blood pressure was determi ...
... 50 mm Hg. RR interval (and heart rate) were plotted against the preceding systolic arterial pressure and the slope was determined by least-squares fit linear regression (an index of baroreceptor reflex sensitivity). The heart rate change for a 30 mm Hg increase in arterial blood pressure was determi ...
Ventricular Conduction Disturbances: Bundle Branch Blocks and
... and therefore produces greater voltages than the right ventricle. Thus, with LBBB the entire process of ventricular stimulation is oriented toward the left chest leads; that is, the septum depolarizes from right to left, and stimulation of the electrically predominant left ventricle is prolonged. Fi ...
... and therefore produces greater voltages than the right ventricle. Thus, with LBBB the entire process of ventricular stimulation is oriented toward the left chest leads; that is, the septum depolarizes from right to left, and stimulation of the electrically predominant left ventricle is prolonged. Fi ...
Volume Changes in Painful and Painless Myocardial
... mean arterial pressures were calculated. Left ventricular volume. An index of left ventricular volume was taken as the magnitude of the above-background activity detected by the probe (corrected for the physical decay of technetium99m). To minimize noise related to counting statistics and to improve ...
... mean arterial pressures were calculated. Left ventricular volume. An index of left ventricular volume was taken as the magnitude of the above-background activity detected by the probe (corrected for the physical decay of technetium99m). To minimize noise related to counting statistics and to improve ...
Alprostadil in duct dependent congenital heart conditions in neonates
... duct dependent CHD: Start on 10 nanograms/Kg/min. If there is poor response (no improvement in oxygen saturation), increase the dose stepwise (double the dose up to a maximum of 100 nanograms/Kg/min) every 20 minutes aiming to achieve a clinical improvement of oxygen saturation levels (to between 75 ...
... duct dependent CHD: Start on 10 nanograms/Kg/min. If there is poor response (no improvement in oxygen saturation), increase the dose stepwise (double the dose up to a maximum of 100 nanograms/Kg/min) every 20 minutes aiming to achieve a clinical improvement of oxygen saturation levels (to between 75 ...
Transesophageal echocardiography in the OR and ICU
... any acute setting, or intraoperative or ICU scenario.1, 7, 29, 48 The management of hemodynamic instability depends on its pathophysiology. Extreme hypotension and low cardiac output symptoms can have many different causes, including severe cardiac functional impairment, acute real (massive bleeding ...
... any acute setting, or intraoperative or ICU scenario.1, 7, 29, 48 The management of hemodynamic instability depends on its pathophysiology. Extreme hypotension and low cardiac output symptoms can have many different causes, including severe cardiac functional impairment, acute real (massive bleeding ...
PDF, 122KB - Queensland Courts
... Dr Stevenson reviewed her the following morning on 20 September and an abdominal x-ray was performed which showed continued gastric and small bowel distension. Dr Stevenson considered Mrs Fitter still required a NG tube and because of the previous unsuccessful attempts to insert one, he arranged for ...
... Dr Stevenson reviewed her the following morning on 20 September and an abdominal x-ray was performed which showed continued gastric and small bowel distension. Dr Stevenson considered Mrs Fitter still required a NG tube and because of the previous unsuccessful attempts to insert one, he arranged for ...
sample - Test Bank Exam
... 35. Four hours after cardiac surgery a patient’s blood pressure steadily trends downward to 90/60 mm Hg. The nurse will: 1. Administer 400 ml of lactated Ringer’s solution over 30 minutes 2. Obtain a rectal temperature to determine if hypothermia exists 3. Notify the physician and prepare to adminis ...
... 35. Four hours after cardiac surgery a patient’s blood pressure steadily trends downward to 90/60 mm Hg. The nurse will: 1. Administer 400 ml of lactated Ringer’s solution over 30 minutes 2. Obtain a rectal temperature to determine if hypothermia exists 3. Notify the physician and prepare to adminis ...
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia (ARVD) Diagnosis In
... character of CRBBB with T wave inversion on precordial lead V1-V4 but T wave inversion on precordial lead V1-V3 without CRBBB is classified as a characteristic finding in major subgroup of abnormal repolarization abnormality regarding to both original and revised criteria for ARVD diagnosis. Normall ...
... character of CRBBB with T wave inversion on precordial lead V1-V4 but T wave inversion on precordial lead V1-V3 without CRBBB is classified as a characteristic finding in major subgroup of abnormal repolarization abnormality regarding to both original and revised criteria for ARVD diagnosis. Normall ...
Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction in Asymptomatic Black
... Devereux et al. can be partly attributed to the inclusion of subjects with ischemic heart disease. We undertook stringent phenotyping in our study and excluded subjects with clinical features of coronary artery disease, given that it is well known that ischemic heart disease is an independent predic ...
... Devereux et al. can be partly attributed to the inclusion of subjects with ischemic heart disease. We undertook stringent phenotyping in our study and excluded subjects with clinical features of coronary artery disease, given that it is well known that ischemic heart disease is an independent predic ...
Physiological systolic and diastolic changes of the left and right
... During exercise, parameters of the right heart e.g. the tricuspid annulus plane systolic excursion and the TDI parameters at the lateral tricuspid valve annulus (TVA) ea and sa increased significantly. The right ventricular systolic pressure (RVSP) increased during exercise but stayed in a normal ra ...
... During exercise, parameters of the right heart e.g. the tricuspid annulus plane systolic excursion and the TDI parameters at the lateral tricuspid valve annulus (TVA) ea and sa increased significantly. The right ventricular systolic pressure (RVSP) increased during exercise but stayed in a normal ra ...
THE CARDIAC IMPULSE AND THE MOTION OF THE HEART
... double saucepan in a 2 per cent solution of acetic acid. Simmering was continued for 3 to 7 hours, hypertrophied hearts requiring longer. The atria, pericardium, and the coronary arteries were next removed using forceps and swabs. The heart was then brought up through alcohol, beginning with 30 per ...
... double saucepan in a 2 per cent solution of acetic acid. Simmering was continued for 3 to 7 hours, hypertrophied hearts requiring longer. The atria, pericardium, and the coronary arteries were next removed using forceps and swabs. The heart was then brought up through alcohol, beginning with 30 per ...
Experiment AM-6: Frog Electrocardiogram
... oxygenated venous blood, which enters the right side of the ventricle from the right atria, is nearest the outlet of the ventricle and enters the arterial trunk first. With the partial separation of the arterial trunk by the spiral valve, the venous blood moves into the pulmocutaneous arteries to th ...
... oxygenated venous blood, which enters the right side of the ventricle from the right atria, is nearest the outlet of the ventricle and enters the arterial trunk first. With the partial separation of the arterial trunk by the spiral valve, the venous blood moves into the pulmocutaneous arteries to th ...
Evaluation and Management of the Patient Who Has Cocaine-associated Chest Pain ,
... Studies in the cardiac catheterization laboratory have largely provided the evidence-based approach to patients who have cocaine-associated coronary vasoconstriction. In these studies, adult patients who had not previously used cocaine were given a low dose of intranasal cocaine (2 mg/ kg). Patients ...
... Studies in the cardiac catheterization laboratory have largely provided the evidence-based approach to patients who have cocaine-associated coronary vasoconstriction. In these studies, adult patients who had not previously used cocaine were given a low dose of intranasal cocaine (2 mg/ kg). Patients ...
Ejection Fraction by Radionuclide Angiocardiography
... from 1 to 6 cycles/sec (60-360 "beats" per minute) were obtained and analyzed. The importance of assigning proper LV and background regions-of-interest was examined in a group of six patients in the following manner. Ejection fractions were determined from LV time-activity curves, generated from a R ...
... from 1 to 6 cycles/sec (60-360 "beats" per minute) were obtained and analyzed. The importance of assigning proper LV and background regions-of-interest was examined in a group of six patients in the following manner. Ejection fractions were determined from LV time-activity curves, generated from a R ...
moderated poster session v - European Heart Journal
... Purpose: Focal acute myocarditis is characterized by myocardial damage and normal wall motion of left ventricle (LV). Two-dimensional strain echocardiography (SE) imaging uses standard B-mode images for analysis and quantification of circumferential and longitudinal deformation of LV. Delayed enhance ...
... Purpose: Focal acute myocarditis is characterized by myocardial damage and normal wall motion of left ventricle (LV). Two-dimensional strain echocardiography (SE) imaging uses standard B-mode images for analysis and quantification of circumferential and longitudinal deformation of LV. Delayed enhance ...
Apolipoprotein A-IMilano and 1-Palmitoyl-2
... chronic, vehicle and ETC-216 acute) from equilibration to 30 min after treatment and then remained stable throughout the duration of the protocol (data not shown). For the second and the third protocol, RPP was similarly reduced in all groups with no significant difference between groups. The RPP re ...
... chronic, vehicle and ETC-216 acute) from equilibration to 30 min after treatment and then remained stable throughout the duration of the protocol (data not shown). For the second and the third protocol, RPP was similarly reduced in all groups with no significant difference between groups. The RPP re ...