Comprehensive assessment of biventricular function and aortic
... of LV and RV systolic/diastolic function. LV and RV longitudinal strain (LS) and LV torsion (LVtor) were determined using STI (EchoPAC BT11, GE-Ultrasound). Maximum velocity of systolic wall expansion peaks (AoSvel) was determined using TDI. ETA experienced LV eccentric hypertrophy with increased 3D ...
... of LV and RV systolic/diastolic function. LV and RV longitudinal strain (LS) and LV torsion (LVtor) were determined using STI (EchoPAC BT11, GE-Ultrasound). Maximum velocity of systolic wall expansion peaks (AoSvel) was determined using TDI. ETA experienced LV eccentric hypertrophy with increased 3D ...
Valvular Heart Disease Mitral Stenosis
... or severe MS (mitral valve area <1.5 cm 2 ),* and a non-pliable or calcified valve with the decision to proceed with either repair or replacement made at the time of the operation. © Continuing Medical Implementation ...
... or severe MS (mitral valve area <1.5 cm 2 ),* and a non-pliable or calcified valve with the decision to proceed with either repair or replacement made at the time of the operation. © Continuing Medical Implementation ...
Bradycardia-Tachycardia Syndrome
... obtained was less than 1.0 ma. In two cases, a slightly higher threshold (1.3 and 1.5 ma) was obtained, with no evidence of loss of pacemaker function. In one patient pacing became ineffective because of an increase in threshold from 0.8 ma to 8.0 ma. This required removal of the pacemaker wire and ...
... obtained was less than 1.0 ma. In two cases, a slightly higher threshold (1.3 and 1.5 ma) was obtained, with no evidence of loss of pacemaker function. In one patient pacing became ineffective because of an increase in threshold from 0.8 ma to 8.0 ma. This required removal of the pacemaker wire and ...
Optical mapping of activation patterns in an animal - AJP
... only to AV nodal disorders but also to sinoatrial (SA) nodal conduction abnormalities. In this regard, Brucato et al. (5) recently reported similar sinus bradycardia in infants born to mothers seropositive to antiSSA/Ro antibodies, suggesting that the spectrum of conduction abnormalities associated ...
... only to AV nodal disorders but also to sinoatrial (SA) nodal conduction abnormalities. In this regard, Brucato et al. (5) recently reported similar sinus bradycardia in infants born to mothers seropositive to antiSSA/Ro antibodies, suggesting that the spectrum of conduction abnormalities associated ...
Diagnostic accuracy of myocardial deformation indices for detecting
... Abstract: Background: The prediction of coronary artery disease (CAD) by conventional echocardiographic measurements is principally based on the estimation of ejection fraction and regional wall motion abnormality (RWMA). This study aimed to determine whether strain echocardiography of left ventricl ...
... Abstract: Background: The prediction of coronary artery disease (CAD) by conventional echocardiographic measurements is principally based on the estimation of ejection fraction and regional wall motion abnormality (RWMA). This study aimed to determine whether strain echocardiography of left ventricl ...
Baseline LDL-C and Lp (a) Elevations Portend a High Risk of
... that significant residual cardiovascular risks still remain in patient despise with aggressive LDL-C reduction, and LDL-C alone is inadequate to fully evaluate and predict the residual cardiovascular risk. In lieu of evidence from epidemiological studies [20–22], Lp(a) elevation has been recognized ...
... that significant residual cardiovascular risks still remain in patient despise with aggressive LDL-C reduction, and LDL-C alone is inadequate to fully evaluate and predict the residual cardiovascular risk. In lieu of evidence from epidemiological studies [20–22], Lp(a) elevation has been recognized ...
The hemudynamic effects of ventrkuiar pacing with and
... index, stroke volume index, and stroke work index when the AV pacing interval was decreased from 130 to 0 msec. The observed decrease in these three hemodynamic variables was slmtlar when patients with diminished LVEF were compared to patients with normal LVEF. No further significant decrease in car ...
... index, stroke volume index, and stroke work index when the AV pacing interval was decreased from 130 to 0 msec. The observed decrease in these three hemodynamic variables was slmtlar when patients with diminished LVEF were compared to patients with normal LVEF. No further significant decrease in car ...
Word Format - SCSA - School Curriculum and Standards Authority
... from the right side of the wide part of the heart to a point just above and to the left of the apex. You should be able to locate some openings into the heart. These are the arteries and veins that carry blood to and from the lungs and to and from the body. The red pencils/straws are to represent ox ...
... from the right side of the wide part of the heart to a point just above and to the left of the apex. You should be able to locate some openings into the heart. These are the arteries and veins that carry blood to and from the lungs and to and from the body. The red pencils/straws are to represent ox ...
Ventricular Structure and Function
... of these studies were focused on left ventricular (LV) cavity size,3–5,7–10,12 reference values for atrial and right ventricular dimensions barely exist.6,11 Particularly in valvular heart disease, accurate assessment of cardiac cavity enlargement is crucial. Several studies in the past have reporte ...
... of these studies were focused on left ventricular (LV) cavity size,3–5,7–10,12 reference values for atrial and right ventricular dimensions barely exist.6,11 Particularly in valvular heart disease, accurate assessment of cardiac cavity enlargement is crucial. Several studies in the past have reporte ...
Cardiothoracic Surgery
... transplant program meeting United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) membership criteria in heart transplantation. In lieu of one year of formal transplant fellowship training and one year of experience or a two-year formal transplant fellowship, three years of experience with a transplant program mee ...
... transplant program meeting United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) membership criteria in heart transplantation. In lieu of one year of formal transplant fellowship training and one year of experience or a two-year formal transplant fellowship, three years of experience with a transplant program mee ...
General Year 11 sample assessment tasks - SCSA
... from the right side of the wide part of the heart to a point just above and to the left of the apex. You should be able to locate some openings into the heart. These are the arteries and veins that carry blood to and from the lungs and to and from the body. The red pencils/straws are to represent ox ...
... from the right side of the wide part of the heart to a point just above and to the left of the apex. You should be able to locate some openings into the heart. These are the arteries and veins that carry blood to and from the lungs and to and from the body. The red pencils/straws are to represent ox ...
Primary versus secondary transport of STEMI patients * an impact on
... stay prior to the PCI. The reason for admission of patients with STEMI to the PCI-hospital CCU was typically delay of the catheterization laboratory team activation by the pre-hospital emergency medical service or the inability to quickly release one of the catheterization laboratories at the time o ...
... stay prior to the PCI. The reason for admission of patients with STEMI to the PCI-hospital CCU was typically delay of the catheterization laboratory team activation by the pre-hospital emergency medical service or the inability to quickly release one of the catheterization laboratories at the time o ...
S1936879816313231_mmc1
... differences seen both in IMR and CFR at 6 months between those who developed MVO and those who did not. ...
... differences seen both in IMR and CFR at 6 months between those who developed MVO and those who did not. ...
Allometric Relations and Scaling Laws for the Cardiovascular
... Systems 2014, 2, 168-185; doi:10.3390/systems2020168 ...
... Systems 2014, 2, 168-185; doi:10.3390/systems2020168 ...
Phenotyping transgenic embryonic murine hearts using optical
... capable of assessing structure and function simultaneously at early stages of development is needed. Pinpointing the time when the defect can be first detected is crucial to understanding the etiology of heart defects. Optical coherence tomography (OCT)6,7 measures coherently gated backreflected lig ...
... capable of assessing structure and function simultaneously at early stages of development is needed. Pinpointing the time when the defect can be first detected is crucial to understanding the etiology of heart defects. Optical coherence tomography (OCT)6,7 measures coherently gated backreflected lig ...
... by Karkouti and colleagues (23-25) and also, by Mangano and colleagues (26-28), heavily questioned the safety of the drug worldwide. Those who favored aprotinin claimed that aprotinin treatment could significantly reduce the amount of blood transfusion and put a question mark on the methodology of t ...
Ministry of Public Health Republic of Uzbekistan Center for
... An indication for the use of anticoagulants is an atrial fibrillation, in patients with sinus rhythm there are indicated in cases of large left atrium (> 50 mm), presence of spontaneous echo contrast during transesophageal echocardiography, presence of thromboembolism at anamneses and thrombus in th ...
... An indication for the use of anticoagulants is an atrial fibrillation, in patients with sinus rhythm there are indicated in cases of large left atrium (> 50 mm), presence of spontaneous echo contrast during transesophageal echocardiography, presence of thromboembolism at anamneses and thrombus in th ...
Atrial fibrillation and physical activity
... Early studies examining athletes with arrhythmias suggested that most were young, male, and competing at an elite level.25,26 Approximately 25% of these arrhythmias were AF. Several case-control studies that examined patients presenting with lone AF in arrhythmia clinic27,28 or emergency department2 ...
... Early studies examining athletes with arrhythmias suggested that most were young, male, and competing at an elite level.25,26 Approximately 25% of these arrhythmias were AF. Several case-control studies that examined patients presenting with lone AF in arrhythmia clinic27,28 or emergency department2 ...
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... placebo in the primary end points of death or CV hospitalization in patients with heart failure, with no specific indication for statin treatment, over and above optimized heart failure treatment. GISSI-HF supports the findings from CORONA by showing that adding a statin to optimized heart failure ...
... placebo in the primary end points of death or CV hospitalization in patients with heart failure, with no specific indication for statin treatment, over and above optimized heart failure treatment. GISSI-HF supports the findings from CORONA by showing that adding a statin to optimized heart failure ...
Atrial Fibrillation Begets Heart Failure and Vice Versa
... Background—Atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF) frequently coexist and together confer an adverse prognosis. The association of AF with HF subtypes has not been well described. We sought to examine differences in the temporal association of AF and HF with preserved versus reduced ejection ...
... Background—Atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF) frequently coexist and together confer an adverse prognosis. The association of AF with HF subtypes has not been well described. We sought to examine differences in the temporal association of AF and HF with preserved versus reduced ejection ...
2011 Supraventricular tachycardia causing heart failure
... made on the basis of certain ECG features. ECGs can also reveal substrate for arrhythmias (e.g., pre-excitation) and suggest other nonarrhythmia-related causes of cardiomyopathy including ischemic disease, left ventricular hypertrophy and hypertensive heart disease, and infiltrative diseases such as ...
... made on the basis of certain ECG features. ECGs can also reveal substrate for arrhythmias (e.g., pre-excitation) and suggest other nonarrhythmia-related causes of cardiomyopathy including ischemic disease, left ventricular hypertrophy and hypertensive heart disease, and infiltrative diseases such as ...
The Splitting of the Second Heart Sound in Normal
... at the present time, precise characterization of this sound is of prime importance in auscultation of the heart. A physiologic basis for the interpretation of this auscultatory finding was first provided by Katz, in a study in which the timing of the dynamic events of the cardiac cycle in the two si ...
... at the present time, precise characterization of this sound is of prime importance in auscultation of the heart. A physiologic basis for the interpretation of this auscultatory finding was first provided by Katz, in a study in which the timing of the dynamic events of the cardiac cycle in the two si ...
Ventricular stroke work and efficiency both remain nearly optimal
... have been extensively studied (6, 12, 14, 2528), simultaneous metabolic data are scant (5, 20, 26). The data that exist do not clearly define conditions for which efficiency is maximal, or even whether there is an optimum (20). Thus prior interpretations of clinical ventricular-vascular data have pr ...
... have been extensively studied (6, 12, 14, 2528), simultaneous metabolic data are scant (5, 20, 26). The data that exist do not clearly define conditions for which efficiency is maximal, or even whether there is an optimum (20). Thus prior interpretations of clinical ventricular-vascular data have pr ...
Sick Sinus Syndrome: 21 Years Follow-Up
... commoner in older age groups but also occurs in young, and both sexes are equally affected. SSS may manifest as sinus bradycardia or sinus arrest. Chronic atrial fibrillation may replace ceased sinus rhythm and ventricular rate may also be slow. Lone artial fibrillation, without cardiac abnormality ...
... commoner in older age groups but also occurs in young, and both sexes are equally affected. SSS may manifest as sinus bradycardia or sinus arrest. Chronic atrial fibrillation may replace ceased sinus rhythm and ventricular rate may also be slow. Lone artial fibrillation, without cardiac abnormality ...
Procedure Guidelines for Radionuclide Myocardial
... ECG should be monitored continuously. Side effects may occur during infusion in up to 75% of patients (tables 2 and 3). The radiopharmaceutical should be injected when ≥85% of the age- and gender-maximal predicted heart rate is reached or at 40 µg/kg/minute. The dobutamine infusion can be stopped im ...
... ECG should be monitored continuously. Side effects may occur during infusion in up to 75% of patients (tables 2 and 3). The radiopharmaceutical should be injected when ≥85% of the age- and gender-maximal predicted heart rate is reached or at 40 µg/kg/minute. The dobutamine infusion can be stopped im ...