Full Text - Archives of Cardiovascular Imaging
... No remarkable wall motion abnormality was noticed in post-stress as well as rest gated images. So, there was no evidence of stress-induced myocardial stunning. No transient ischemic dilation (TID) of the LV or lung uptake was observed. Coronary angiography showed significant (60%) left main and seve ...
... No remarkable wall motion abnormality was noticed in post-stress as well as rest gated images. So, there was no evidence of stress-induced myocardial stunning. No transient ischemic dilation (TID) of the LV or lung uptake was observed. Coronary angiography showed significant (60%) left main and seve ...
Depression in Patients Recovering From a Myocardial Infarction
... with major depression and/or dysthymia during the initial hospitalization reported lower adherence to these recommendations and also reported taking medications as prescribed less often than those without major depression and/or dysthymia. Patients with major depression and/or dysthymia who had diab ...
... with major depression and/or dysthymia during the initial hospitalization reported lower adherence to these recommendations and also reported taking medications as prescribed less often than those without major depression and/or dysthymia. Patients with major depression and/or dysthymia who had diab ...
Anticoagulation Therapy in the CICU
... Presented with MSSA Septic Shock, MOSF, Coagulopathy Apr 2011. 4 days later had hemodynamic compromise and was taken to catheterization ...
... Presented with MSSA Septic Shock, MOSF, Coagulopathy Apr 2011. 4 days later had hemodynamic compromise and was taken to catheterization ...
docx Impact of cardiac rehabilitation services on
... given a cardiac rehabilitation program that is inclusive of an exercise component. Options should be offered to the patient in a wide range. They should be encouraged to actually attend to the options that have been offered to them, but which are appropriate to their particular needs. However, in ca ...
... given a cardiac rehabilitation program that is inclusive of an exercise component. Options should be offered to the patient in a wide range. They should be encouraged to actually attend to the options that have been offered to them, but which are appropriate to their particular needs. However, in ca ...
Chronic stable coronary artery disease: drugs vs. revascularization REVIEW Controversies in Cardiovascular Medicine
... coronary artery disease (CAD) has decreased by more than 40% during the last two decades. Coronary atherosclerosis may cause angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, heart failure, arrhythmia, and sudden death. Medical management of atherosclerosis and its manifestation aims at retardation of progres ...
... coronary artery disease (CAD) has decreased by more than 40% during the last two decades. Coronary atherosclerosis may cause angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, heart failure, arrhythmia, and sudden death. Medical management of atherosclerosis and its manifestation aims at retardation of progres ...
POST-THESIS
... of death in industrialized nations, killing nearly 380,000 people annually1. Including the cost of health care services, medications, and lost productivity, CAD alone costs the United States $108.9 billion each year2. CAD is characterized by thickening of the walls in the coronary arteries, which sl ...
... of death in industrialized nations, killing nearly 380,000 people annually1. Including the cost of health care services, medications, and lost productivity, CAD alone costs the United States $108.9 billion each year2. CAD is characterized by thickening of the walls in the coronary arteries, which sl ...
Evaluation of left ventricular systolic and diastolic functions in bipolar
... patients with bipolar disorder [20]. In a cohort of over 5.5 million from Denmark followed from either their fifteenth birthday or the beginning of 1973 through the beginning of 2001 found that 3,669 of the 11,648 patients with bipolar disorder had died by the end of the study period. The mortality ...
... patients with bipolar disorder [20]. In a cohort of over 5.5 million from Denmark followed from either their fifteenth birthday or the beginning of 1973 through the beginning of 2001 found that 3,669 of the 11,648 patients with bipolar disorder had died by the end of the study period. The mortality ...
Hawthorn Berry - Dr. Christopher`s Herbal Legacy
... In studies, Hawthorn Berries have proven to work equally as well as Captopril, a prescription drug, in the treatment of Stage 2 heart disease. The wonderful aspect of Hawthorn Berries was the added benefit of lowering blood pressure, lower heart rates while exercising, improved stamina and endurance ...
... In studies, Hawthorn Berries have proven to work equally as well as Captopril, a prescription drug, in the treatment of Stage 2 heart disease. The wonderful aspect of Hawthorn Berries was the added benefit of lowering blood pressure, lower heart rates while exercising, improved stamina and endurance ...
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... afterload, thereby secondarily improving RV function.1 No treatment is currently available that improves RV function directly, partially because it is not considered a therapeutic target in PH.2 Recently, several reports have shown that sympathetic activity is increased in patients with PH.3 Similar ...
... afterload, thereby secondarily improving RV function.1 No treatment is currently available that improves RV function directly, partially because it is not considered a therapeutic target in PH.2 Recently, several reports have shown that sympathetic activity is increased in patients with PH.3 Similar ...
Full Text - Res Cardiovasc Med
... operative mortality. Complications are rare, but can include residual VSD, conduction disorder, emergent reoperation, neurologic injury, and death (9, 10). For infants who undergo surgical closure of VSD, long-term results are similarly positive. Meijboom and associates (11) reported normal growth i ...
... operative mortality. Complications are rare, but can include residual VSD, conduction disorder, emergent reoperation, neurologic injury, and death (9, 10). For infants who undergo surgical closure of VSD, long-term results are similarly positive. Meijboom and associates (11) reported normal growth i ...
S. Lee Crystal, Andrew D. Krahn, Yaariv Khaykin, Douglas Cameron
... shocks were similar across age groups. Decisions regarding ICD candidacy should not be based on age alone but should consider factors that predispose to mortality despite defibrillator implantation. (Circulation. 2013;127:2383-2392.) Key Words: aged ◼ defibrillators, implantabale ◼ prognosis ◼ pros ...
... shocks were similar across age groups. Decisions regarding ICD candidacy should not be based on age alone but should consider factors that predispose to mortality despite defibrillator implantation. (Circulation. 2013;127:2383-2392.) Key Words: aged ◼ defibrillators, implantabale ◼ prognosis ◼ pros ...
Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders Are Associated With Ventricular
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Pericardial effusion after open heart surgery for - Heart
... accumulated may irritate the pericardium through a hydrophilic action.10 11 Multivariate analysis showed that postoperative warfarin is a significant risk factor after adjustment of other variables. This finding corroborates those reported in the adult literature.2 12 13 Warfarin given routinely aft ...
... accumulated may irritate the pericardium through a hydrophilic action.10 11 Multivariate analysis showed that postoperative warfarin is a significant risk factor after adjustment of other variables. This finding corroborates those reported in the adult literature.2 12 13 Warfarin given routinely aft ...
A Guide to Congestive Heart Failure
... Anticoagulants - (commonly known as blood thinners) – they don’t actually “thin” the blood, but they prevent clot from happening. If your heart is not beating in an organized and strong manner, sometimes blood can remain in small pockets of the atrium and form blood clots. This increases your risk o ...
... Anticoagulants - (commonly known as blood thinners) – they don’t actually “thin” the blood, but they prevent clot from happening. If your heart is not beating in an organized and strong manner, sometimes blood can remain in small pockets of the atrium and form blood clots. This increases your risk o ...
Nonlinear Cardiac Dynamics
... Cardiac dynamics go way beyond mechanical pressure generation (which can be sensed by arterial vessel palpitation), but also depends upon electrical activities inherent within the myocardium (which are insensible, save by electronic amplification and display). The heart remains mechanically silent u ...
... Cardiac dynamics go way beyond mechanical pressure generation (which can be sensed by arterial vessel palpitation), but also depends upon electrical activities inherent within the myocardium (which are insensible, save by electronic amplification and display). The heart remains mechanically silent u ...
Mitochondrial Membrane Permeability Inhibitors in Acute Myocardial
... ischemia due to coronary occlusion provided a significant reduction in infarct size in dogs by 30% to 40% (28). The finding of beneficial effects of conditioning being applied after reperfusion provided an intense stimulus to the field, as it suggested a time window for intervention that extended beyond ...
... ischemia due to coronary occlusion provided a significant reduction in infarct size in dogs by 30% to 40% (28). The finding of beneficial effects of conditioning being applied after reperfusion provided an intense stimulus to the field, as it suggested a time window for intervention that extended beyond ...
Cardiotoxicity in cancer patients treated with 5
... 3–35% with capecitabine. The most common symptom was chest pain (0–18.6%) followed by palpitations (0–23.1%), dyspnoea (0–7.6%) and hypotension (0–6%). Severe clinical events such as myocardial infarction, cardiogenic shock and cardiac arrest occurred in 0–2%. Mortality rates ranged from 0 to 8%. As ...
... 3–35% with capecitabine. The most common symptom was chest pain (0–18.6%) followed by palpitations (0–23.1%), dyspnoea (0–7.6%) and hypotension (0–6%). Severe clinical events such as myocardial infarction, cardiogenic shock and cardiac arrest occurred in 0–2%. Mortality rates ranged from 0 to 8%. As ...
Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle Insulin Resistance in
... region with normal motility—as assessed by radionuclide ventriculography—and with normal blood flow (i.e., within 1 SD of the mean myocardial blood flow in our database of normal subjects, mean6SD 5 1.0260.33 ml?min12?g21, n 5 94) as measured by PET. In each patient regions with reduced motility co ...
... region with normal motility—as assessed by radionuclide ventriculography—and with normal blood flow (i.e., within 1 SD of the mean myocardial blood flow in our database of normal subjects, mean6SD 5 1.0260.33 ml?min12?g21, n 5 94) as measured by PET. In each patient regions with reduced motility co ...
1 - Grupo Akros
... blocker with a marked clinical improvement. My patients had one other factor directing our approach. The patients were not candidates for coronary artery bypass surgery because of the extent of the coronary artery disease based on coronary angiography or their general medical status condition preclu ...
... blocker with a marked clinical improvement. My patients had one other factor directing our approach. The patients were not candidates for coronary artery bypass surgery because of the extent of the coronary artery disease based on coronary angiography or their general medical status condition preclu ...
Elective PCI Without On-Site Cardiac Surgery: Standard of Care?
... expanded, and the safety and outcomes of the procedure have steadily improved. During the early days of balloon angioplasty, procedure mortality was 1% to 2.5%, and up to 5% of patients required urgent coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.1,2 In comparison, inlab mortality at high-volume cent ...
... expanded, and the safety and outcomes of the procedure have steadily improved. During the early days of balloon angioplasty, procedure mortality was 1% to 2.5%, and up to 5% of patients required urgent coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.1,2 In comparison, inlab mortality at high-volume cent ...
- Keele Research Repository
... antiplatelet and anti-coagulant therapies during PCI increases the risk of haemorrhagic stroke in such patients. Previous large-scale studies (e.g. from the Euro Heart Survey Percutaneous Coronary Interventions survey7 and the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) from North America6 have stu ...
... antiplatelet and anti-coagulant therapies during PCI increases the risk of haemorrhagic stroke in such patients. Previous large-scale studies (e.g. from the Euro Heart Survey Percutaneous Coronary Interventions survey7 and the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) from North America6 have stu ...
Acute Myocardial Infarction due to Coronary Artery Embolism
... of bioprosthetic heart valves (Class I, level of evidence C).32 The fact that our patient was not using an antiplatelet agent may have played a role in development of the AVR thrombus and subsequent coronary artery embolism. We report the case of a man presenting with a STEMI resulting from acute co ...
... of bioprosthetic heart valves (Class I, level of evidence C).32 The fact that our patient was not using an antiplatelet agent may have played a role in development of the AVR thrombus and subsequent coronary artery embolism. We report the case of a man presenting with a STEMI resulting from acute co ...
030501 Nitroprusside in Critically Ill Patients with Left Ventricular
... dysfunction in the setting of severe aortic stenosis are associated with a high mortality rate. Although Ross and Braunwald noted a median survival of 1.5 to 2.0 years in patients with severe aortic stenosis and symptomatic congestive heart failure,1 more recent studies have indicated that patients ...
... dysfunction in the setting of severe aortic stenosis are associated with a high mortality rate. Although Ross and Braunwald noted a median survival of 1.5 to 2.0 years in patients with severe aortic stenosis and symptomatic congestive heart failure,1 more recent studies have indicated that patients ...
Increases in serum levels of troponin I are associated
... Last, patients with primary conditions associated with myocardial ischemia or cell injury were also excluded (these included diagnoses of cardiomyopathy, myocarditis, pericarditis, endocarditis, cardiothoracic surgery or trauma within the past 14 days, Kawasaki’s disease, congenital heart disease as ...
... Last, patients with primary conditions associated with myocardial ischemia or cell injury were also excluded (these included diagnoses of cardiomyopathy, myocarditis, pericarditis, endocarditis, cardiothoracic surgery or trauma within the past 14 days, Kawasaki’s disease, congenital heart disease as ...