treating atrial fibrillation
... fibrillation cannot be treated effectively with medication or ablation; or patients who need heart surgery for another heart problem. In the Maze procedure, surgeons make precise incisions to the right and left atria. This separates the electrical systems in each chamber, which interrupts the flow o ...
... fibrillation cannot be treated effectively with medication or ablation; or patients who need heart surgery for another heart problem. In the Maze procedure, surgeons make precise incisions to the right and left atria. This separates the electrical systems in each chamber, which interrupts the flow o ...
Exercise Capacity in Patients with Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction
... ejection fraction of 30% or less and who also had a graded treadmill exercise test during the 24-month period from February 1977 through February 1979. Patients were excluded from the study if a major change in therapy (medical or surgical) was instituted between the two tests. The interval between ...
... ejection fraction of 30% or less and who also had a graded treadmill exercise test during the 24-month period from February 1977 through February 1979. Patients were excluded from the study if a major change in therapy (medical or surgical) was instituted between the two tests. The interval between ...
Patients With Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist
... ore than 5.8 million people in the United States experience end stage systolic heart failure.1 Of those, 250 000 die each year despite improvements in pharmacotherapy and increasing implantable defibrillator use.2 Access to cardiac transplantation, which improves symptoms and survival, is limited by ...
... ore than 5.8 million people in the United States experience end stage systolic heart failure.1 Of those, 250 000 die each year despite improvements in pharmacotherapy and increasing implantable defibrillator use.2 Access to cardiac transplantation, which improves symptoms and survival, is limited by ...
Insulin Resistance Is Highly Prevalent and Is Associated
... Cardiopulmonary exercise testing. The CHF patients underwent cardiopulmonary exercise testing utilizing incremental cycle ergometry with continuous expired gas analysis throughout the test with the Innocor System (Innocor rebreathing system, Innovision A/S, Odense, Denmark) as previously described ( ...
... Cardiopulmonary exercise testing. The CHF patients underwent cardiopulmonary exercise testing utilizing incremental cycle ergometry with continuous expired gas analysis throughout the test with the Innocor System (Innocor rebreathing system, Innovision A/S, Odense, Denmark) as previously described ( ...
hyper.ahajournals.org - Coordinating Center for Clinical Trials
... managed care organization, located in the southeastern United States, which offers healthcare benefits to nearly 200 000 persons enrolled in commercial or Medicare risk plans. The mean age of all of the patients taking antihypertensive medications in this organization was 63 years, and 55% were wome ...
... managed care organization, located in the southeastern United States, which offers healthcare benefits to nearly 200 000 persons enrolled in commercial or Medicare risk plans. The mean age of all of the patients taking antihypertensive medications in this organization was 63 years, and 55% were wome ...
DIABETES MELLITUS INCREASES PLASMA CARDIOTHROPHIN
... effects(1). Specifically, it exerts protective effects against apoptosis(2-4), ischaemic hepatic injury(5, 6), myocardial infarction(7, 8) and contrast nephropathy(9). CT-1 also induces myocytes hypertrophy(10). Although it is released from heart tissue in response to changes in wall tension(11), it ...
... effects(1). Specifically, it exerts protective effects against apoptosis(2-4), ischaemic hepatic injury(5, 6), myocardial infarction(7, 8) and contrast nephropathy(9). CT-1 also induces myocytes hypertrophy(10). Although it is released from heart tissue in response to changes in wall tension(11), it ...
Unsupervised Similarity-Based Risk Stratification for Cardiovascular
... 90 day period following acute coronary syndrome (ACS) was reported to be 1.79% for the SYMPHONY trial involving 14,970 patients (Newby et al., 2003) and 1.71% for the DISPERSE2 trial with 990 patients (Cannon et al., 2007). The rate of myocardial infarction (MI) over the same period for the two tria ...
... 90 day period following acute coronary syndrome (ACS) was reported to be 1.79% for the SYMPHONY trial involving 14,970 patients (Newby et al., 2003) and 1.71% for the DISPERSE2 trial with 990 patients (Cannon et al., 2007). The rate of myocardial infarction (MI) over the same period for the two tria ...
Management of Ventricular Tachycardia
... endocardial scar that may be transmural whereas scar in non-ischemic cardiomyopathies tends to be isolated to the mid-wall or epicardium. One challenge in catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia, especially in the setting of non-ischemic cardiomyopathy, is that origin of VT is more often in ...
... endocardial scar that may be transmural whereas scar in non-ischemic cardiomyopathies tends to be isolated to the mid-wall or epicardium. One challenge in catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia, especially in the setting of non-ischemic cardiomyopathy, is that origin of VT is more often in ...
Percutaneous coronary intervention for the treatment of unprotected
... occlusions, bifurcations or trifurcations, aorto-ostial stenoses, vessel tortuosity, calcification, thrombus and diffuse disease. A higher SYNTAX score reflects greater anatomical complexity. In the LMCA subgroup of the SYNTAX trial, the patients with a low SYNTAX score had a higher rate of nondista ...
... occlusions, bifurcations or trifurcations, aorto-ostial stenoses, vessel tortuosity, calcification, thrombus and diffuse disease. A higher SYNTAX score reflects greater anatomical complexity. In the LMCA subgroup of the SYNTAX trial, the patients with a low SYNTAX score had a higher rate of nondista ...
PDF - Journal of the American Heart Association
... in-hospital mortality according to the use of an early invasive strategy across various predefined subsets, including NSTEMI versus UA, history of congestive heart failure (CHF), presence of cardiogenic shock, males versus females, and past history of MI, CAD, or revascularization (PCI or CABG). A se ...
... in-hospital mortality according to the use of an early invasive strategy across various predefined subsets, including NSTEMI versus UA, history of congestive heart failure (CHF), presence of cardiogenic shock, males versus females, and past history of MI, CAD, or revascularization (PCI or CABG). A se ...
History of Coronary Angiography
... Others, however, appreciated the potential of using Forssmann’s technique as a diagnostic tool. In 1930, Klein reported 11 right heart catheterizations, including passage to the right ventricle and measurement of cardiac output using Fick’s principle. In 1932, Padillo and coworkers reported that rig ...
... Others, however, appreciated the potential of using Forssmann’s technique as a diagnostic tool. In 1930, Klein reported 11 right heart catheterizations, including passage to the right ventricle and measurement of cardiac output using Fick’s principle. In 1932, Padillo and coworkers reported that rig ...
Early Invasive Strategy and In‐Hospital Survival Among Diabetics
... in-hospital mortality according to the use of an early invasive strategy across various predefined subsets, including NSTEMI versus UA, history of congestive heart failure (CHF), presence of cardiogenic shock, males versus females, and past history of MI, CAD, or revascularization (PCI or CABG). A se ...
... in-hospital mortality according to the use of an early invasive strategy across various predefined subsets, including NSTEMI versus UA, history of congestive heart failure (CHF), presence of cardiogenic shock, males versus females, and past history of MI, CAD, or revascularization (PCI or CABG). A se ...
Severity of renal vascular disease predicts mortality in patients
... is independently associated with mortality in a group of patients undergoing coronary angiography. Our current study expands on this cohort, investigating the effect of the severity of RAS on all-cause mortality. Methods. A total of 3987 patients underwent abdominal aortography immediately following ...
... is independently associated with mortality in a group of patients undergoing coronary angiography. Our current study expands on this cohort, investigating the effect of the severity of RAS on all-cause mortality. Methods. A total of 3987 patients underwent abdominal aortography immediately following ...
Cardiac rehabilitation delivery model for low-resource settings
... MICs and 6.4% in LICs; in the same year, per capita health expenditures in low-income countries were US$37 (hence these countries are not a focus for the recommendations herein) and US$256 in MICs. A recent publication has examined the costs and costeffectiveness of CR in MICs suggesting that, as of ...
... MICs and 6.4% in LICs; in the same year, per capita health expenditures in low-income countries were US$37 (hence these countries are not a focus for the recommendations herein) and US$256 in MICs. A recent publication has examined the costs and costeffectiveness of CR in MICs suggesting that, as of ...
TRANSFER-AMI - Clinical Trial Results
... associated with a 6% absolute (46% relative) reduction in the composite of death, reinfarction, recurrent ischemia, heart failure and shock ...
... associated with a 6% absolute (46% relative) reduction in the composite of death, reinfarction, recurrent ischemia, heart failure and shock ...
The role for cardiopulmonary exercise testing in patients with atrial
... RV dimensions change dramatically after ASD closure [13]. Objective exercise capacity almost doubles (reaching normal values) in the long term after surgical closure of an ASD [38], although this improvement is gradual and only a very small proportion of it is seen in the first few months. Other stud ...
... RV dimensions change dramatically after ASD closure [13]. Objective exercise capacity almost doubles (reaching normal values) in the long term after surgical closure of an ASD [38], although this improvement is gradual and only a very small proportion of it is seen in the first few months. Other stud ...
Urinary albumin excretion in heart failure with preserved ejection
... from the 24 participating hospitals. All data and events will be surveyed at least once a year until March 2013. In the CHART-2 study, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was measured by echocardiography at the time of enrolment. In the present study, patients with LVEF ≥50% were classified as ...
... from the 24 participating hospitals. All data and events will be surveyed at least once a year until March 2013. In the CHART-2 study, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was measured by echocardiography at the time of enrolment. In the present study, patients with LVEF ≥50% were classified as ...
Impact of initial intervention on long term neurological recovey after
... an AED was used, 12 (71%) recovered without major sequelae whereas in the 73 cases where no AED was used, only 34 (47%) had a good outcome (p=0.06). At 6 months follow-up, 46 (51%) survivors had a good outcome (cerebral performance category 1-2), 5 (6%) survived with severe neurological sequelae or ...
... an AED was used, 12 (71%) recovered without major sequelae whereas in the 73 cases where no AED was used, only 34 (47%) had a good outcome (p=0.06). At 6 months follow-up, 46 (51%) survivors had a good outcome (cerebral performance category 1-2), 5 (6%) survived with severe neurological sequelae or ...
Percutaneous implantation of self-expandable aortic
... transient ischemic attacks, heart block or other procedure complications, except for the one patient who developed in-hospital gastrointestinal bleeding due to erosive gastroduodenitis which was successfully treated with blood transfusion and proton pump inhibitors. The mean hospital stay was 14 ± 1 ...
... transient ischemic attacks, heart block or other procedure complications, except for the one patient who developed in-hospital gastrointestinal bleeding due to erosive gastroduodenitis which was successfully treated with blood transfusion and proton pump inhibitors. The mean hospital stay was 14 ± 1 ...
Incidence and Predictors of Very Late (>4 Years) Major Cardiac
... long-term maintenance of the results of first-generation DES, with a relatively low incidence of MACE extending to 7 years after DES implantation. Despite continuous hazard of very late stent thrombosis, the occurrence of this adverse event might not be as frequent as speculated. In the scenario of ...
... long-term maintenance of the results of first-generation DES, with a relatively low incidence of MACE extending to 7 years after DES implantation. Despite continuous hazard of very late stent thrombosis, the occurrence of this adverse event might not be as frequent as speculated. In the scenario of ...
Left Ventricular Systolic and Diastolic Function
... and left ventricular (LV) function in type 1 diabetic patients. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS — A total of 57 type 1 diabetic patients free of coronary artery disease and arterial hypertension were studied. Diagnosis of DAN was established by autonomic nervous function (ANF) tests, and LV systolic and ...
... and left ventricular (LV) function in type 1 diabetic patients. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS — A total of 57 type 1 diabetic patients free of coronary artery disease and arterial hypertension were studied. Diagnosis of DAN was established by autonomic nervous function (ANF) tests, and LV systolic and ...
tolerance, heart rate, blood pressure, and respiration - Heart
... venous return might be expected to aggravate the left ventricular impairment which characterizes this disorder (Muller and R0rvik, 1958; Malmborg, i965), and therefore the pain threshold might be lower during supine exercise. This investigation was carried out to compare heart rate, systolic blood p ...
... venous return might be expected to aggravate the left ventricular impairment which characterizes this disorder (Muller and R0rvik, 1958; Malmborg, i965), and therefore the pain threshold might be lower during supine exercise. This investigation was carried out to compare heart rate, systolic blood p ...
ICDs in Primary Prevention
... Heart Rhythm Society Campaign: "Learn your EF" Part of the Heart Rhythm Foundation looking at several areas of rhythm disturbances, one of them sudden death, focusing on EF ...
... Heart Rhythm Society Campaign: "Learn your EF" Part of the Heart Rhythm Foundation looking at several areas of rhythm disturbances, one of them sudden death, focusing on EF ...
Myocardial Perfusion SPECT: Current Concepts
... > the rate of cardiac events in persons with a pathological (high-risk) MPS increases with increasing severity of CAD; > the frequency of cardiac events in persons with a normal (low-risk) MPS is nearly always below 2% per year, regardless of the stage of CAD that is present, i.e., even in patients ...
... > the rate of cardiac events in persons with a pathological (high-risk) MPS increases with increasing severity of CAD; > the frequency of cardiac events in persons with a normal (low-risk) MPS is nearly always below 2% per year, regardless of the stage of CAD that is present, i.e., even in patients ...