Society of Nuclear Medicine Procedure Guideline for Gated
... 1. Known or suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) a. CAD without myocardial infarction (MI) b. Remote MI c. Acute MI (however, these patients usually should not undergo exercise stress in the first 48 hours after acute MI) 2. To help distinguish systolic from diastolic causes of congestive heart f ...
... 1. Known or suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) a. CAD without myocardial infarction (MI) b. Remote MI c. Acute MI (however, these patients usually should not undergo exercise stress in the first 48 hours after acute MI) 2. To help distinguish systolic from diastolic causes of congestive heart f ...
Ventricular Septal Defects
... A. A VSD may occur as a primary anomaly, with or without additional major associated cardiac defects. B. It may also occur as a single component of a wide variety of intracardiac anomalies, including tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), complete atrioventricular (AV) canal defects, transposition of great arte ...
... A. A VSD may occur as a primary anomaly, with or without additional major associated cardiac defects. B. It may also occur as a single component of a wide variety of intracardiac anomalies, including tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), complete atrioventricular (AV) canal defects, transposition of great arte ...
In Hospital Outcome of Acute Inferior with Right
... isolated inferior myocardial infarction, 33(19.64%) had RVMI and 17(10.1%) posterior wall MI. There were 71(42.26%) diabetics, 71(42.26%) hypertensive and 96(57.14%) smokers. Family history of IHD was present in 32(19.04%). Obesity was observed in 72(42.85%). Dyslipidemia was observed in 47(27.97%). ...
... isolated inferior myocardial infarction, 33(19.64%) had RVMI and 17(10.1%) posterior wall MI. There were 71(42.26%) diabetics, 71(42.26%) hypertensive and 96(57.14%) smokers. Family history of IHD was present in 32(19.04%). Obesity was observed in 72(42.85%). Dyslipidemia was observed in 47(27.97%). ...
G-protein-coupled receptor kinase activity in human heart failure
... It has been well recognised that serum PSA corelated with advancing patient age. Oesterling et al. (6) and Dalkin et al. (7) have recommended adjustment of the upper normal limit of serum PSA for advancing age. Tumor markers play an important role in the assessment of patients with some types of mal ...
... It has been well recognised that serum PSA corelated with advancing patient age. Oesterling et al. (6) and Dalkin et al. (7) have recommended adjustment of the upper normal limit of serum PSA for advancing age. Tumor markers play an important role in the assessment of patients with some types of mal ...
Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing: A Review of Techniques and
... Patients who have an inducible myocardial ischemia or a limited cardiac reserve are often at an increased risk of perioperative complications [1]. Preoperative identification of this patient group is important for risk stratification, future intervention studies, and for the efficient use of healthcar ...
... Patients who have an inducible myocardial ischemia or a limited cardiac reserve are often at an increased risk of perioperative complications [1]. Preoperative identification of this patient group is important for risk stratification, future intervention studies, and for the efficient use of healthcar ...
Women, Cardiac Syndrome X, and Microvascular Heart Disease
... Up to 30% of women sent for CATH may have normal arteries.9 A Canadian study reported rates within these broad parameters: 23% of women and 7% of men.10 Based on data from the Global Utilization of Streptokinase and Tissue-Plasminogen Activator for Occluded Coronary Arteries (GUSTO) and Thrombolysis ...
... Up to 30% of women sent for CATH may have normal arteries.9 A Canadian study reported rates within these broad parameters: 23% of women and 7% of men.10 Based on data from the Global Utilization of Streptokinase and Tissue-Plasminogen Activator for Occluded Coronary Arteries (GUSTO) and Thrombolysis ...
1 - JACC
... remodeling and more systolic dysfunction; and 4) a blunted fibroblast response to TGF-1. Temporally, despite similar infarct size, reperfused MI in young mice induced intense inflammation after 24 h and replacement with granulation tissue within 72 h (consistent with enhanced inflammation and accel ...
... remodeling and more systolic dysfunction; and 4) a blunted fibroblast response to TGF-1. Temporally, despite similar infarct size, reperfused MI in young mice induced intense inflammation after 24 h and replacement with granulation tissue within 72 h (consistent with enhanced inflammation and accel ...
The clinical utility of new cardiac imaging modalities in Australasian
... CTCA is a non-invasive coronary angiogram, using electrocardiogram (ECG)-gated CT. The accuracy of CTCA has been well established in three large multicentre studies, with a negative predictive value approaching 100%, making it an excellent “rule out” test.1 This means that a normal CTCA showing no c ...
... CTCA is a non-invasive coronary angiogram, using electrocardiogram (ECG)-gated CT. The accuracy of CTCA has been well established in three large multicentre studies, with a negative predictive value approaching 100%, making it an excellent “rule out” test.1 This means that a normal CTCA showing no c ...
ACC/AHA Practice Guidelines
... The ACC/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines makes every effort to avoid any actual or potential conflicts of interest that might arise as a result of an outside relationship or personal interest of a member of the writing panel. Specifically, all members of the writing panel are asked to provide d ...
... The ACC/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines makes every effort to avoid any actual or potential conflicts of interest that might arise as a result of an outside relationship or personal interest of a member of the writing panel. Specifically, all members of the writing panel are asked to provide d ...
Restrictive cardiomyopathy
... Among 167 recipients of cardiac transplantation from Italy, RCM was diagnosed only in 0.6% [7]. There are several studies available concerning the epidemiology of RCM in pediatric population, which have reported that RCM accounts for 2% to 5% of all pediatric cardiomyopathies with a total annual inc ...
... Among 167 recipients of cardiac transplantation from Italy, RCM was diagnosed only in 0.6% [7]. There are several studies available concerning the epidemiology of RCM in pediatric population, which have reported that RCM accounts for 2% to 5% of all pediatric cardiomyopathies with a total annual inc ...
cardiac output
... iv). Increased Sympathetic Vasoconstriction • Sympathetic Stimulation causes vasoconstriction, which increases venous pressure and drives more blood to right atrium, therefore, more venous returns and increase EDV. v). Cardiac suction effect • Heart plays role in its own filling. During ventricular ...
... iv). Increased Sympathetic Vasoconstriction • Sympathetic Stimulation causes vasoconstriction, which increases venous pressure and drives more blood to right atrium, therefore, more venous returns and increase EDV. v). Cardiac suction effect • Heart plays role in its own filling. During ventricular ...
Benign Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy in Congestive Heart Failure*
... diffuse intrathoracic edema affecting the pulmonary parenchyma and neighboring structures, including the mediastinum and associated lymph nodes. The lymphatic circulation has a primary role in the regulation of pulmonary fluids. It ensures continuous low-pressure drainage of excess fluids from the i ...
... diffuse intrathoracic edema affecting the pulmonary parenchyma and neighboring structures, including the mediastinum and associated lymph nodes. The lymphatic circulation has a primary role in the regulation of pulmonary fluids. It ensures continuous low-pressure drainage of excess fluids from the i ...
Prioritising Summary for WATCHMAN® left atrial appendage closure
... paroxysmal, persistent or permanent non-valvular AF were eligible for enrolment. A total of 463 patients were randomly assigned to the intervention (Watchman) group and 244 patients were randomly assigned to the control (warfarin) group, using a computergenerated randomisation sequence in a 2:1 rati ...
... paroxysmal, persistent or permanent non-valvular AF were eligible for enrolment. A total of 463 patients were randomly assigned to the intervention (Watchman) group and 244 patients were randomly assigned to the control (warfarin) group, using a computergenerated randomisation sequence in a 2:1 rati ...
Diastolic heart failure: diagnosis and therapy
... DHF has become the most common form of heart failure in the population. Although diastolic dysfunction still plays a central role, it is now understood that DHF is a very complex clinical entity with heterogeneous pathophysiology and significant contribution from extracardiac comorbidities. Alterati ...
... DHF has become the most common form of heart failure in the population. Although diastolic dysfunction still plays a central role, it is now understood that DHF is a very complex clinical entity with heterogeneous pathophysiology and significant contribution from extracardiac comorbidities. Alterati ...
Study of various cardiac arrhythmias in patients of acute myocardial
... I) serum creatinine, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), serum electrolytes, serum cholesterol and X-ray ray chest (PA view). All the patients were kept in intensive cardiac care for varying periods ranging from 2 to 10 days as indicated and thereafter shifted in ward before discharge [5]. ...
... I) serum creatinine, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), serum electrolytes, serum cholesterol and X-ray ray chest (PA view). All the patients were kept in intensive cardiac care for varying periods ranging from 2 to 10 days as indicated and thereafter shifted in ward before discharge [5]. ...
Automated Analysis of the 12-lead ECG in the Emergency
... From the *Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD; †Whiting School of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Department, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and ‡The Emergency ...
... From the *Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD; †Whiting School of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Department, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and ‡The Emergency ...
Idiopathic atrial fibrillation: a rose by any other name?
... hypertension with respect to pathogenesis of AF? The questions seem endless. Here again, the authors come up against the limitations of the data available in the Euro Heart Survey on AF. The definition for hypertension they chose seems reasonable enough: a ...
... hypertension with respect to pathogenesis of AF? The questions seem endless. Here again, the authors come up against the limitations of the data available in the Euro Heart Survey on AF. The definition for hypertension they chose seems reasonable enough: a ...
Crescendo in Depolarization and Repolarization
... or without diuretics) was deemed appropriate.4 Patients were receiving either no antiarrhythmic medications or a stable dose of these drugs for at least 48 hours before starting study treatment. Oxygen, intravenous and oral diuretics, and all nonintravenous cardiac medications were permitted. Exclus ...
... or without diuretics) was deemed appropriate.4 Patients were receiving either no antiarrhythmic medications or a stable dose of these drugs for at least 48 hours before starting study treatment. Oxygen, intravenous and oral diuretics, and all nonintravenous cardiac medications were permitted. Exclus ...
6.5.4 Lipid lowering agents - Rajiv Gandhi University of Health
... 60% of the total worlds cardiac patients are Indians, Americans are also leading in the list issued by them.1 Despite recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease (CVD), it remains the leading cause of death.4 ALARMING STATISTICS in India suggest that India will have the ...
... 60% of the total worlds cardiac patients are Indians, Americans are also leading in the list issued by them.1 Despite recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease (CVD), it remains the leading cause of death.4 ALARMING STATISTICS in India suggest that India will have the ...
Research Drug Summary - Maine Medical Center Research Institute
... whether prophylactic ascorbic acid alone, ascorbic acid with amiodarone, or amiodarone alone, when given along with beta blockers will decrease the incidence of postoperative AF in adult cardiac surgery in all comers as compared with beta blockers alone. A prospective, randomized, multicenter trial ...
... whether prophylactic ascorbic acid alone, ascorbic acid with amiodarone, or amiodarone alone, when given along with beta blockers will decrease the incidence of postoperative AF in adult cardiac surgery in all comers as compared with beta blockers alone. A prospective, randomized, multicenter trial ...
Common Causes of Troponin Elevations in the Absence of Acute
... HF patients were followed up for at least 12 months, the 1-year risk of death or rehospitalization due to worsening HF was 66% for patients with hospital admission TnT levels ⱖ 0.05 ng/mL and 15% for those with hospital admission TnT levels ⬍ 0.5 ng/mL (p ⫽ 0.004).20 TnT levels were at least 0.5 ng/ ...
... HF patients were followed up for at least 12 months, the 1-year risk of death or rehospitalization due to worsening HF was 66% for patients with hospital admission TnT levels ⱖ 0.05 ng/mL and 15% for those with hospital admission TnT levels ⬍ 0.5 ng/mL (p ⫽ 0.004).20 TnT levels were at least 0.5 ng/ ...
paten t du ctus art eriosus: surgical complications, morbidity and
... both cases with severe pulmonary hypertension and elevated surgical risk.4•11 This number is quite low considering that ...
... both cases with severe pulmonary hypertension and elevated surgical risk.4•11 This number is quite low considering that ...
Maximal Exercise Tolerance in Chronic
... The relationship between maximal exercise tolerance and resting radionuclide indexes of left ventricular systolic and diastolic function were evaluated in 20 ischemic and 44 idiopathic cardiomyopathy patients with New York Heart Association class 2-4 chronic congestive heart failure. Left ventricula ...
... The relationship between maximal exercise tolerance and resting radionuclide indexes of left ventricular systolic and diastolic function were evaluated in 20 ischemic and 44 idiopathic cardiomyopathy patients with New York Heart Association class 2-4 chronic congestive heart failure. Left ventricula ...