Reduction in Heart Failure Events by the Addition of a Clinical
... Wash). Clinical events and current drug therapy were documented on follow-up data collection forms during telephone follow-up or return visits. The intervention group received telephone follow-up at 2, 12, and 24 weeks. Patients were asked if they had been to the emergency department or the hospital ...
... Wash). Clinical events and current drug therapy were documented on follow-up data collection forms during telephone follow-up or return visits. The intervention group received telephone follow-up at 2, 12, and 24 weeks. Patients were asked if they had been to the emergency department or the hospital ...
Myocardial Adaptations to Training
... GETS BIGGER! (OK, it's slightly more complicated than that). Endurance trained hearts do not beat faster at maximum. They do not beat more powerfully, gram for gram. They also do not change significantly in terms of mitochondrial or capillary density. The distinction between the athlete's heart and ...
... GETS BIGGER! (OK, it's slightly more complicated than that). Endurance trained hearts do not beat faster at maximum. They do not beat more powerfully, gram for gram. They also do not change significantly in terms of mitochondrial or capillary density. The distinction between the athlete's heart and ...
Atrial Fibrillation Etiologies and Treatment
... each point with score of 3 giving AR of 5.9 and score of 6 an AR of 18.2 Score of 0: at low risk and may be treated with ASA alone or observation Score of 1-2: can weigh benefits/risks of warfarin vs ASA to decide Score of > 3: at greatest risk and should be treated with chronic adjusted warfarin un ...
... each point with score of 3 giving AR of 5.9 and score of 6 an AR of 18.2 Score of 0: at low risk and may be treated with ASA alone or observation Score of 1-2: can weigh benefits/risks of warfarin vs ASA to decide Score of > 3: at greatest risk and should be treated with chronic adjusted warfarin un ...
Coronary Artery Anatomy in Left Bundle Branch Block
... affect the results in a systematic fashion. Further, because a similar method was used in the work referred to above, a difference in techniques cannot explain the differences in the observed lengths of the LMCA. Lewis et al. speculated that the association between a short LMCA and LBBB could be exp ...
... affect the results in a systematic fashion. Further, because a similar method was used in the work referred to above, a difference in techniques cannot explain the differences in the observed lengths of the LMCA. Lewis et al. speculated that the association between a short LMCA and LBBB could be exp ...
Electrocardiography and Doppler echocardiography for risk
... factors more accurately predicts the individual risk than a single parameter or cut-off value. In our risk model, in the presence of two or three risk factors, outcome was significantly worse as compared with the presence of ⱕ1 risk factor. In the absence of any risk factor, no patient suffered a ca ...
... factors more accurately predicts the individual risk than a single parameter or cut-off value. In our risk model, in the presence of two or three risk factors, outcome was significantly worse as compared with the presence of ⱕ1 risk factor. In the absence of any risk factor, no patient suffered a ca ...
A Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Analysis
... than 360 mg/m2 and radiation doses greater than 5 Gy.5 Numerous other studies describe long-term cardiac toxicities, including myocardial infarction, decreased ventricular function, valvular disorders, and congestive heart failure.6–8 Efforts have been made to minimize the use of treatment modalitie ...
... than 360 mg/m2 and radiation doses greater than 5 Gy.5 Numerous other studies describe long-term cardiac toxicities, including myocardial infarction, decreased ventricular function, valvular disorders, and congestive heart failure.6–8 Efforts have been made to minimize the use of treatment modalitie ...
MOSCOW, September 2016
... • Exclusion criteria: age .75 years, mechanical complications of AMI, duration of CS > 12 h, RV failure, sepsis, significant AR, severe cerebral damage, resuscitation > 30 min, severe PVD. ...
... • Exclusion criteria: age .75 years, mechanical complications of AMI, duration of CS > 12 h, RV failure, sepsis, significant AR, severe cerebral damage, resuscitation > 30 min, severe PVD. ...
heart disease in dogs and cats
... a condition called pulmonary stenosis can be improved by another specialist procedure called a balloon valvuloplasty. Other conditions such as heart rhythm abnormalities can be controlled with a pacemaker. This is an electrical device which is placed surgically under the skin and linked by cables to ...
... a condition called pulmonary stenosis can be improved by another specialist procedure called a balloon valvuloplasty. Other conditions such as heart rhythm abnormalities can be controlled with a pacemaker. This is an electrical device which is placed surgically under the skin and linked by cables to ...
Dyselectrolytemia in Acute Myocardial Infarction
... altering the prognosis of such myocardial infarction (MI) patients. TheT wave changes commonly found in the ECG of MI patients are attributed to changes in potassium levels. Potassium homeostasis is critical to prevent the adverse events in patients with cardiovascular disease.[4] The prevalence and ...
... altering the prognosis of such myocardial infarction (MI) patients. TheT wave changes commonly found in the ECG of MI patients are attributed to changes in potassium levels. Potassium homeostasis is critical to prevent the adverse events in patients with cardiovascular disease.[4] The prevalence and ...
Lecture 15-Approach to Management of Ischemic Heart Disease
... recommended unless side effects occur. • Combination therapy: successful use of lower dosages of each agent while minimizing individual drug side effects ...
... recommended unless side effects occur. • Combination therapy: successful use of lower dosages of each agent while minimizing individual drug side effects ...
Ischemic Heart Disease
... During episodes of inadequate perfusion caused by coronary atherosclerosis, myocardial tissue oxygen tension falls and may cause transient disturbances of the mechanical, biochemical, and electrical functions of the myocardium. Coronary atherosclerosis is a focal process that usually causes nonunifo ...
... During episodes of inadequate perfusion caused by coronary atherosclerosis, myocardial tissue oxygen tension falls and may cause transient disturbances of the mechanical, biochemical, and electrical functions of the myocardium. Coronary atherosclerosis is a focal process that usually causes nonunifo ...
Key messages - acute coronary syndrome
... The cell responsible for the overgrowth of connective tissue associated with atheroma is the arterial smooth muscle cell which normally resides in the media. These cells exist in one of two phenotypes, dependent on the local chemical environment (cytokine mediated). These are referred to as 'contrac ...
... The cell responsible for the overgrowth of connective tissue associated with atheroma is the arterial smooth muscle cell which normally resides in the media. These cells exist in one of two phenotypes, dependent on the local chemical environment (cytokine mediated). These are referred to as 'contrac ...
T The broken heart syndrome
... these medications, but it is our practice to stop them once LV function has completely recovered. There are simply no data at this time to support that chronic use of ACE inhibitors and beta-blockers in these patients improves survival or helps to prevent recurrence. Unless there is a contraindicati ...
... these medications, but it is our practice to stop them once LV function has completely recovered. There are simply no data at this time to support that chronic use of ACE inhibitors and beta-blockers in these patients improves survival or helps to prevent recurrence. Unless there is a contraindicati ...
Acute Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation
... Beat-to-beat variations in atrial pressure (preload). The influence of preload on left ventricular ejection (Frank-Starling mechanism) is important in AF only when afterload is relatively low . Beat-to-beat variations in myocardial contractility . Among patients with AF, the preceding RR interval ha ...
... Beat-to-beat variations in atrial pressure (preload). The influence of preload on left ventricular ejection (Frank-Starling mechanism) is important in AF only when afterload is relatively low . Beat-to-beat variations in myocardial contractility . Among patients with AF, the preceding RR interval ha ...
Management of arrhythmias in heart failure. What a practicing
... (ARBs) have shown significant reduction in the risk of SCD. There are numerous trials done on these medications, but only a few of these directly addressed the impact on SCD. While the treatment and prevention of SCD demands specifically targeted therapy, this background standard medical therapy mus ...
... (ARBs) have shown significant reduction in the risk of SCD. There are numerous trials done on these medications, but only a few of these directly addressed the impact on SCD. While the treatment and prevention of SCD demands specifically targeted therapy, this background standard medical therapy mus ...
Canine heart failure—early diagnosis, prompt treatment
... for the treatment of heart failure in dogs. A commonly cited clinical definition of heart failure is exertional clinical signs caused by underlying heart disease.1 Many cases of early congestive heart failure can be identified by owners if they have been trained by the veterinary staff to routinely ...
... for the treatment of heart failure in dogs. A commonly cited clinical definition of heart failure is exertional clinical signs caused by underlying heart disease.1 Many cases of early congestive heart failure can be identified by owners if they have been trained by the veterinary staff to routinely ...
8 Pulseless Electrical Activity
... Three mechanisms are currently thought to contribute to contractile dysfunction and left ventricular myocardial impairment. First, regardless the pathological etiology, failure of adequate oxygen delivery to myocyte mitochondria reduces energy supplies for cytoplasmic processes. As such, ischemic me ...
... Three mechanisms are currently thought to contribute to contractile dysfunction and left ventricular myocardial impairment. First, regardless the pathological etiology, failure of adequate oxygen delivery to myocyte mitochondria reduces energy supplies for cytoplasmic processes. As such, ischemic me ...
Usefulness of a Pericardial Friction Rub After
... physical examination at any time during the patient’s hospitalization. The patients were examined at least daily by the attending physician and study nurses. As previously described, patients with AM1 were prospectively enrolled in trials of intravenous thrombolytic therapy if they met the standard ...
... physical examination at any time during the patient’s hospitalization. The patients were examined at least daily by the attending physician and study nurses. As previously described, patients with AM1 were prospectively enrolled in trials of intravenous thrombolytic therapy if they met the standard ...
The Heart
... Chordae tendineae ◦ tendon-like chords that connect the pointed ends of the cusps to cardiac muscle projections on inner surface of the ventricles ◦ prevent the cusps from pushing up into the atria when the ventricles contract ...
... Chordae tendineae ◦ tendon-like chords that connect the pointed ends of the cusps to cardiac muscle projections on inner surface of the ventricles ◦ prevent the cusps from pushing up into the atria when the ventricles contract ...
Infarction: Definition: This is a localized area of cell necrosis in living
... exudates (e.g. fibrinous pericarditis in myocardial infarction and Fibrinous Pleuritis in pulmonary infarction). ...
... exudates (e.g. fibrinous pericarditis in myocardial infarction and Fibrinous Pleuritis in pulmonary infarction). ...
Dual Chamber Pacing - Scope
... Objective: To appraise the clinical and cost effectiveness of dual chamber pacemakers compared with single chamber pacemakers, and to provide guidance to the NHS in England and Wales1. Background: Cardiac arrhythmias are abnormal heart rhythms which may be fast (tachycardia), slow (bradycardia), or ...
... Objective: To appraise the clinical and cost effectiveness of dual chamber pacemakers compared with single chamber pacemakers, and to provide guidance to the NHS in England and Wales1. Background: Cardiac arrhythmias are abnormal heart rhythms which may be fast (tachycardia), slow (bradycardia), or ...
Smoking cigarettes and the heart Alcohol and the heart Cocaine and
... hi w d mortality due to heart disease in some populations. Some an Marijuana causes very a tasty, Marijuana and the heart researchers have suggested that the benefits may be much some of the same effects as healthy Marijuana use can increase the heart rate as much due to the components in red cocain ...
... hi w d mortality due to heart disease in some populations. Some an Marijuana causes very a tasty, Marijuana and the heart researchers have suggested that the benefits may be much some of the same effects as healthy Marijuana use can increase the heart rate as much due to the components in red cocain ...
Poor long-term patient and graft survival after primary percutaneous
... Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) due to saphenous vein graft (SVG) occlusion has been associated with poor procedural results and poor short-term outcomes, but long-term graft patency and patient survival have not been evaluated. ...
... Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) due to saphenous vein graft (SVG) occlusion has been associated with poor procedural results and poor short-term outcomes, but long-term graft patency and patient survival have not been evaluated. ...
lymphoma presenting as atrial flutter and total heart block
... Atrial flutter and complete heart block are uncommon presentations of PCL. The rarity and heterogeneous clinical presentation of PCL make the diagnosis difficult so that it is frequently not made during lifetime of the patient. In our case the diagnosis was established and treatment started within t ...
... Atrial flutter and complete heart block are uncommon presentations of PCL. The rarity and heterogeneous clinical presentation of PCL make the diagnosis difficult so that it is frequently not made during lifetime of the patient. In our case the diagnosis was established and treatment started within t ...