backgrounder
... catheter used to provide additional ablations, as needed; and The CryoConsole, which houses the coolant, electrical and mechanical components that run the catheters during a cryoablation procedure. ...
... catheter used to provide additional ablations, as needed; and The CryoConsole, which houses the coolant, electrical and mechanical components that run the catheters during a cryoablation procedure. ...
Leading Innovation in Transcatheter Mitral Valve Therapy
... high risk of aspiration, internal mammary artery(IMA) at high risk of injury, etc. • Evaluable data regarding safety or effectiveness is not available for prohibitive risk DMR patients with an LVEF < 20%or an LVESD > 60mm. MitraClip should be used only when criteria for clip suitability for DMR have ...
... high risk of aspiration, internal mammary artery(IMA) at high risk of injury, etc. • Evaluable data regarding safety or effectiveness is not available for prohibitive risk DMR patients with an LVEF < 20%or an LVESD > 60mm. MitraClip should be used only when criteria for clip suitability for DMR have ...
BioMatrix Clinical Trial Backgrounder
... 3. Grube, E. Safety and performance evaluation of the Biosensors International Biolimus A9 drug eluting stent (BioMatrix). A 2-year safety follow-up. In TCT (2006). 4. Grube, E. Safety and performance evaluation of the Biosensors International Biolimus A9 drug eluting stent (BioMatrix). A 3-Year saf ...
... 3. Grube, E. Safety and performance evaluation of the Biosensors International Biolimus A9 drug eluting stent (BioMatrix). A 2-year safety follow-up. In TCT (2006). 4. Grube, E. Safety and performance evaluation of the Biosensors International Biolimus A9 drug eluting stent (BioMatrix). A 3-Year saf ...
Gross cut surface Lung acute pulmonary congestion and edema
... • Left ventricular failure (eg, caused by a myocardial infarct) causes pump failure, and secondarily there is impaired flow of blood from the lung to the left atrium. This causes increased hydrostatic pressure in pulmonary alveolar capillaries and subsequent transudation of fluid into alveoli. ...
... • Left ventricular failure (eg, caused by a myocardial infarct) causes pump failure, and secondarily there is impaired flow of blood from the lung to the left atrium. This causes increased hydrostatic pressure in pulmonary alveolar capillaries and subsequent transudation of fluid into alveoli. ...
Section 14: Managing Patients with Hypertension and Heart Failure
... On the positive side, large ACE inhibitor trials demonstrate a reduction in cardiovascular events and an improvement in ventricular structure associated with modest reductions in blood pressure.15e17 In the Studies of Left Ventricular Dysfunction (SOLVD) trial, patients who received enalapril had fi ...
... On the positive side, large ACE inhibitor trials demonstrate a reduction in cardiovascular events and an improvement in ventricular structure associated with modest reductions in blood pressure.15e17 In the Studies of Left Ventricular Dysfunction (SOLVD) trial, patients who received enalapril had fi ...
Congestive Heart Failure
... even common for patients who are well medically managed to have a markedly reduced ejection fraction (EF) yet be capable of most normal activities. This handout pertains primarily to LEFT ventricular failure. Although RIGHT ventricular failure occurs, it is less common and not the focus of this hand ...
... even common for patients who are well medically managed to have a markedly reduced ejection fraction (EF) yet be capable of most normal activities. This handout pertains primarily to LEFT ventricular failure. Although RIGHT ventricular failure occurs, it is less common and not the focus of this hand ...
Hypertensive Heart Failure in Nigerian Africans: Insights from the
... were consecutively studied, comprising 184 men (57.5%) and 136 women (42.5%) aged 58.412.4 and 60.6 14.5 years, respectively. Most patients (80%) presented with New York Heart Association functional class III or IV and around one third (35%) had preserved systolic function. Median hospital stay wa ...
... were consecutively studied, comprising 184 men (57.5%) and 136 women (42.5%) aged 58.412.4 and 60.6 14.5 years, respectively. Most patients (80%) presented with New York Heart Association functional class III or IV and around one third (35%) had preserved systolic function. Median hospital stay wa ...
Chapter XII Mechanical assistance
... maximum means of pharmacologic support. This hemodynamic configuration can be met in: • left ventricular failure under ECC • cardiogenic shock after acute myocardial infarction • heart support in angioplasty procedures in hemodynamically unstable patients •set angina pectoris, unresponsive to comple ...
... maximum means of pharmacologic support. This hemodynamic configuration can be met in: • left ventricular failure under ECC • cardiogenic shock after acute myocardial infarction • heart support in angioplasty procedures in hemodynamically unstable patients •set angina pectoris, unresponsive to comple ...
Heart Failure 2013
... • American Heart Associatin. (2005). Guideline update for the diagnosis and management of chronic heart failure in the adult. Circulation, 112, 154-235. • Aronow, W. (2006). Heart failure update. Geriatrics, ...
... • American Heart Associatin. (2005). Guideline update for the diagnosis and management of chronic heart failure in the adult. Circulation, 112, 154-235. • Aronow, W. (2006). Heart failure update. Geriatrics, ...
Treatment of Heart Failure - familypracticeresidency.org
... Sympathetic activation initially beneficial to increase cardiac output Long term ANS activation is deleterious Increased LV volume and pressure overload Vasoconstriction Impaired renal sodium excretion LV hypertrophy and dilatation ...
... Sympathetic activation initially beneficial to increase cardiac output Long term ANS activation is deleterious Increased LV volume and pressure overload Vasoconstriction Impaired renal sodium excretion LV hypertrophy and dilatation ...
Atrial Fibrillation
... the heart’s two upper chambers to contract very fast and irregularly, or fibrillate. During an episode, blood pools in the atria and isn’t pumped completely into the heart’s two lower chambers. As a result, the heart’s upper and lower chambers don’t work together as they should and the body may not ...
... the heart’s two upper chambers to contract very fast and irregularly, or fibrillate. During an episode, blood pools in the atria and isn’t pumped completely into the heart’s two lower chambers. As a result, the heart’s upper and lower chambers don’t work together as they should and the body may not ...
In the Footsteps of Virchow - JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging
... With regard to the “omitted patients’ metabolic profiles,” we really did not intend to. Because patients in this study had nonischemic cardiomyopathy, the majority of venous blood lipid results were within normal limits. We did not collect patients’ metabolic data and perform further statistical anal ...
... With regard to the “omitted patients’ metabolic profiles,” we really did not intend to. Because patients in this study had nonischemic cardiomyopathy, the majority of venous blood lipid results were within normal limits. We did not collect patients’ metabolic data and perform further statistical anal ...
Use of levosimendan in the treatment of acute heart failure
... sudden appearance of symptoms, such as fatigue, orthopnea, weakness, chest pain, increased BNP levels, among others, hence the “Acute” designation. Brain Natriuretic Peptides (BNP) are cardiac neurohormones that appear as a sistemic response to increases in ventricular wall tension, pressure overloa ...
... sudden appearance of symptoms, such as fatigue, orthopnea, weakness, chest pain, increased BNP levels, among others, hence the “Acute” designation. Brain Natriuretic Peptides (BNP) are cardiac neurohormones that appear as a sistemic response to increases in ventricular wall tension, pressure overloa ...
Future Horizons: An Electrophysiologist`s Perspective
... in Systolic left vEntricular dysfunction (REVERSE) • Obective: To determine the effects of CRT on disease progression in patients with asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic heart failure and ventricular dyssynchrony • Randomized double-blind parallelcontrolled clinical trial • 610 patients randomized L ...
... in Systolic left vEntricular dysfunction (REVERSE) • Obective: To determine the effects of CRT on disease progression in patients with asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic heart failure and ventricular dyssynchrony • Randomized double-blind parallelcontrolled clinical trial • 610 patients randomized L ...
How Common Is Diastolic Dysfunction Among the
... The prevalence of diastolic dysfunction in the communitydwelling elderly without clinical symptoms of heart failure is not well understood. In fact, some have suggested that undiagnosed heart failure among the elderly who have chronic dyspnea may be high; however, until now there have been no studie ...
... The prevalence of diastolic dysfunction in the communitydwelling elderly without clinical symptoms of heart failure is not well understood. In fact, some have suggested that undiagnosed heart failure among the elderly who have chronic dyspnea may be high; however, until now there have been no studie ...
Get Educated to Prevent Sudden Cardiac Death
... line of this article is blood. The official term that in adults, most for this condition is outunexpected sudden of-hospital cardiac arrest deaths are preventable as (OHCA). It is a major most are due to coronary public health problem— artery disease—the same every three days it takes disease that c ...
... line of this article is blood. The official term that in adults, most for this condition is outunexpected sudden of-hospital cardiac arrest deaths are preventable as (OHCA). It is a major most are due to coronary public health problem— artery disease—the same every three days it takes disease that c ...
Full text
... Nevertheless, ECHO should be routinely used for the optimal diagnosis of HF. The test is simple and safe (9) and according to the European study (6) physicians request ECHO in 45% of HF cases, but there was large variations between countries. The availability of ECHO was not good in Northern Finland ...
... Nevertheless, ECHO should be routinely used for the optimal diagnosis of HF. The test is simple and safe (9) and according to the European study (6) physicians request ECHO in 45% of HF cases, but there was large variations between countries. The availability of ECHO was not good in Northern Finland ...
Chronic stable angina
... • “Strangling of the chest” • Temporary imbalance between the coronary artery’s ability to supply oxygen and the cardiac muscle’s demand for oxygen • Ischemia limited in duration and does not cause permanent damage to myocardial tissue • Chronic stable angina: Pain usually relieved with Sublingual N ...
... • “Strangling of the chest” • Temporary imbalance between the coronary artery’s ability to supply oxygen and the cardiac muscle’s demand for oxygen • Ischemia limited in duration and does not cause permanent damage to myocardial tissue • Chronic stable angina: Pain usually relieved with Sublingual N ...
Cardiac Pathophysiology
... • Cause increased cardiac work, and increased volumes and pressures in the ...
... • Cause increased cardiac work, and increased volumes and pressures in the ...
CME Credit Application Form (1 CME credit)
... It has a low prevalence and is an indicator of poor survival. It has a low prevalence and has no relationship with mortality. It has a high prevalence and is an indicator of poor survival. It has a high prevalence and has no relationship with mortality. 2. Which of the following statements i ...
... It has a low prevalence and is an indicator of poor survival. It has a low prevalence and has no relationship with mortality. It has a high prevalence and is an indicator of poor survival. It has a high prevalence and has no relationship with mortality. 2. Which of the following statements i ...
Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization
... the heart muscle. If these procedures do not eliminate the symptoms of chest pain (also called angina), other treatment options are available. TMR, or transmyocardial laser revascularization, is a newer treatment aimed at improving blood flow to areas of the heart that were not treated by angioplast ...
... the heart muscle. If these procedures do not eliminate the symptoms of chest pain (also called angina), other treatment options are available. TMR, or transmyocardial laser revascularization, is a newer treatment aimed at improving blood flow to areas of the heart that were not treated by angioplast ...
Results of the PROSPECT Trial - Belgian Working Group Heart
... Area Under the ROC Curve • Clinical Composite Response: Range from 0.50 to 0.60 • LVESV: Range from 0.51 to 0.62 ROC Curve ...
... Area Under the ROC Curve • Clinical Composite Response: Range from 0.50 to 0.60 • LVESV: Range from 0.51 to 0.62 ROC Curve ...
quick lesson
... › Promote Optimum Cardiac Status and Reduce Risk of AMI Complications • Assess patient status and assist with emergency resuscitation efforts, as appropriate • Provide supplemental O2 via nasal cannula at moderate flow rates, as ordered. Place the patient on telemetry and obtain serial EKGs to monit ...
... › Promote Optimum Cardiac Status and Reduce Risk of AMI Complications • Assess patient status and assist with emergency resuscitation efforts, as appropriate • Provide supplemental O2 via nasal cannula at moderate flow rates, as ordered. Place the patient on telemetry and obtain serial EKGs to monit ...