Cardiac Arrhythmias (Part 2)
... heart, the irregularity of the cycle length, associated drug therapy, the peripheral vascular vasomotor system, disease in organ systems other than the heart, and the degree of anxiety caused by the disease processes. Sinus bradyeardia, even with rates as low as 40 beats/min, may not be associated w ...
... heart, the irregularity of the cycle length, associated drug therapy, the peripheral vascular vasomotor system, disease in organ systems other than the heart, and the degree of anxiety caused by the disease processes. Sinus bradyeardia, even with rates as low as 40 beats/min, may not be associated w ...
Task Force Report Task Force on Sudden Cardiac Death of the
... are provided. When reading the document it is important to remember that the recommendations are not for the comprehensive management of patients with any given condition but are only intended to highlight the value of different risk stratifiers to identify patients at risk of SCD and to rank the effe ...
... are provided. When reading the document it is important to remember that the recommendations are not for the comprehensive management of patients with any given condition but are only intended to highlight the value of different risk stratifiers to identify patients at risk of SCD and to rank the effe ...
Average T-wave alternans activity in ambulatory ECG records
... If an ECG segment (denoted as the kth segment) was suitable for analysis, the TWA amplitude in that segment (denoted as Vk) was computed with a multilead scheme that combines a technique called periodic component analysis with the Laplacian likelihood ratio method for TWA analysis.13 First, the ECG ...
... If an ECG segment (denoted as the kth segment) was suitable for analysis, the TWA amplitude in that segment (denoted as Vk) was computed with a multilead scheme that combines a technique called periodic component analysis with the Laplacian likelihood ratio method for TWA analysis.13 First, the ECG ...
Components of Left Ventricular Ejection and Filling in Patients with
... according to the recommendations for evaluation of the severity of native valvular regurgitation with 2-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography (14). The patients were recruited from the inpatient and outpatient Departments of Cardiology, Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. The co ...
... according to the recommendations for evaluation of the severity of native valvular regurgitation with 2-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography (14). The patients were recruited from the inpatient and outpatient Departments of Cardiology, Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. The co ...
Percutaneous mitral valve repair: an overview of new interventional
... an overview of new interventional therapies and associated outcomes Percutaneous alternatives to conventional surgery for mitral regurgitation have emerged over the last decade with devices modeled after existing surgical techniques. The most developed of these catheter approaches include leaflet re ...
... an overview of new interventional therapies and associated outcomes Percutaneous alternatives to conventional surgery for mitral regurgitation have emerged over the last decade with devices modeled after existing surgical techniques. The most developed of these catheter approaches include leaflet re ...
Echocardiography in the Evaluation of a Hypertensive Patient: An
... of the left ventricular filling pressure, a true determinant of symptoms and prognosis. Although this can be derived via various ultrasound maneuvers or tools, the ratio between the transmitral E velocity and the pulsed tissue-Doppler–derived early diastolic velocity (the E/e’ ratio) is the most fea ...
... of the left ventricular filling pressure, a true determinant of symptoms and prognosis. Although this can be derived via various ultrasound maneuvers or tools, the ratio between the transmitral E velocity and the pulsed tissue-Doppler–derived early diastolic velocity (the E/e’ ratio) is the most fea ...
Cardiac Amyloidosis
... -Binds thyroxine binding site to stabilize tetramer and block amyloid cascade - A Phase 3 study investigating its utility in ATTR cardiomyopathy (both wild-type ATTR and mutant ATTR) has finished enrollment, with results expected in 2018 • RNA interference approaches: Two agents that work via small- ...
... -Binds thyroxine binding site to stabilize tetramer and block amyloid cascade - A Phase 3 study investigating its utility in ATTR cardiomyopathy (both wild-type ATTR and mutant ATTR) has finished enrollment, with results expected in 2018 • RNA interference approaches: Two agents that work via small- ...
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... concluded from these tests that not all variances could be assumed equal. Hence, comparisons between different study groups were done using a Welch’s test (i.e., unequal variance t-test) which is robust even if the distributions are only approximately normal. Dispersion of strain (non-normal with va ...
... concluded from these tests that not all variances could be assumed equal. Hence, comparisons between different study groups were done using a Welch’s test (i.e., unequal variance t-test) which is robust even if the distributions are only approximately normal. Dispersion of strain (non-normal with va ...
Ventricular Arrhythmias in Adult Aortic Stenosis
... nism for syncope. Ross and Braunwald1 have shown that the average survival in AS patients after syncope is 3 years. Successful aortic valve replacement is generally associated with an improvement in symp¬ toms and survival. Nevertheless, Sharma et al52 have documented that syncope might not necessar ...
... nism for syncope. Ross and Braunwald1 have shown that the average survival in AS patients after syncope is 3 years. Successful aortic valve replacement is generally associated with an improvement in symp¬ toms and survival. Nevertheless, Sharma et al52 have documented that syncope might not necessar ...
Atrial Fibrillation Tutorial
... 8745 patients reported to have undergone procedures, 2389 patients (27.3%) required more than one procedure, and 4550 patients (52%) were "asymptomatic without drugs." Remarkably, 524 patients (6%) had at least one major complication. It is important to realize that early experience may have lead to ...
... 8745 patients reported to have undergone procedures, 2389 patients (27.3%) required more than one procedure, and 4550 patients (52%) were "asymptomatic without drugs." Remarkably, 524 patients (6%) had at least one major complication. It is important to realize that early experience may have lead to ...
Diagnostic Value of QRST Isointegral Maps in Detecting
... or not body surface mapping is useful for these cases has not yet been sufficiently studied. In recent years, ECG isointegral maps have been clinically applied to diagnose various cardiac diseases11,28-31 based on Wilson's concept of ventricular gradient13 verified through experimental studies,11'32 ...
... or not body surface mapping is useful for these cases has not yet been sufficiently studied. In recent years, ECG isointegral maps have been clinically applied to diagnose various cardiac diseases11,28-31 based on Wilson's concept of ventricular gradient13 verified through experimental studies,11'32 ...
CHF - rEMERGs
... • ACE-I – yes- but for who? • Niseritide – No • Pressors – Yes (not discussed here) ...
... • ACE-I – yes- but for who? • Niseritide – No • Pressors – Yes (not discussed here) ...
Mitral regurgitation - Swiss Medical Weekly
... (myxomatous disease, flail leaflet, annular calcification) and ischaemic heart disease, while rheumatic disease remains a major cause of MR in developing countries. Chronic MR typically progresses insidiously over many years. Once established, however, severe MR portends a poor prognosis. The severi ...
... (myxomatous disease, flail leaflet, annular calcification) and ischaemic heart disease, while rheumatic disease remains a major cause of MR in developing countries. Chronic MR typically progresses insidiously over many years. Once established, however, severe MR portends a poor prognosis. The severi ...
Factors Associated With Pericardial Effusion in Acute Q Wave
... the factor associated with increased myocardial interstitial fluid volume. Therefore, although right atrial pressure was not selected as a variable in this study, our results from the multivariate analysis are in keeping with previous findings suggesting that the rise in the pulmonary capillary wedg ...
... the factor associated with increased myocardial interstitial fluid volume. Therefore, although right atrial pressure was not selected as a variable in this study, our results from the multivariate analysis are in keeping with previous findings suggesting that the rise in the pulmonary capillary wedg ...
Performance Measures ACC/AHA 2016 Prevention of Sudden
... Potential challenges from measure implementation may lead to unintended consequences. The manner in which challenges are addressed is dependent on several factors, including the measure design, data collection method, performance attribution, baseline performance rates, reporting methods, and incent ...
... Potential challenges from measure implementation may lead to unintended consequences. The manner in which challenges are addressed is dependent on several factors, including the measure design, data collection method, performance attribution, baseline performance rates, reporting methods, and incent ...
Total heart volume variation throughout the cardiac cycle in humans
... heart cycle. In the case of aliasing, the study was repeated with 250 cm/s velocity encoding. No images with aliasing were used for analysis. Velocity information was acquired over one or two heart cycles (acquisition time of 3–7 min). Accuracy and precision of this technique has been thoroughly val ...
... heart cycle. In the case of aliasing, the study was repeated with 250 cm/s velocity encoding. No images with aliasing were used for analysis. Velocity information was acquired over one or two heart cycles (acquisition time of 3–7 min). Accuracy and precision of this technique has been thoroughly val ...
Assessment of Left Ventricular Function in Secundum Atrial Septa1
... ventricular volume. However, evidence of left ventricular dysfunction has been reported in adults when atrial septal defect has resulted in severe right ventricular overload or failure (lo). In order to explore the relationship between right ventricular volume overload and secondary functional abnor ...
... ventricular volume. However, evidence of left ventricular dysfunction has been reported in adults when atrial septal defect has resulted in severe right ventricular overload or failure (lo). In order to explore the relationship between right ventricular volume overload and secondary functional abnor ...
L-Carnitine : Effect on Morbidities and Risk Factors Important to
... In the presence of high levels of carnitine, the increase in the intramitochondrial acetyl CoA levels that is seen in the presence of high concentrations of fatty acids is prevented as a result of the transfer of the acetyl groups from acetyl CoA to acetylcarnitine. The decrease in acetyl CoA levels ...
... In the presence of high levels of carnitine, the increase in the intramitochondrial acetyl CoA levels that is seen in the presence of high concentrations of fatty acids is prevented as a result of the transfer of the acetyl groups from acetyl CoA to acetylcarnitine. The decrease in acetyl CoA levels ...
Single coronary artery with anomalous origin of right coronary artery
... Clinical presentation of SCA varies depending on concomitant other congenital anomalies, such as transposition of the great vessels, coronary arteriovenous fistula, bicuspid aortic valve [4] and coronary artery disease. Congestive heart failure, cardiomyopathy and cardiac ischemia could be one of t ...
... Clinical presentation of SCA varies depending on concomitant other congenital anomalies, such as transposition of the great vessels, coronary arteriovenous fistula, bicuspid aortic valve [4] and coronary artery disease. Congestive heart failure, cardiomyopathy and cardiac ischemia could be one of t ...
Task Force Report Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic
... without symptoms of heart failure and who constitute approximately a similar prevalence[8,9]. The prognosis of heart failure is uniformly poor if the underlying problem cannot be rectified. Half of patients carrying a diagnosis of heart failure will die within 4 years and in patients with severe hea ...
... without symptoms of heart failure and who constitute approximately a similar prevalence[8,9]. The prognosis of heart failure is uniformly poor if the underlying problem cannot be rectified. Half of patients carrying a diagnosis of heart failure will die within 4 years and in patients with severe hea ...
Unilateral and Multilateral Congenital Coronary-Pulmonary
... Background: Congenital coronary-pulmonary fistulas (CPFs) are commonly unilateral, but bilateral and multilateral fistulas may occur. In multilateral CPFs, the value of a multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) imaging technique as an adjuvant to coronary angiography (CAG) is eminent. The purpose of ...
... Background: Congenital coronary-pulmonary fistulas (CPFs) are commonly unilateral, but bilateral and multilateral fistulas may occur. In multilateral CPFs, the value of a multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) imaging technique as an adjuvant to coronary angiography (CAG) is eminent. The purpose of ...
Ch26_Disorders of Cardiac Fxn - University of Perpetual Help
... death in the United States. Coronary heart disease caused more than one out of every five deaths in the United States in 2000.1 Of the 681,000 deaths that occurred that year, 50.6% of deaths were in males and 49.4% were in females. The American Heart Association (AHA) has stated that if cardiovascula ...
... death in the United States. Coronary heart disease caused more than one out of every five deaths in the United States in 2000.1 Of the 681,000 deaths that occurred that year, 50.6% of deaths were in males and 49.4% were in females. The American Heart Association (AHA) has stated that if cardiovascula ...
Coronary Artery Calcification: Methods and Clinical Value
... = 0; achieving secondary prevention equivalent event rates >2 %/year. Similarly Taylor et al. showed CAC was associated with nearly 12-fold increased risk for incident coronary heart disease controlling for the Framingham risk score in men aged 40-50 years of age (31). These findings were nicely sum ...
... = 0; achieving secondary prevention equivalent event rates >2 %/year. Similarly Taylor et al. showed CAC was associated with nearly 12-fold increased risk for incident coronary heart disease controlling for the Framingham risk score in men aged 40-50 years of age (31). These findings were nicely sum ...