Right Coronary Artery to Coronary Sinus Fistula: Computed
... had a diameter of 32 mm. Beyond this the majority of the right coronary artery measured 20 - 25 mm. The distal portion of the vessel terminated in an aneurysmally dilated coronary sinus. The dilated terminal segment of the coronary sinus measured 20 mm in diameter. Left ventricular end diastolic vol ...
... had a diameter of 32 mm. Beyond this the majority of the right coronary artery measured 20 - 25 mm. The distal portion of the vessel terminated in an aneurysmally dilated coronary sinus. The dilated terminal segment of the coronary sinus measured 20 mm in diameter. Left ventricular end diastolic vol ...
Global Cardiovascular Reserve Dysfunction in Heart
... which contribute in an integrated fashion to produce exercise limitation. Appreciation of the global nature of reserve dysfunction in HFpEF will better inform optimal design for future diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. (J Am Coll Cardiol 2010;56:845–54) © 2010 by the American College of Cardiol ...
... which contribute in an integrated fashion to produce exercise limitation. Appreciation of the global nature of reserve dysfunction in HFpEF will better inform optimal design for future diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. (J Am Coll Cardiol 2010;56:845–54) © 2010 by the American College of Cardiol ...
Review Article Ventricular Tachycardia in the Absence of Structural
... Thomas M. Munger, “Ventricular Tachycardia in the Absence of Structural Heart Disease” Long-term treatment options for RVOT VT include medical therapy or RF ablation. Medications, including beta-blockers or verapamil (diltiazem is equally effective), have a 25% to 50% rate of efficacy.20 Alternative ...
... Thomas M. Munger, “Ventricular Tachycardia in the Absence of Structural Heart Disease” Long-term treatment options for RVOT VT include medical therapy or RF ablation. Medications, including beta-blockers or verapamil (diltiazem is equally effective), have a 25% to 50% rate of efficacy.20 Alternative ...
The prolonged QT interval - Postgraduate Medical Journal
... Myocardial repolarization is complex, poorly understood and even more difficult to study than depolarization. It is also, possibly because of its slower time course, more obviously affected by disease, drugs, and biochemical abnormalities. It is normally a well coordinated but non-uniform process, a ...
... Myocardial repolarization is complex, poorly understood and even more difficult to study than depolarization. It is also, possibly because of its slower time course, more obviously affected by disease, drugs, and biochemical abnormalities. It is normally a well coordinated but non-uniform process, a ...
jellyfish, and turtles
... published in 1628, but he did discuss the subject two decades later. Harvey's view reflected the teachings of Aristotle, which held that the blood within the heart triggered cardiac contraction.3 In his De generatione animalium, published in 165 1, Harvey explained, "The pulse has its origin in the ...
... published in 1628, but he did discuss the subject two decades later. Harvey's view reflected the teachings of Aristotle, which held that the blood within the heart triggered cardiac contraction.3 In his De generatione animalium, published in 165 1, Harvey explained, "The pulse has its origin in the ...
Reduced Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Toll
... vascular cellular adhesion molecule 1 and intracellular adhesion molecule 1 on coronary endothelial cells exposed to LPS is similarly dependent on TLR4.14 These studies support a role for TLR4 in cardiovascular inflammation and dysfunction during bacterial sepsis, but there is no evidence that TLR4 ...
... vascular cellular adhesion molecule 1 and intracellular adhesion molecule 1 on coronary endothelial cells exposed to LPS is similarly dependent on TLR4.14 These studies support a role for TLR4 in cardiovascular inflammation and dysfunction during bacterial sepsis, but there is no evidence that TLR4 ...
Prior exercise improves survival, infarct healing, and left ventricular
... provides superior protection compared with either exercise intervention alone. After 2 wk of voluntary wheel running or sedentary housing, MI was induced in C57Bl/6 mice, after which exercise was stopped (EX-MI-SED and SED-MI-SED groups, where EX is exercise and SED is sedentary) or continued (EX-MI ...
... provides superior protection compared with either exercise intervention alone. After 2 wk of voluntary wheel running or sedentary housing, MI was induced in C57Bl/6 mice, after which exercise was stopped (EX-MI-SED and SED-MI-SED groups, where EX is exercise and SED is sedentary) or continued (EX-MI ...
Prior exercise improves survival, infarct healing, and left ventricular
... provides superior protection compared with either exercise intervention alone. After 2 wk of voluntary wheel running or sedentary housing, MI was induced in C57Bl/6 mice, after which exercise was stopped (EX-MI-SED and SED-MI-SED groups, where EX is exercise and SED is sedentary) or continued (EX-MI ...
... provides superior protection compared with either exercise intervention alone. After 2 wk of voluntary wheel running or sedentary housing, MI was induced in C57Bl/6 mice, after which exercise was stopped (EX-MI-SED and SED-MI-SED groups, where EX is exercise and SED is sedentary) or continued (EX-MI ...
Resting Heart Rate and the Risk of Heart Failure in Healthy Adults
... participants developed incident heart failure. Crude incidence rates of heart failure were higher in men with higher heart rate than in men with lower heart rate, with 13.7 versus 9.9 per 1,000 person-years. In women, crude incidence rates of heart failure were similar across heart rate categories, ...
... participants developed incident heart failure. Crude incidence rates of heart failure were higher in men with higher heart rate than in men with lower heart rate, with 13.7 versus 9.9 per 1,000 person-years. In women, crude incidence rates of heart failure were similar across heart rate categories, ...
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... a J-point elevation of at least 1 mm in two contiguous leads with a “notching” type appearance, i.e., a positive Jdeflection inscribed in the S wave, or a “slurring”, i.e., a gradual transition of the QRS to the ST segment in the inferior, lateral or inferolateral leads, as defined by Haissaguerre i ...
... a J-point elevation of at least 1 mm in two contiguous leads with a “notching” type appearance, i.e., a positive Jdeflection inscribed in the S wave, or a “slurring”, i.e., a gradual transition of the QRS to the ST segment in the inferior, lateral or inferolateral leads, as defined by Haissaguerre i ...
Coronary Hemodynamics
... Disease formula <30 mL/min per 1.73 m2), significant left main coronary artery stenosis, atrial fibrillation, recent myocardial infarction (<6 weeks before screening), prior coronary artery bypass graft surgery, or visible collateral development to the perfusion territory of interest. The institutio ...
... Disease formula <30 mL/min per 1.73 m2), significant left main coronary artery stenosis, atrial fibrillation, recent myocardial infarction (<6 weeks before screening), prior coronary artery bypass graft surgery, or visible collateral development to the perfusion territory of interest. The institutio ...
A Randomized Comparison of Atrial and Dual
... 60% of the patients. At the three-month follow-up, they were available in 53% of the patients. In most of the remaining patients, only one of the two apical views was available and could be used to calculate the LV volumes. Clinical end points. Atrial fibrillation was diagnosed only by standard 12-l ...
... 60% of the patients. At the three-month follow-up, they were available in 53% of the patients. In most of the remaining patients, only one of the two apical views was available and could be used to calculate the LV volumes. Clinical end points. Atrial fibrillation was diagnosed only by standard 12-l ...
Myocardial infarction with Q waves
... ventricle (macrofocal MI). When notransmural MI (myocardial infarction without tooth Q) captures only the focus of necrosis subendocardial or intramural divisions left ventricle and is not accompanied by pathological changes of the complex QRS ("wave myocardial infarction without Q"). For a long tim ...
... ventricle (macrofocal MI). When notransmural MI (myocardial infarction without tooth Q) captures only the focus of necrosis subendocardial or intramural divisions left ventricle and is not accompanied by pathological changes of the complex QRS ("wave myocardial infarction without Q"). For a long tim ...
Dr Dhiraj Gupta
... Horrocks , SJ Harris, SC Sporton, RJ Schilling. Radiofrequency ablation of arrhythmias guided by non-fluoroscopic catheter location: a prospective randomized trial. Eur Heart J. 2006;27(10):1223-9. 33. S Vallapuri, D Gupta, KK Talwar, M Billie, MC Mehta, AP Morise, A Jain. Comparison of atherosclero ...
... Horrocks , SJ Harris, SC Sporton, RJ Schilling. Radiofrequency ablation of arrhythmias guided by non-fluoroscopic catheter location: a prospective randomized trial. Eur Heart J. 2006;27(10):1223-9. 33. S Vallapuri, D Gupta, KK Talwar, M Billie, MC Mehta, AP Morise, A Jain. Comparison of atherosclero ...
Cardiac Failure in Children
... Diuretics have been widely used in cardiac failure in both adults and children for many years, providing rapid relief from the symptoms of fluid overload; however, the effects of diuretics on disease progression and survival have been unclear. Most patients with heart f ...
... Diuretics have been widely used in cardiac failure in both adults and children for many years, providing rapid relief from the symptoms of fluid overload; however, the effects of diuretics on disease progression and survival have been unclear. Most patients with heart f ...
Inhaled Nitric Oxide Reduces Pulmonary Vascular Resistance More
... was increased, stepwise, as required, to treat pulmonary hypertension, up to a maximal concentration of 24 PPM. Again, the study protocol specified that the dose would be increased as required to maintain mean pulmonary artery pressure ⬍25 mm Hg. Nitric oxide (1000 ppm in nitrogen) was delivered dir ...
... was increased, stepwise, as required, to treat pulmonary hypertension, up to a maximal concentration of 24 PPM. Again, the study protocol specified that the dose would be increased as required to maintain mean pulmonary artery pressure ⬍25 mm Hg. Nitric oxide (1000 ppm in nitrogen) was delivered dir ...
Atrial Fibrillation in the Setting of Acute Myocardial Infarction
... End points. The primary end point of the study was death from any cause at 30 days. Other major clinical outcomes assessed included the combined end point of death and disabling stroke. Hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke, reinfarction, ischemia, shock and congestive heart failure or pulmonary edema wer ...
... End points. The primary end point of the study was death from any cause at 30 days. Other major clinical outcomes assessed included the combined end point of death and disabling stroke. Hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke, reinfarction, ischemia, shock and congestive heart failure or pulmonary edema wer ...
Echocardiographic assessment of systemic cardiac
... (PAIVS) is part of this group of diseases4. The attention of researchers has been focus on characterizing the type of atresia, conducting a structural analysis of the right ventricle and detecting anomalies in the coronary circulation, to the detriment of the study of pathophysiological characterist ...
... (PAIVS) is part of this group of diseases4. The attention of researchers has been focus on characterizing the type of atresia, conducting a structural analysis of the right ventricle and detecting anomalies in the coronary circulation, to the detriment of the study of pathophysiological characterist ...
- Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada)
... in a clinical setting with appropriate equipment and under the monitoring of trained health professionals. General Rare serious adverse reactions associated with the administration of intravenous PERSANTINE for myocardial imaging have been reported. These have included fatal and non-fatal myocardial ...
... in a clinical setting with appropriate equipment and under the monitoring of trained health professionals. General Rare serious adverse reactions associated with the administration of intravenous PERSANTINE for myocardial imaging have been reported. These have included fatal and non-fatal myocardial ...
Resynchronisation Cardiaque: Type d`appareil à utiliser
... optimal VV=0.333 (RV-LV electrical delay)-20 ms* ...
... optimal VV=0.333 (RV-LV electrical delay)-20 ms* ...
Hypertension, hypertensive heart disease and perioperative cardiac
... The evidence for an association between hypertensive disease, elevated admission arterial pressure, and perioperative cardiac outcome is reviewed. A systematic review and meta-analysis of 30 observational studies demonstrated an odds ratio for the association between hypertensive disease and periope ...
... The evidence for an association between hypertensive disease, elevated admission arterial pressure, and perioperative cardiac outcome is reviewed. A systematic review and meta-analysis of 30 observational studies demonstrated an odds ratio for the association between hypertensive disease and periope ...
Valsotens 80mg, 160mg
... The combination of captopril and valsartan has shown no additional clinical benefit, instead the risk for adverse events increased compared to treatment with the respective therapies (see sections 4.2 and 5.1). Therefore, the combination of valsartan with an ACE inhibitor is not recommended. Caution ...
... The combination of captopril and valsartan has shown no additional clinical benefit, instead the risk for adverse events increased compared to treatment with the respective therapies (see sections 4.2 and 5.1). Therefore, the combination of valsartan with an ACE inhibitor is not recommended. Caution ...
Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in the Real World: Lessons From the Nineties
... and non-diabetic patients. Methods. Ninety-seven diabetics and 971 non-diabetics were included in the within the Balloon Angioplasty and Anticoagulation Study (BAAS), where patients were randomized before coronary angioplasty to aspirin alone or aspirin plus coumadin. Fifty diabetics and 481 non-dia ...
... and non-diabetic patients. Methods. Ninety-seven diabetics and 971 non-diabetics were included in the within the Balloon Angioplasty and Anticoagulation Study (BAAS), where patients were randomized before coronary angioplasty to aspirin alone or aspirin plus coumadin. Fifty diabetics and 481 non-dia ...