Valentin Fuster and Sidney C. Smith, Jr Joseph S. Alpert, Gabriel
... IIb: Usefulness/efficacy is less well established by evidence/opinion. Class III: Conditions for which there is evidence and/or general agreement that the procedure/treatment is not useful/effective and in some cases may be harmful. The weight of the evidence was ranked highest (A) if the data were ...
... IIb: Usefulness/efficacy is less well established by evidence/opinion. Class III: Conditions for which there is evidence and/or general agreement that the procedure/treatment is not useful/effective and in some cases may be harmful. The weight of the evidence was ranked highest (A) if the data were ...
2012 Guidelines of the Taiwan Society of Cardiology (TSOC) for the
... the ventricular filling pattern is important for detecting abnormalities of diastolic function or filling in patients with heart failure. This can be the predominant functional abnormality of the heart, thus fulfilling the third component necessary for the diagnosis of heart failure. This is especia ...
... the ventricular filling pattern is important for detecting abnormalities of diastolic function or filling in patients with heart failure. This can be the predominant functional abnormality of the heart, thus fulfilling the third component necessary for the diagnosis of heart failure. This is especia ...
Slide 1
... • Sudden cardiac arrest often occurs without warning. It’s triggered by an electrical malfunction in the heart that causes an irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia). With its pumping action disrupted, the heart cannot send blood to the brain, lungs and other organs. Seconds later, a person loses conscious ...
... • Sudden cardiac arrest often occurs without warning. It’s triggered by an electrical malfunction in the heart that causes an irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia). With its pumping action disrupted, the heart cannot send blood to the brain, lungs and other organs. Seconds later, a person loses conscious ...
ACC/AHA/NASPE Practice Guidelines
... IIb: Usefulness/efficacy is less well established by evidence/opinion. Class III: Conditions for which there is evidence and/or general agreement that the procedure/treatment is not useful/effective and in some cases may be harmful. The weight of the evidence was ranked highest (A) if the data were ...
... IIb: Usefulness/efficacy is less well established by evidence/opinion. Class III: Conditions for which there is evidence and/or general agreement that the procedure/treatment is not useful/effective and in some cases may be harmful. The weight of the evidence was ranked highest (A) if the data were ...
Aspirin for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: U.S.
... hemorrhagic strokes caused by aspirin therapy increases with age. The estimates in Figure 2 were developed assuming that the men are not currently taking nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and are without other conditions that increase the risk for gastrointestinal bleeding (see below). Fu ...
... hemorrhagic strokes caused by aspirin therapy increases with age. The estimates in Figure 2 were developed assuming that the men are not currently taking nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and are without other conditions that increase the risk for gastrointestinal bleeding (see below). Fu ...
Hypoplastic left heart - British Heart Foundation
... called prostaglandin to keep the duct open. A side effect of this drug is that it occasionally interferes with the baby’s natural breathing, and so your baby may need the support of a ventilator. Initial surgery Your baby will need surgery very early in life. In many cases the initial surgery is car ...
... called prostaglandin to keep the duct open. A side effect of this drug is that it occasionally interferes with the baby’s natural breathing, and so your baby may need the support of a ventilator. Initial surgery Your baby will need surgery very early in life. In many cases the initial surgery is car ...
Prioritizing functional capacity as a principal end point
... Relevance of Frailty in Older Patients With CVD Frailty is neither disease nor age specific but refers to the reduced ability to tolerate physiological stresses, including reduced or delayed ability to recover from a stressor. Frailty is also associated with increased incidence of CVD39 through inte ...
... Relevance of Frailty in Older Patients With CVD Frailty is neither disease nor age specific but refers to the reduced ability to tolerate physiological stresses, including reduced or delayed ability to recover from a stressor. Frailty is also associated with increased incidence of CVD39 through inte ...
Influence of Myocardial Fibrosis on Left Ventricular Diastolic Function
... chelates accumulate in such regions, leading to hyperenhancement on imaging that takes advantage of gadolinium’s T1-shortening effects. ...
... chelates accumulate in such regions, leading to hyperenhancement on imaging that takes advantage of gadolinium’s T1-shortening effects. ...
1 | 2012 Angel of the North
... autoimmune thyroiditis (excluding antibody-positive euthyroid patients) did confirm an adverse effect of SCH on cardiovascular event rate and mortality.26 An increase in cardiovascular disease, comprising either prevalent heart disease or incident IHD events has also been found in several other well ...
... autoimmune thyroiditis (excluding antibody-positive euthyroid patients) did confirm an adverse effect of SCH on cardiovascular event rate and mortality.26 An increase in cardiovascular disease, comprising either prevalent heart disease or incident IHD events has also been found in several other well ...
Mitral Valve Prolapse
... chordae mechanically irritate the endocardium, causing repolarization changes.36 Prolongation of QT interval, QT dispersion, and repolarization abnormalities also have been proposed as possible mechanisms of ventricular fibrillation.34 A family history of sudden cardiac death is a significant risk f ...
... chordae mechanically irritate the endocardium, causing repolarization changes.36 Prolongation of QT interval, QT dispersion, and repolarization abnormalities also have been proposed as possible mechanisms of ventricular fibrillation.34 A family history of sudden cardiac death is a significant risk f ...
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance for the
... in a recent randomised trial of late PCI (3.6 weeks) to an isolated occluded left anterior descending artery versus medical therapy, there was a significant improvement in left ventricular remodelling and function at one year in those patients who underwent PCI and had viable myocardium. By contrast ...
... in a recent randomised trial of late PCI (3.6 weeks) to an isolated occluded left anterior descending artery versus medical therapy, there was a significant improvement in left ventricular remodelling and function at one year in those patients who underwent PCI and had viable myocardium. By contrast ...
Evidence of Structural Remodeling in the Dyssynchronous Failing
... both fiber gradient and sheet structure will affect both the heterogeneity of passive myocardial properties as well as electrical activation of the ventricles. ...
... both fiber gradient and sheet structure will affect both the heterogeneity of passive myocardial properties as well as electrical activation of the ventricles. ...
How€to€Report€a€Coronary€CT€Angiography
... common and are usually incidental findings of diagnostic catheterization or MDCT studies. Among the various anomalies of the origin, left circumflex coronary artery anomalies are the most frequent (50 %), followed by the right coronary artery (36 %) and the left main coronary artery (14%). Anomalous ...
... common and are usually incidental findings of diagnostic catheterization or MDCT studies. Among the various anomalies of the origin, left circumflex coronary artery anomalies are the most frequent (50 %), followed by the right coronary artery (36 %) and the left main coronary artery (14%). Anomalous ...
Print - Circulation
... receiving or not receiving an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor at baseline. Patients with serum creatinine ⱖ265 mmol/L; serum potassium ⱖ5.5 mmol/L; known bilateral renal artery stenosis; symptomatic hypotension; critical aortic or mitral stenosis; recent myocardial infarction, stroke, or ope ...
... receiving or not receiving an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor at baseline. Patients with serum creatinine ⱖ265 mmol/L; serum potassium ⱖ5.5 mmol/L; known bilateral renal artery stenosis; symptomatic hypotension; critical aortic or mitral stenosis; recent myocardial infarction, stroke, or ope ...
Ventricular long axis function: amplitudes and timings
... regional systolic and diastolic function. Left ventricular (LV) long axis amplitude of motion, referred to as mitral valve annular (MA) motion, is reduced in CAD and to some extent in the elderly as part of the normal ageing process. Objectives & Methods: The aim of the present study was two-fold. F ...
... regional systolic and diastolic function. Left ventricular (LV) long axis amplitude of motion, referred to as mitral valve annular (MA) motion, is reduced in CAD and to some extent in the elderly as part of the normal ageing process. Objectives & Methods: The aim of the present study was two-fold. F ...
Diagnosis and treatment of catecholaminergic polymorphic
... (facial dysmorphisms, periodic paralysis) phenotypes.12 Interestingly, we and others have observed cases of AndersenTawil syndrome with bidirectional VT similar to that of catecholaminergic polymorphic VT (Figure 1). Based on these findings, screening for KCNJ2 as a gene for catecholaminergic polymo ...
... (facial dysmorphisms, periodic paralysis) phenotypes.12 Interestingly, we and others have observed cases of AndersenTawil syndrome with bidirectional VT similar to that of catecholaminergic polymorphic VT (Figure 1). Based on these findings, screening for KCNJ2 as a gene for catecholaminergic polymo ...
Restenosis - Repeat Narrowing of a Coronary Artery
... around the world and provide an alternative option to medical therapy and bypass surgery for improving blood flow to the heart muscle. There are, however, limitations associated with angioplasty and stenting, one of which is called “restenosis.” ...
... around the world and provide an alternative option to medical therapy and bypass surgery for improving blood flow to the heart muscle. There are, however, limitations associated with angioplasty and stenting, one of which is called “restenosis.” ...
Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy in children and
... NYHA functional class IV symptoms with a 5-year survival of 71% for the idiopathic variety.3-5 However, these reports have limited details with respect to the causes, risk and evolution of the specific varieties of CM. Despite these data, knowledge of the causes of DCM continues to be difficult. Onl ...
... NYHA functional class IV symptoms with a 5-year survival of 71% for the idiopathic variety.3-5 However, these reports have limited details with respect to the causes, risk and evolution of the specific varieties of CM. Despite these data, knowledge of the causes of DCM continues to be difficult. Onl ...
Analysis of the RSR` Complex in Lead V1
... possible that some normal people have an R' wave in lead V1 on the basis of physiologic hypertrophy or a relatively large mass of crista supraventricularis. The problem of the RSR' complex would be of little more than electrophysiologic interest were it not for the fact that such complexes are encou ...
... possible that some normal people have an R' wave in lead V1 on the basis of physiologic hypertrophy or a relatively large mass of crista supraventricularis. The problem of the RSR' complex would be of little more than electrophysiologic interest were it not for the fact that such complexes are encou ...
Learned Control of Blood Pressure in Patients with
... the central nervous system plays an important role in either the genesis or the maintenance of high blood pressure. Exploration of the human brain has identified numerous areas that mediate blood pressure (BP) changes when electrically stimulated, suggesting that there is an anatomic basis for such ...
... the central nervous system plays an important role in either the genesis or the maintenance of high blood pressure. Exploration of the human brain has identified numerous areas that mediate blood pressure (BP) changes when electrically stimulated, suggesting that there is an anatomic basis for such ...
ACLS Defibrillation Protocols
... pediatric patients, and supports a defibrillation protocol of 2J/kg. Although this is the same protocol as used with monophasic waveforms, pediatric patients will benefit from a reduced possibility of myocardial dysfunction associated with the use of biphasic waveforms, which deliver less peak curre ...
... pediatric patients, and supports a defibrillation protocol of 2J/kg. Although this is the same protocol as used with monophasic waveforms, pediatric patients will benefit from a reduced possibility of myocardial dysfunction associated with the use of biphasic waveforms, which deliver less peak curre ...
RR interval variation, the QT interval index and risk of primary
... following myocardial infarction putatively depends on its ability to reflect tonic activity of cardiac parasympathetic efferents, the post-infarction decline of which may be arrhythmogenic[17,18]. Although inverse associations between heart rate variability, incident coronary heart disease and all-ca ...
... following myocardial infarction putatively depends on its ability to reflect tonic activity of cardiac parasympathetic efferents, the post-infarction decline of which may be arrhythmogenic[17,18]. Although inverse associations between heart rate variability, incident coronary heart disease and all-ca ...
Thrombolytics in Cardiac Arrest
... discharge, neurologic recovery is complete at discharge, and at five year follow-up ...
... discharge, neurologic recovery is complete at discharge, and at five year follow-up ...
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
... failure (HF) had a left ventricular ejection fraction in the normal range. This entity has been termed “heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF).” Previous studies have indicated that patients who have HFPEF tend to be older, female, and to have a history of hypertension. ...
... failure (HF) had a left ventricular ejection fraction in the normal range. This entity has been termed “heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF).” Previous studies have indicated that patients who have HFPEF tend to be older, female, and to have a history of hypertension. ...
Obstructive sleep apnea and coronary artery disease
... ventricular irritability.99 Recently, Gami and coworkers100 showed a peak in sudden death from cardiac causes during sleeping hours in patients with OSA in contrast to those without. More than half of patients investigated had concomitant arterial hypertension, heart failure and CAD. However, the st ...
... ventricular irritability.99 Recently, Gami and coworkers100 showed a peak in sudden death from cardiac causes during sleeping hours in patients with OSA in contrast to those without. More than half of patients investigated had concomitant arterial hypertension, heart failure and CAD. However, the st ...