Course Book Cardiovascular Disease 2013-2014
... of ions across the sarcolemma. Excitation produces an action potential, a series of openings and closings of channels in the sarcolemma that allow ions (and current) to flow across the membrane. The action potential is a self-limiting process, and the sarcolemma and the cell return to the baseline p ...
... of ions across the sarcolemma. Excitation produces an action potential, a series of openings and closings of channels in the sarcolemma that allow ions (and current) to flow across the membrane. The action potential is a self-limiting process, and the sarcolemma and the cell return to the baseline p ...
Percutaneous Left-Atrial Appendage Closure Devices
... device. Placement was successful in 90% of patients. Two patients died within 24 hours of the procedure (1.1%), and 6 patients had cardiac tamponade (3.3%), with 2 requiring surgical drainage. During a follow-up of 129 patient-years, there were 3 strokes, for a rate of 2.3% per year. Other case repo ...
... device. Placement was successful in 90% of patients. Two patients died within 24 hours of the procedure (1.1%), and 6 patients had cardiac tamponade (3.3%), with 2 requiring surgical drainage. During a follow-up of 129 patient-years, there were 3 strokes, for a rate of 2.3% per year. Other case repo ...
Diagnosis and Evaluation of Heart Failure
... rales. There is no single diagnostic test for heart failure; therefore, it remains a clinical diagnosis requiring a history, physical examination, and laboratory testing. Symptoms of heart failure can be caused by systolic or diastolic dysfunction. Appropriate diagnosis and therapy for heart failure ...
... rales. There is no single diagnostic test for heart failure; therefore, it remains a clinical diagnosis requiring a history, physical examination, and laboratory testing. Symptoms of heart failure can be caused by systolic or diastolic dysfunction. Appropriate diagnosis and therapy for heart failure ...
Heart to Heart
... moderate physical activity helps prevent heart and blood vessel disease if done over a period of time. Regular exercise may also lead to improvement in other cardiovascular risk factors, such as weight loss, lower blood pressure, decreased stress and improved cholesterol level. Exercise is beneficia ...
... moderate physical activity helps prevent heart and blood vessel disease if done over a period of time. Regular exercise may also lead to improvement in other cardiovascular risk factors, such as weight loss, lower blood pressure, decreased stress and improved cholesterol level. Exercise is beneficia ...
AHA Scientific Statement
... may be difficult to distinguish from ventricular tachycardia. In all of these situations, an accurate diagnosis can be readily made if an atrial electrogram is recorded. The technique for recording an atrial electrogram is described in the subsequent section on cardiac monitoring lead systems. Child ...
... may be difficult to distinguish from ventricular tachycardia. In all of these situations, an accurate diagnosis can be readily made if an atrial electrogram is recorded. The technique for recording an atrial electrogram is described in the subsequent section on cardiac monitoring lead systems. Child ...
Severely ectatic left circumflex coronary artery with fistula to
... were reported [6]. Most of these cases were found incidentally in male and most common presentation was either dysnpnea on exertion or chest pain, rarely can remain asymptomatic. Two cases involved inferior and inferolateral myocardial infarction related to the CAF with patent epicardial coronary ar ...
... were reported [6]. Most of these cases were found incidentally in male and most common presentation was either dysnpnea on exertion or chest pain, rarely can remain asymptomatic. Two cases involved inferior and inferolateral myocardial infarction related to the CAF with patent epicardial coronary ar ...
Slow and deep respiration suppresses steady
... on disease conditions and the baseline level of sympathetic nerve activity. CHF is characterized by a marked sympathetic activation that accelerates worsening of heart failure. We have previously reported prominent within-breath suppression of muscle sympathetic nerve activity in patients with CHF ( ...
... on disease conditions and the baseline level of sympathetic nerve activity. CHF is characterized by a marked sympathetic activation that accelerates worsening of heart failure. We have previously reported prominent within-breath suppression of muscle sympathetic nerve activity in patients with CHF ( ...
Safety of Coronary Reactivity Testing in Women With No Obstructive
... symptomatic women with no obstructive CAD have microvascular coronary dysfunction (MCD), which produces ischemia and is associated with an adverse cardiovascular prognosis compared with asymptomatic women (3,4,8–11). Both coronary artery spasm and endothelial dysfunction have been shown to be predic ...
... symptomatic women with no obstructive CAD have microvascular coronary dysfunction (MCD), which produces ischemia and is associated with an adverse cardiovascular prognosis compared with asymptomatic women (3,4,8–11). Both coronary artery spasm and endothelial dysfunction have been shown to be predic ...
Clinical Cardiology: New Frontiers
... changes in the muscular, cardiovascular, and neurohumoral systems that lead to improvement in functional capacity and/or strength. These changes are referred to as the training effect and allow an individual to exercise to higher peak work rates with lower heart rates at each submaximal level of exe ...
... changes in the muscular, cardiovascular, and neurohumoral systems that lead to improvement in functional capacity and/or strength. These changes are referred to as the training effect and allow an individual to exercise to higher peak work rates with lower heart rates at each submaximal level of exe ...
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... 11 This diagnostic facility is where cardiac catheterization is performed to detect the presence of pediatric and congenital heart disease. Cardiac catheterization is a procedure that involves puncturing an artery or vein and inserting a catheter that can be guided into the heart and major vessels a ...
... 11 This diagnostic facility is where cardiac catheterization is performed to detect the presence of pediatric and congenital heart disease. Cardiac catheterization is a procedure that involves puncturing an artery or vein and inserting a catheter that can be guided into the heart and major vessels a ...
CLINICAL REVIEW Management of atrial fibrillation
... adequate treatment to prevent emboli. Subsequent long term management will focus on rate control or rhythm control. Additionally, adequate treatment of cardiovascular risk factors, especially of hypertension, and avoiding hypokalaemia when using diuretics, can contribute to reduce recurrences of atr ...
... adequate treatment to prevent emboli. Subsequent long term management will focus on rate control or rhythm control. Additionally, adequate treatment of cardiovascular risk factors, especially of hypertension, and avoiding hypokalaemia when using diuretics, can contribute to reduce recurrences of atr ...
Amiodarone Versus Procainamide for the Acute Treatment of
... in pediatric patients. Although relatively well tolerated in most, SVT may impose significant hemodynamic compromise in children who have recently undergone cardiac surgery or those who have abnormal ventricular function. Although SVT is often terminated with vagal maneuvers, adenosine administratio ...
... in pediatric patients. Although relatively well tolerated in most, SVT may impose significant hemodynamic compromise in children who have recently undergone cardiac surgery or those who have abnormal ventricular function. Although SVT is often terminated with vagal maneuvers, adenosine administratio ...
Fractional flow reserve, absolute and relative coronary blood flow
... after the administration of MIBI. Acquisition was performed using a 360° noncircular orbit, a 64 ⫻ 64 matrix size and an acquisition time of 60 frames of 45 s. Standard filtered back projection was performed without applying attenuation correction. Stress and rest tomographic images were displayed s ...
... after the administration of MIBI. Acquisition was performed using a 360° noncircular orbit, a 64 ⫻ 64 matrix size and an acquisition time of 60 frames of 45 s. Standard filtered back projection was performed without applying attenuation correction. Stress and rest tomographic images were displayed s ...
Ambulatory Event Monitors
... Patients who experience infrequent symptoms (less frequently than every 48 hours) suggestive of cardiac arrhythmias (ie, palpitations, dizziness, presyncope, or syncope). Patients with atrial fibrillation who have been treated with catheter ablation, and in whom discontinuation of systemic antic ...
... Patients who experience infrequent symptoms (less frequently than every 48 hours) suggestive of cardiac arrhythmias (ie, palpitations, dizziness, presyncope, or syncope). Patients with atrial fibrillation who have been treated with catheter ablation, and in whom discontinuation of systemic antic ...
Functional Versus Anatomic Assessment of Myocardial Bridging by
... Methods and Results-—We enrolled 100 patients with angina but no significant obstructive coronary artery disease who had an intravascular ultrasound–detected MB in the left anterior descending artery (median age 54 years, 36% male). The MB was identified with intravascular ultrasound by the presence o ...
... Methods and Results-—We enrolled 100 patients with angina but no significant obstructive coronary artery disease who had an intravascular ultrasound–detected MB in the left anterior descending artery (median age 54 years, 36% male). The MB was identified with intravascular ultrasound by the presence o ...
Amlodipine Vitabalans tablet ENG SmPC
... Primary Endpoint Adverse cardiovascular events Individual Components Coronary revascularization Hospitalization for angina Nonfatal MI Stroke or TIA Cardiovascular death Hospitalization for CHF Resuscitated cardiac arrest New-onset peripheral vascular disease ...
... Primary Endpoint Adverse cardiovascular events Individual Components Coronary revascularization Hospitalization for angina Nonfatal MI Stroke or TIA Cardiovascular death Hospitalization for CHF Resuscitated cardiac arrest New-onset peripheral vascular disease ...
Print - Circulation
... normal donor hearts that for technical reasons were not used for transplantation as intended were also studied. 2. The left ventricular apical region from patients with the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW). This group of patients experienced occasional but symptomatic tachyarrhythmic episodes bu ...
... normal donor hearts that for technical reasons were not used for transplantation as intended were also studied. 2. The left ventricular apical region from patients with the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW). This group of patients experienced occasional but symptomatic tachyarrhythmic episodes bu ...
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... Lipoprotein-associated Phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) is an inflammatory biomarker related with endothelial dysfunction, carotid atherosclerosis, impaired coronary flow reserve and increased arterial stiffness in CAD patients[14]. However its association with abnormal wave reflections has not been clari ...
... Lipoprotein-associated Phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) is an inflammatory biomarker related with endothelial dysfunction, carotid atherosclerosis, impaired coronary flow reserve and increased arterial stiffness in CAD patients[14]. However its association with abnormal wave reflections has not been clari ...
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... 44.5% for the three groups (Table 2). These patterns of care remained similar after adjustment for patient and hospital characteristics (Fig. 1). ...
... 44.5% for the three groups (Table 2). These patterns of care remained similar after adjustment for patient and hospital characteristics (Fig. 1). ...
Myocardial hypertrophy and its role in heart failure with preserved
... strain may even occur before LVH manifestation (25). The increase in radial strain may dissipate during the progression of LVH (58). In HFpEF, LVH is associated with a higher degree of spatial heterogeneity in longitudinal strain at rest (100) and even more pronounced dyssynchrony in regional contra ...
... strain may even occur before LVH manifestation (25). The increase in radial strain may dissipate during the progression of LVH (58). In HFpEF, LVH is associated with a higher degree of spatial heterogeneity in longitudinal strain at rest (100) and even more pronounced dyssynchrony in regional contra ...
Conventional and biventricular pacing in patients with first
... Recent reports suggest that first-degree atrioventricular block is not benign. However, there is no evidence that shortening of the PR interval can improve outcome except for symptomatic patients with a very long PR interval ≥0.3 s. Because these patients require continual forced pacing, biventricul ...
... Recent reports suggest that first-degree atrioventricular block is not benign. However, there is no evidence that shortening of the PR interval can improve outcome except for symptomatic patients with a very long PR interval ≥0.3 s. Because these patients require continual forced pacing, biventricul ...
Public Summary Document
... of patient symptoms, the model in the current resubmission allowed for deterioration in NYHA class using an updated assumption that 0.5% of patients would transition to the next worse NYHA class on a monthly basis. However, MSAC noted that this deterioration rate was not justified in the resubmissio ...
... of patient symptoms, the model in the current resubmission allowed for deterioration in NYHA class using an updated assumption that 0.5% of patients would transition to the next worse NYHA class on a monthly basis. However, MSAC noted that this deterioration rate was not justified in the resubmissio ...
Summary of Product Characteristics
... Angiooedema. Patients with a history of angiooedema (swelling of the face, lips, throat, and/ or tongue) should be closely monitored (see section 4.8). Hypotension and electrolyte/fluid imbalance Symptomatic hypotension, especially after the first dose and after increasing of the dose, may occur in ...
... Angiooedema. Patients with a history of angiooedema (swelling of the face, lips, throat, and/ or tongue) should be closely monitored (see section 4.8). Hypotension and electrolyte/fluid imbalance Symptomatic hypotension, especially after the first dose and after increasing of the dose, may occur in ...