Canadian Cardiovascular Society Consensus Conference
... the target dose), laboratory monitoring, common and/or serious adverse effects (eg, hypotension, bradycardia, cough, renal dysfunction, electrolyte disturbances), patient/family or caregiver education and timing of follow-up (class I, level C). There are substantial variations in the implementation ...
... the target dose), laboratory monitoring, common and/or serious adverse effects (eg, hypotension, bradycardia, cough, renal dysfunction, electrolyte disturbances), patient/family or caregiver education and timing of follow-up (class I, level C). There are substantial variations in the implementation ...
The effect of myocardial fibrosis on left ventricular torsion
... Background: Left ventricular (LV) rotation, twist, and torsion are important aspects of the cardiac performance. Myocardial fibrosis can be identified as the late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) in cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR). In this study, we investigated the association between myocardial fibro ...
... Background: Left ventricular (LV) rotation, twist, and torsion are important aspects of the cardiac performance. Myocardial fibrosis can be identified as the late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) in cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR). In this study, we investigated the association between myocardial fibro ...
Pulmonary Vascular Capacitance as a Predictor of Vasoreactivity in
... Objectives: We sought to evaluate any differences in baseline and adenosine Cp between vasoreactive and non-vasoreactive IPAH patients tested with adenosine. Patients and Methods: Fourteen patients with IPAH and a vasoreactive adenosine vasoreactivity testing according to the ESC guidelines were com ...
... Objectives: We sought to evaluate any differences in baseline and adenosine Cp between vasoreactive and non-vasoreactive IPAH patients tested with adenosine. Patients and Methods: Fourteen patients with IPAH and a vasoreactive adenosine vasoreactivity testing according to the ESC guidelines were com ...
Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery
... REVISTA ARGENTINA DE CARDIOLOGÍA / VOL 78 Nº 5 / SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2010 ...
... REVISTA ARGENTINA DE CARDIOLOGÍA / VOL 78 Nº 5 / SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2010 ...
Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Infants with Hypoplastic Left
... and is the leading cause of infant morbidity and mortality (American Heart Association, 2010). Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is 100% fatal without palliation. Despite increased survival, since a surgical strategy was developed nearly 30 years ago, neurodevelopmental outcomes and quality of ...
... and is the leading cause of infant morbidity and mortality (American Heart Association, 2010). Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is 100% fatal without palliation. Despite increased survival, since a surgical strategy was developed nearly 30 years ago, neurodevelopmental outcomes and quality of ...
Three-dimensional organization of electrical turbulence in the heart
... sional and resembles the dynamics of chronic fibrillation @6#. There are no persistent rotors on the surface of the heart and, usually, a considerable amount of excitation comes to the surface from the subsurface midmyocardial region. Now let us consider the 3D organization of these wave patterns. A ...
... sional and resembles the dynamics of chronic fibrillation @6#. There are no persistent rotors on the surface of the heart and, usually, a considerable amount of excitation comes to the surface from the subsurface midmyocardial region. Now let us consider the 3D organization of these wave patterns. A ...
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... to 80 mg 3 times daily. Interestingly, treatment aimed at improving his pulmonary hemodynamics led to an improvement of his symptoms and resolution of his AF. This case illustrates that treatment of the underlying hemodynamic problems creating the milieu for AF can provide an excellent alternative o ...
... to 80 mg 3 times daily. Interestingly, treatment aimed at improving his pulmonary hemodynamics led to an improvement of his symptoms and resolution of his AF. This case illustrates that treatment of the underlying hemodynamic problems creating the milieu for AF can provide an excellent alternative o ...
Sleep Apnea in 81 Ambulatory Male Patients With Stable Heart Failure
... There were no significant differences when mean values of forced vital capacity, functional residual capacity, total lung capacity, and diffusion for CO were compared (data not shown). However, the mean value of forced expiratory volume in 1 second over forced vital capacity ratio was slightly but s ...
... There were no significant differences when mean values of forced vital capacity, functional residual capacity, total lung capacity, and diffusion for CO were compared (data not shown). However, the mean value of forced expiratory volume in 1 second over forced vital capacity ratio was slightly but s ...
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... power in both normoxia and hypoxia conditions. Exercise time to exhaustion was halved in hypoxia versus normoxia. Post-exercise peripheral fatigue assessed by femoral nerve stimulation did not differ while supraspinal fatigue assessed by transcranial stimulation was larger in hypoxia compared to nor ...
... power in both normoxia and hypoxia conditions. Exercise time to exhaustion was halved in hypoxia versus normoxia. Post-exercise peripheral fatigue assessed by femoral nerve stimulation did not differ while supraspinal fatigue assessed by transcranial stimulation was larger in hypoxia compared to nor ...
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... the field being rated). They were given the latest scientific literature and the current CPGs on the topic being rated. Guidance on how to rate the document using the RAND method was also provided. The panelists were asked to rate the appropriateness of each clinical scenario using their own best cl ...
... the field being rated). They were given the latest scientific literature and the current CPGs on the topic being rated. Guidance on how to rate the document using the RAND method was also provided. The panelists were asked to rate the appropriateness of each clinical scenario using their own best cl ...
Extreme Clinical Presentations of Venous Stasis : Coronary
... sinus without any preceding cardiac interventions and in absence of hyper-coagulable state very rarely reported in medical literature. We report the occurrence of primary coronary thrombosis which was noted incidentally on an echocardiogram. ...
... sinus without any preceding cardiac interventions and in absence of hyper-coagulable state very rarely reported in medical literature. We report the occurrence of primary coronary thrombosis which was noted incidentally on an echocardiogram. ...
Effect of anemia on 1-year mortality in patients with acute myocardial
... database provided discharge abstract information on index admissions of all patients (n ⫽ 30,341) who were hospitalized with the diagnosis of acute MI in nonfederal hospitals in New Jersey in the years 1986 (n ⫽ 15,584) and 1996 (n ⫽ 14,757). Patient discharge abstract data (UB-82 and UB-92) were ob ...
... database provided discharge abstract information on index admissions of all patients (n ⫽ 30,341) who were hospitalized with the diagnosis of acute MI in nonfederal hospitals in New Jersey in the years 1986 (n ⫽ 15,584) and 1996 (n ⫽ 14,757). Patient discharge abstract data (UB-82 and UB-92) were ob ...
Status of Antiarrhythmic Drug Development for Atrial Fibrillation
... that vernakalant had a significantly increased cardioversion rate within 90 minutes of administration (P≤0.00001) and no significant difference in adverse events compared with placebo/amiodarone. A later meta-analysis14 that included these DB-RCTs as well as 2 observational studies comparing vernaka ...
... that vernakalant had a significantly increased cardioversion rate within 90 minutes of administration (P≤0.00001) and no significant difference in adverse events compared with placebo/amiodarone. A later meta-analysis14 that included these DB-RCTs as well as 2 observational studies comparing vernaka ...
Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve
... annuloplasty, which was popularized by Bolling and colleagues.23 In this technique, a small (size, 24Y26 mm) mitral annuloplasty ring is used, which causes a reduction in the anteroposterior (septolateral) diameter of the mitral valve, thus increasing the surface of coaptation. The drawback with the ...
... annuloplasty, which was popularized by Bolling and colleagues.23 In this technique, a small (size, 24Y26 mm) mitral annuloplasty ring is used, which causes a reduction in the anteroposterior (septolateral) diameter of the mitral valve, thus increasing the surface of coaptation. The drawback with the ...
Analysis of vagal effects on ventricular rhythm in patients with atrial
... impulses through augmenting fibrillatory activity, thereby indirectly prolonging atrioventricular nodal refractoriness. The purpose of the present study was to analyse these effects in man. 2. Sixteen patients with chronic atrial fibrillation were studied. After administration of propranolol (0.2 mg ...
... impulses through augmenting fibrillatory activity, thereby indirectly prolonging atrioventricular nodal refractoriness. The purpose of the present study was to analyse these effects in man. 2. Sixteen patients with chronic atrial fibrillation were studied. After administration of propranolol (0.2 mg ...
2015 Secondary Mitral Regurgitation in Heart Failure
... are multifactorial; accurate imaging assessment of secondary MR may be challenging and nuanced; and the appropriate roles of medical, surgical, and interventional therapies for management of secondary MR are controversial and evolving. In this review, the pathophysiology, evaluation, and prognosis o ...
... are multifactorial; accurate imaging assessment of secondary MR may be challenging and nuanced; and the appropriate roles of medical, surgical, and interventional therapies for management of secondary MR are controversial and evolving. In this review, the pathophysiology, evaluation, and prognosis o ...
Left Atrial Volume Index as a Clinical Marker for Atrial Fibrillation
... The prevalence of AF increases with aging and with the severity of the heart disease reaching up to 40% in advanced cases. In patients with heart failure, AF is an independent predictor of morbidity and mortality increasing the risk of death and hospitalization. It is well known that the presence of ...
... The prevalence of AF increases with aging and with the severity of the heart disease reaching up to 40% in advanced cases. In patients with heart failure, AF is an independent predictor of morbidity and mortality increasing the risk of death and hospitalization. It is well known that the presence of ...
Print - Circulation
... was further explored by comparing placebo- and diltiazem-treated subsets within each of four EF categories (Figure 2). The occurrence of late CHF was low (3.9% overall) in patients with normal baseline EF (.0.45) and not different in subsets treated with placebo or diltiazem. Progressively more seve ...
... was further explored by comparing placebo- and diltiazem-treated subsets within each of four EF categories (Figure 2). The occurrence of late CHF was low (3.9% overall) in patients with normal baseline EF (.0.45) and not different in subsets treated with placebo or diltiazem. Progressively more seve ...
AHA/ACCF/ESC Scientific Statement
... The first nonsurgical techniques for heart biopsy were reported in 1958.2 In the 1960s the safety of heart biopsy improved, with vascular access through the right external or internal jugular vein, sampling of the right interventricular septum, and designation of the heart borders by right heart cat ...
... The first nonsurgical techniques for heart biopsy were reported in 1958.2 In the 1960s the safety of heart biopsy improved, with vascular access through the right external or internal jugular vein, sampling of the right interventricular septum, and designation of the heart borders by right heart cat ...
Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infection in
... use of several tools and techniques such as locking stylets (Cook Medical and Spectranetics), powered and non-powered sheaths (Evolution ® , Cook Medical and TightRail™, Spectranetics) and laser technology53,54 such as the Excimer and GlideLight™ (Spectranetics). An observational retrospective study ...
... use of several tools and techniques such as locking stylets (Cook Medical and Spectranetics), powered and non-powered sheaths (Evolution ® , Cook Medical and TightRail™, Spectranetics) and laser technology53,54 such as the Excimer and GlideLight™ (Spectranetics). An observational retrospective study ...
S Koyanagi, CL Eastham, DG Harrison and ML Marcus
... Infarct area was determined by gross pathological examination. After 24 hours of coronary occlusion, the infarcted myocardium was clearly delineated from the surrounding normal muscle. Then, the tracings of the area at risk and the infarct area of the top of each slice were superimposed, and the nor ...
... Infarct area was determined by gross pathological examination. After 24 hours of coronary occlusion, the infarcted myocardium was clearly delineated from the surrounding normal muscle. Then, the tracings of the area at risk and the infarct area of the top of each slice were superimposed, and the nor ...
The Fontan Circulation: The Known, the Unknown and
... Hybrid and Norwood procedures differ significantly in terms of stage II palliative procedures and growth of pulmonary vessels. When compared, in a short-term retrospective study of 75 infants, the survival rates were shown to be similar in these two groups, but there is a higher need for re-interven ...
... Hybrid and Norwood procedures differ significantly in terms of stage II palliative procedures and growth of pulmonary vessels. When compared, in a short-term retrospective study of 75 infants, the survival rates were shown to be similar in these two groups, but there is a higher need for re-interven ...
Protecting the acute ischemic myocardium on top of reperfusion
... peritoneal lavage, which, although still invasive, should be easier to institute than any of the ...
... peritoneal lavage, which, although still invasive, should be easier to institute than any of the ...
Cardioversion of "Common" Atrial
... events may occur in patients undergoing cardioversion of atrial flutter, and anticoagulation should be consid¬ ered during and following cardioversion. Although the for which anticoagulation is continued follow¬ period ing cardioversion is debatable, it could be guided by the duration of atrial syst ...
... events may occur in patients undergoing cardioversion of atrial flutter, and anticoagulation should be consid¬ ered during and following cardioversion. Although the for which anticoagulation is continued follow¬ period ing cardioversion is debatable, it could be guided by the duration of atrial syst ...