Management of stable angina. - Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines
... poor medication adherence.7 A Tayside study showed that in patients with angina, symptoms are often poorly controlled, there is a high level of anxiety and depression, scope for lifestyle change and an ongoing need for frequent medical contact.8 ...
... poor medication adherence.7 A Tayside study showed that in patients with angina, symptoms are often poorly controlled, there is a high level of anxiety and depression, scope for lifestyle change and an ongoing need for frequent medical contact.8 ...
Management of Mitral Stenosis - e
... symptomatic patients with contraindication or high risk for surgery (class I indication), and (3) should be considered as initial treatment in symptomatic patients with an unfavorable mitral valve anatomy but without unfavorable clinical characteristics (class IIa indication) [5]. These guidelines a ...
... symptomatic patients with contraindication or high risk for surgery (class I indication), and (3) should be considered as initial treatment in symptomatic patients with an unfavorable mitral valve anatomy but without unfavorable clinical characteristics (class IIa indication) [5]. These guidelines a ...
WEDNESDAY, September 2
... The Symposium will provide an excellent opportunity for an exchange of experience and new ideas and interaction between the experienced scientists and young investigators, which are of particular importance for young scientists. This forum will contribute to our understanding of the complexity of mo ...
... The Symposium will provide an excellent opportunity for an exchange of experience and new ideas and interaction between the experienced scientists and young investigators, which are of particular importance for young scientists. This forum will contribute to our understanding of the complexity of mo ...
ACC/AHA Practice Guidelines - Society for Cardiovascular
... 1. The observed amount of exercise-induced ST-segment deviation (the largest elevation or depression after resting changes have been subtracted) is marked on the line for ST-segment deviation during exercise. 2. The observed degree of angina during exercise is marked on the line for angina. 3. The m ...
... 1. The observed amount of exercise-induced ST-segment deviation (the largest elevation or depression after resting changes have been subtracted) is marked on the line for ST-segment deviation during exercise. 2. The observed degree of angina during exercise is marked on the line for angina. 3. The m ...
ANATOMY OF HUMAN CORONARY CIRCULATION
... sion. However anastomoses do exist between branches of the coronary arteries, sub-epicardial or myocardial, and between these arteries and extracardiac vessels such as the thoracic vessels. An anastomoses also exists between the terminations of the right and the left coronary arteries in the atriove ...
... sion. However anastomoses do exist between branches of the coronary arteries, sub-epicardial or myocardial, and between these arteries and extracardiac vessels such as the thoracic vessels. An anastomoses also exists between the terminations of the right and the left coronary arteries in the atriove ...
2015 Heart AR - texaschildrens.org
... Intensive Care Unit in 2015, aimed at providing highly specialized care for children with heart failure, as well as those requiring intensive care before and after heart transplant, and those on mechanical cardiac support. Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands is in its final construction stages a ...
... Intensive Care Unit in 2015, aimed at providing highly specialized care for children with heart failure, as well as those requiring intensive care before and after heart transplant, and those on mechanical cardiac support. Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands is in its final construction stages a ...
Extrinsic Compression of the Left Coronary Ostium by the Pulmonary
... syndrome presented with angina at rest and worsening heart failure of 3 months’ duration. The new symptoms were recognized to be secondary to extrinsic compression of the left main coronary artery ostium by a dilated main pulmonary artery and were successfully relieved by the placement of a metallic ...
... syndrome presented with angina at rest and worsening heart failure of 3 months’ duration. The new symptoms were recognized to be secondary to extrinsic compression of the left main coronary artery ostium by a dilated main pulmonary artery and were successfully relieved by the placement of a metallic ...
Premature Ventricular Complex-induced Cardiomyopathy
... contraction followed by a reasonable pace match from within the coronary sinus. Note the early activation time on the ablation catheter preceding the spontaneous premature ventricular contraction when positioned in the distal coronary sinus. B: 3-dimensional electroanatomic map using the Carto (Bios ...
... contraction followed by a reasonable pace match from within the coronary sinus. Note the early activation time on the ablation catheter preceding the spontaneous premature ventricular contraction when positioned in the distal coronary sinus. B: 3-dimensional electroanatomic map using the Carto (Bios ...
Pacing the Heart: The Evolution of the Pacemaker
... activity, one obtains a demand pacemaker. As the name suggests, these are characterized by their ability to provide electrical heart-stimulation only in the absence of natural heartbeats. This breakthrough was introduced by American electrical engineer, Barough V. Berkovits, in mid-1964 and forms th ...
... activity, one obtains a demand pacemaker. As the name suggests, these are characterized by their ability to provide electrical heart-stimulation only in the absence of natural heartbeats. This breakthrough was introduced by American electrical engineer, Barough V. Berkovits, in mid-1964 and forms th ...
The Journal of Rheumatology
... Canadian sites. Each participating center’s institutional review board approved the study protocol. Although funded by commercial support, the sponsoring companies had no role in study design, data analysis, or preparation of this report. The PHAROS registry includes 2 subgroups of subjects: (1) tho ...
... Canadian sites. Each participating center’s institutional review board approved the study protocol. Although funded by commercial support, the sponsoring companies had no role in study design, data analysis, or preparation of this report. The PHAROS registry includes 2 subgroups of subjects: (1) tho ...
- The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
... anastomosis time was 12.4 minutes (3 to 35 minutes) overall and averaged less than 10 minutes after the first 8 cases. These post initial learning curve times are entirely consistent with typical times required for completing anastomoses on beating hearts by use of a continuous suture technique. Eac ...
... anastomosis time was 12.4 minutes (3 to 35 minutes) overall and averaged less than 10 minutes after the first 8 cases. These post initial learning curve times are entirely consistent with typical times required for completing anastomoses on beating hearts by use of a continuous suture technique. Eac ...
T1 mapping and T2 mapping at 3T for quantifying
... Background: Whether T1-mapping cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) can accurately quantify the area-at-risk (AAR) as delineated by T2 mapping and assess myocardial salvage at 3T in reperfused ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients is not known and was investigated in this st ...
... Background: Whether T1-mapping cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) can accurately quantify the area-at-risk (AAR) as delineated by T2 mapping and assess myocardial salvage at 3T in reperfused ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients is not known and was investigated in this st ...
Increasing plasma potassium with amiloride shortens the QT interval
... with chronic heart failure (CHF) receiving spironolactone compared with placebo.1 Mechanisms that may contribute to this mortality benefit in CHF include spironolactone’s ability to improve endothelial dysfunction, to suppress vascular angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE), to reduce myocardial fibros ...
... with chronic heart failure (CHF) receiving spironolactone compared with placebo.1 Mechanisms that may contribute to this mortality benefit in CHF include spironolactone’s ability to improve endothelial dysfunction, to suppress vascular angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE), to reduce myocardial fibros ...
Immediate Hemodynamic Response of Patients with
... The stroke volume decreased by increasing the ventricular rate both at rest and during exercise (table 2). During, pacing, the mean resting stroke volume decreased 46% (110 to 61 ml/beat); the mean exercising stroke volume decreased 27% (122 to 84 ml/beat). The increase in stroke volume from rest to ...
... The stroke volume decreased by increasing the ventricular rate both at rest and during exercise (table 2). During, pacing, the mean resting stroke volume decreased 46% (110 to 61 ml/beat); the mean exercising stroke volume decreased 27% (122 to 84 ml/beat). The increase in stroke volume from rest to ...
Role of Glycolytic Products in Damage to Ischemic Myocardium
... reflected in both a large rise in diastolic and a large decrease in systolic pressures. Recovery of developed pressure was essentially zero after periods of 35-60 minutes of ischemia. Although heart rate was decreased by 20-30% during reperfusion (data not shown), the major effect on function was de ...
... reflected in both a large rise in diastolic and a large decrease in systolic pressures. Recovery of developed pressure was essentially zero after periods of 35-60 minutes of ischemia. Although heart rate was decreased by 20-30% during reperfusion (data not shown), the major effect on function was de ...
Prognostic values of blood pH and lactate levels in patients
... analysis.7,13,15 Our study also showed pH levels to be high in patients with a favorable outcome and to be an independent factor for the outcome. Takaki et al.13 investigated pH levels in 50 OHCA patients undergoing therapeutic hypothermia, of whom 25 had a favorable outcome, and they reported the o ...
... analysis.7,13,15 Our study also showed pH levels to be high in patients with a favorable outcome and to be an independent factor for the outcome. Takaki et al.13 investigated pH levels in 50 OHCA patients undergoing therapeutic hypothermia, of whom 25 had a favorable outcome, and they reported the o ...
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for the diagnosis of
... Abstract. Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a common cause of restrictive cardiomyopathy in the tropics and has been underdiagnosed in the past. Sometimes it is difficult to differentiate EMF from other restrictive cardiomyopathies. Currently, echocardiography is used for the initial investigations t ...
... Abstract. Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a common cause of restrictive cardiomyopathy in the tropics and has been underdiagnosed in the past. Sometimes it is difficult to differentiate EMF from other restrictive cardiomyopathies. Currently, echocardiography is used for the initial investigations t ...
Steady-state free precession sequences in myocardial first
... In the present study, saturation-recovery TrueFISP techniques in myocardial first-pass perfusion MRI have been shown to provide better image quality and higher SNR when compared with the established gradient-echo sequences such as TurboFLASH. Furthermore, significantly higher CNRs between infarcted ...
... In the present study, saturation-recovery TrueFISP techniques in myocardial first-pass perfusion MRI have been shown to provide better image quality and higher SNR when compared with the established gradient-echo sequences such as TurboFLASH. Furthermore, significantly higher CNRs between infarcted ...
2011 ACCF/AHA/HRS Focused Update on the Management of Patients With... Fibrillation (Updating the 2006 Guideline): A Report of the American...
... are not listed as authors of this focused update. The work of the writing group was supported exclusively by the ACCF and AHA without commercial support. Writing group members volunteered their time for this effort. The committee reviewed and ranked evidence supporting current recommendations, with ...
... are not listed as authors of this focused update. The work of the writing group was supported exclusively by the ACCF and AHA without commercial support. Writing group members volunteered their time for this effort. The committee reviewed and ranked evidence supporting current recommendations, with ...
Recommendations for exercise training in chronic heart failure patients
... left ventricular performance itself are important determinants of exercise capacity[5]. In addition, an increasing body of evidence has demonstrated that neurohormonal interaction between the periphery and the heart are also important determinants of symptoms and prognosis in these patients[6,7]. In ...
... left ventricular performance itself are important determinants of exercise capacity[5]. In addition, an increasing body of evidence has demonstrated that neurohormonal interaction between the periphery and the heart are also important determinants of symptoms and prognosis in these patients[6,7]. In ...
B-type natriuretic peptide levels predict outcome after neonatal
... children, have adverse events more often and have greater perioperative mortality. Although risk-adjustment scoring systems and various biomarkers have been investigated, it remains difficult to identify individual neonates with an increased risk for poor postoperative outcome.1,2 B-type natriuretic ...
... children, have adverse events more often and have greater perioperative mortality. Although risk-adjustment scoring systems and various biomarkers have been investigated, it remains difficult to identify individual neonates with an increased risk for poor postoperative outcome.1,2 B-type natriuretic ...
cristiana maria mendes de sousa paulo ortigão soares
... studies have used different populations, diverse statistical methods for risk estimation and variable outcomes and follow-up periods, limiting their comparability.30 Many prognostic models were elaborated to estimate individual risk of death.31, 32 The New York Heart Association functional classific ...
... studies have used different populations, diverse statistical methods for risk estimation and variable outcomes and follow-up periods, limiting their comparability.30 Many prognostic models were elaborated to estimate individual risk of death.31, 32 The New York Heart Association functional classific ...
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOgy - Children`s Hospital of Pittsburgh
... the direction of Stephen Cook. This program serves to improve and expand the care offered to the growing population of adults with congenital heart disease. As part of a comprehensive program, Cook also directs a Congenital Heart Disease Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Program at UPMC Presbyteria ...
... the direction of Stephen Cook. This program serves to improve and expand the care offered to the growing population of adults with congenital heart disease. As part of a comprehensive program, Cook also directs a Congenital Heart Disease Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Program at UPMC Presbyteria ...