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... 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 ...
Left ventricular systolic/diastolic function evaluated by quantitative
... significantly with that by UCG or BNP. Our study suggested that the QGS/VCDiff functional parameters are useful for the clinical diagnosis of systolic and/or diastolic heart failure. Assessment of LV systolic function Left ventricular EF, EDV and ESV obtained by QGS/ VCDiff analysis7–9,14–16 correla ...
... significantly with that by UCG or BNP. Our study suggested that the QGS/VCDiff functional parameters are useful for the clinical diagnosis of systolic and/or diastolic heart failure. Assessment of LV systolic function Left ventricular EF, EDV and ESV obtained by QGS/ VCDiff analysis7–9,14–16 correla ...
Long-term efficacy of transcatheter closure of ventricular septal
... transcatheter VSD closure within two weeks (median: 5 days [IQR: 2-7 days]), while the others underwent elective VSD closure at a median of 23 days (IQR: 18-36). The VSDs were located apically in 21 patients and basally in 18 patients. Thirty-two patients underwent successful transcatheter VSD closu ...
... transcatheter VSD closure within two weeks (median: 5 days [IQR: 2-7 days]), while the others underwent elective VSD closure at a median of 23 days (IQR: 18-36). The VSDs were located apically in 21 patients and basally in 18 patients. Thirty-two patients underwent successful transcatheter VSD closu ...
Chronic heart failure patients with restrictive LV filling pattern have
... T.V. Salukhe et al. / International Journal of Cardiology 100 (2005) 5–12 ...
... T.V. Salukhe et al. / International Journal of Cardiology 100 (2005) 5–12 ...
Cardiac Development
... then eventually move into the developing outflow tract of the heart during weeks 5 and 6. These cells are necessary for complete septation of the outflow tract and ventricles (which is completed by week 9 of human development), as well as for the formation of the anterior parasympathetic plexis, whi ...
... then eventually move into the developing outflow tract of the heart during weeks 5 and 6. These cells are necessary for complete septation of the outflow tract and ventricles (which is completed by week 9 of human development), as well as for the formation of the anterior parasympathetic plexis, whi ...
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... implications of reduced HRV in MI patients (Cripps et al., 1991; Tsuji et al., 1996; Boskovic et al., 2014; Song et al., 2014). Psychosocial factors, such as stressful life events (Pieper et al., 2010; van Ockenburg et al., 2015), general stress (Kang et al., 2004; Brosschot et al., 2006; Chandola e ...
... implications of reduced HRV in MI patients (Cripps et al., 1991; Tsuji et al., 1996; Boskovic et al., 2014; Song et al., 2014). Psychosocial factors, such as stressful life events (Pieper et al., 2010; van Ockenburg et al., 2015), general stress (Kang et al., 2004; Brosschot et al., 2006; Chandola e ...
EFFECTS OF EXERCISE TRAINING ON MAXIMAL OXYGEN
... The management for chronic heart failure is a combination of drugs and lifestyle changes. Because the concepts of heart failure mechanisms and treatment have greatly changed over the past decades, nowadays patients with this disease are being physically more active than ever before (Klocek et al. 20 ...
... The management for chronic heart failure is a combination of drugs and lifestyle changes. Because the concepts of heart failure mechanisms and treatment have greatly changed over the past decades, nowadays patients with this disease are being physically more active than ever before (Klocek et al. 20 ...
Statement on cardiopulmonary exercise testing in chronic heart
... CPET practices are necessary [3]. CPET use is still very limited since it is considered a complex methodology requiring a high level of organization and skilled processes. Our aim is to increase awareness and use of CPET, by showing that useful information provided by this technique is achievable an ...
... CPET practices are necessary [3]. CPET use is still very limited since it is considered a complex methodology requiring a high level of organization and skilled processes. Our aim is to increase awareness and use of CPET, by showing that useful information provided by this technique is achievable an ...
Response of myocardial oxygenation to breathing manoeuvres and
... peripheral injection site and the myocardium may lead to its inactivation. Importantly, adenosine and regadenoson also add significant costs to the diagnostic procedure. It is known that breathing manoeuvres, i.e. hyperventilation and long breath-holds, elicit significant changes of cerebral and cor ...
... peripheral injection site and the myocardium may lead to its inactivation. Importantly, adenosine and regadenoson also add significant costs to the diagnostic procedure. It is known that breathing manoeuvres, i.e. hyperventilation and long breath-holds, elicit significant changes of cerebral and cor ...
Inhaled Beta-2 adrenergic receptor agonists and
... primary cardiac arrest (odds ratio [OR] ⫽ 1.8; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.2 to 2.6), after adjustment for age, sex, calendar year, history of heart disease, use of digoxin or nitroglycerin, hypertension, heart failure, current smoking, stroke, use of inhaled steroids, and use of oral steroids. ...
... primary cardiac arrest (odds ratio [OR] ⫽ 1.8; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.2 to 2.6), after adjustment for age, sex, calendar year, history of heart disease, use of digoxin or nitroglycerin, hypertension, heart failure, current smoking, stroke, use of inhaled steroids, and use of oral steroids. ...
Oral Anticoagulants in Atrial Fibrillation
... benefit is the same. o RCTs have consistently shown a reduction in intracranial hemorrhage associated with the use of DOACs compared with warfarin. The DOACs provide a relative risk reduction of about 56% while the absolute risk reduction is about 0.7% leading to a NNT of 143 (95% CI 100-200) for ap ...
... benefit is the same. o RCTs have consistently shown a reduction in intracranial hemorrhage associated with the use of DOACs compared with warfarin. The DOACs provide a relative risk reduction of about 56% while the absolute risk reduction is about 0.7% leading to a NNT of 143 (95% CI 100-200) for ap ...
Mineralocorticoid receptors and the heart, multiple cell types and
... suggesting that local aldosterone levels may not be as important as expression of the MR in the setting of atrial fibrillation [53]. Primary aldosteronism is accompanied by increased prevalence of atrial fibrillation and MR antagonists, along with surgery, reduced fibrillation incidence to a level c ...
... suggesting that local aldosterone levels may not be as important as expression of the MR in the setting of atrial fibrillation [53]. Primary aldosteronism is accompanied by increased prevalence of atrial fibrillation and MR antagonists, along with surgery, reduced fibrillation incidence to a level c ...
The Effect of Opium Addiction on Arrhythmia Following Acute
... MI were completed that included: general characteristics, CAD risk factors: cigarette smoking history (current smoking vs. ex-smokers and nonsmokers) (18), hypercholesterolemia (total cholesterol ≥5.0 mmol/l, HDL-cholesterol ≥1.0 mmol/l in men, or ≥1.1 mmol/l in women, and triglycerides ≥2.0 mmol/l) ...
... MI were completed that included: general characteristics, CAD risk factors: cigarette smoking history (current smoking vs. ex-smokers and nonsmokers) (18), hypercholesterolemia (total cholesterol ≥5.0 mmol/l, HDL-cholesterol ≥1.0 mmol/l in men, or ≥1.1 mmol/l in women, and triglycerides ≥2.0 mmol/l) ...
Scientific STAFF and MALT meetings — past, present, and future
... occlusion became feasible in the early 1980s, and randomized clinical trials of comparative outcomes were developed, it became necessary to create independent ECG core labs to document quantitative ECG data. Galen Wagner of Duke University, Durham NC, USA developed a lab for the Thrombolysis and Ang ...
... occlusion became feasible in the early 1980s, and randomized clinical trials of comparative outcomes were developed, it became necessary to create independent ECG core labs to document quantitative ECG data. Galen Wagner of Duke University, Durham NC, USA developed a lab for the Thrombolysis and Ang ...
Congestive Heart Failure Survival Kit
... muscle doesn’t meet its needs. Angina may be felt as heaviness below the breast bone which may spread to either arm, to the neck or the back. On occasion, angina may be an indigestion-like discomfort in the upper stomach or a burning or heartburnlike feeling below the breastbone. Angina may occur du ...
... muscle doesn’t meet its needs. Angina may be felt as heaviness below the breast bone which may spread to either arm, to the neck or the back. On occasion, angina may be an indigestion-like discomfort in the upper stomach or a burning or heartburnlike feeling below the breastbone. Angina may occur du ...
Am J Cardiol. 105
... This is the first study to compare children with TGA to their healthy peers regarding both the physical activity pattern and fitness late after the ASO. Our findings have demonstrated that the VO2peak, peak heart rate, and peak workload were significantly lower in the TGA group than in the control g ...
... This is the first study to compare children with TGA to their healthy peers regarding both the physical activity pattern and fitness late after the ASO. Our findings have demonstrated that the VO2peak, peak heart rate, and peak workload were significantly lower in the TGA group than in the control g ...
Cardiac Rehabilitation
... It is useful to consider four phases of cardiac rehabilitation, as each represents a different component of the journey of care: inpatient care, the early post discharge period, exercise training, and finally long term follow up. Some countries recognise three phases only, by calling the early post ...
... It is useful to consider four phases of cardiac rehabilitation, as each represents a different component of the journey of care: inpatient care, the early post discharge period, exercise training, and finally long term follow up. Some countries recognise three phases only, by calling the early post ...
Advanced (Stage D) Heart Failure - Heart Failure Society of America
... but it has proven to be difficult because heart failure progression is highly variable and the exact course is uncertain.7 One can debate whether advanced heart failure should be primarily defined by subjective signs and symptoms, mortality risk, or other more objective variables, such as imaging as ...
... but it has proven to be difficult because heart failure progression is highly variable and the exact course is uncertain.7 One can debate whether advanced heart failure should be primarily defined by subjective signs and symptoms, mortality risk, or other more objective variables, such as imaging as ...
American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) American Heart
... There are several data sources available for collecting performance measures; generally different data sources require different sets of measure specifications, due to the structure of the systems storing the data. Quality measure technical specifications for administrative data sources are develope ...
... There are several data sources available for collecting performance measures; generally different data sources require different sets of measure specifications, due to the structure of the systems storing the data. Quality measure technical specifications for administrative data sources are develope ...
Hypoplasia of the Coronary Sinus with Coronary
... venous return, the Thebesian system of the atria a n d the right ventricle usually carries most of the blood supply from the heart. Occasionally, however, the venous draina g e exits by way of the left ventricular Thebesian system.'-* T h e present study represents a n unusual example of almost tota ...
... venous return, the Thebesian system of the atria a n d the right ventricle usually carries most of the blood supply from the heart. Occasionally, however, the venous draina g e exits by way of the left ventricular Thebesian system.'-* T h e present study represents a n unusual example of almost tota ...