... Keywords: Congenital heart disease, hypoplasticleftheart syndrome, Norwood, Infant, Shunts Introduction Different surgical techniques for hybrid procedure for hypoplasticleftheartsyndrome (HLHS) ... Norwood stage I and II repair in hypoplasticleftheart Circulation 2002;105(9):1099-103 Pizarro C, Murdison KA Off pump palliation for hypoplasticleftheart syndrome: surgical approach Semin ... of hypoplasticleftheartsyndrome Pediatr Cardiol 2005;26:190-9 Caldarone CA, Benson LN, Holtby H, Van Arsdell GS Main pulmonary artery to innominate artery shunt during hybrid palliation of hypoplastic...
... the leftheart in West African children over a 15-year period Methods Study design We retrospectively reviewed results of consecutive children undergoing mechanical valve replacement of the left ... (including warfarin and generic decongestive drugs for heart failure) There is no health insurance cover for open heart surgery The Ghana Heart Foundation (GHF), a non-governmental organization ... study was years of age; rheumatic heart disease was the underlying etiology in close to 91% of our cases Outcomes for mechanical valve replacement of the leftheart in children therefore are dependent...
... in severe leftheart failure with or without additional severe sepsis/septic shock and to compare with with SvO2 The hypothesis was that StO2 may estimate SvO2 in patients severe leftheart failure ... invasively using radial or femoral arterial catheterization Patients with severe leftheart failure due to primary heart disease (left ventricular systolic ejection fraction < 40%, pulmonary artery occlusion ... 0.8 Group A includes patients with severe leftheart failure without additional severe sepsis/septic shock, and group B includes patients with severe leftheart failure with additional severe sepsis/septic...
... does not estimate SvO in patients with severe leftheart failure and additional severe sepsis or septic shock However, in patients with severe leftheart failure without additional severe sepsis ... radial or femoral arterial catheterization Consecutive patients with severe leftheart failure due to primary heart disease (left ventricular systolic ejection fraction below 40%, pulmonary artery ... heart catheterizations were performed The final sample of 52 patients was reached after exclusion of 65 patients with heart failure without sepsis/septic shock, 24 patients who did not have heart...
... All groups had similar baseline heart rates During peak exercise heart rates were slightly lower in all three patient groups To better separate the effect of heart rate from cardiac function ... myocardial disease on left ventricular ejection and filling times Heart 2000;84:272-6 Hayashida W, Kumada T, Nohara R, Tanio H, Kambayashi M, Ishikawa N, Nakamura Y, Himura Y, Kawai C Left ventricular ... Berger RD Short-term effects of right -left Int J Med Sci 2008, 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 heart sequential cardiac resynchronization in patients with heart failure, chronic atrial fibrillation,...
... B: Heart rate recovery after exercise is related to the insulin resistance syndrome and heart rate variability in elderly men Am Heart J 2002, 144:666-672 Sung J, Choi YH, Park JB: Metabolic syndrome ... Jorgen FH: Increased heart rate and reduced heart- rate variability are associated with subclinical inflammation in middleaged and elderly subjects with no apparent heart disease Eur Heart J 2004, 25:363-370 ... underwent a symptom-limited CPX with Bruce treadmill protocol [6] Heart rate (HR) and blood pressure (BP) at baseline and peak exercise, heart rate minute into a walking cool-down period (1.7 mph at...
... Myocardial Infarction and Left Ventricular Dysfunction, Heart Failure, or Both Sudden Death in Patients with Myocardial Infarction and Left Ventricular Dysfunction, Heart Failure, or Both On ... reserved PE R S PE C TI V E taking heart — cardiac transplantation past, present, and future A Standard (Biatrial) Heart Transplantation Left subclavian artery Left common carotid artery Brachiocephalic ... Technique Left subclavian artery Left common carotid artery Brachiocephalic trunk Arch of aorta Superior vena cava Pulmonary artey trunk Superior vena cava Right atrium Inferior vena cava Left atrium...
... beating heart were excluded from the study The decision to use either technique was made intraoperatively based on hemodynamic parameters Patients who could tolerate manipulation of the heart without ... from one patient to another Grafting of the LAD by left internal mammary artery was the first to be performed However, in some patients with huge hearts, grafting of diagonal followed by RCA and ... They used on-pump beating heart (ONCAB/BH) among their patients with low ejection fraction They found that using CPB without cross clamping and cardioplegic arrest with the heart beating is associated...
... measurements Variables Left ventricular ejection fraction (%) 67 ± Left ventricular end diastolic volume (ml) Indexed Left ventricular end diastolic volume (ml/m2) 68 ± 19 34 ± Left atrial volume ... Dernellis J, Toutouzas P: A clinical appraisal of left atrial function Eur Heart J 2001, 22(1):22-36 11 Garcia MJ: Left ventricular filling Heart Fail Clin 2008, 4(1):47-56 12 World Medical Association: ... correct left atrial pump function and therefore, the left atrium may subsequently dilate to increase the reservoir capacity as a compensatory mechanism, which in turn theoretically would maintain left...
... Lopez-Bell G, Lala R: Heart- hand syndrome II A report of Tabatznik syndrome with new findings Clin Genet 1990, 38(2):105-113 Ruiz de la Fuente S, Prieto F: Heart- hand syndrome III A new syndrome in three ... of hearthand syndrome? Clin Genet 2005, 68(2):155-160 Nemec J, Heifetz S: Persistence of left supracardinal vein in an adult patient with heart- hand syndrome and cardiac pacemaker Congenit Heart ... patient’s father (Figure 1d,e), and a clinical diagnosis of hereditary heart- hand syndrome was made However, no established heart- hand syndrome was wholly compatible with our patient’s phenotype Page...
... Apical four chamber view demonstrating marked trabeculation of the left ventricular apex (arrow) RA, right atrium; LA, left atrium; LV, left ventricle; RV, right ventricle; PE, pleural effusion Figure ... of the condition The presence of marked left ventricular trabeculation in patients with IVNC is believed to arise as a result of intrauterine arrest of left ventricular myocardial compaction, ... phy demonstrated a dilated left ventricle (end systolic diameter 5.5 cm; end diastolic diameter 5.9 cm) with severe systolic impairment and hypertrabeculation of the left ventricular apex (Fig...
... This page intentionally left blank Upper Motor Neurone Syndrome and Spasticity Second Edition Upper Motor Neurone Syndrome and Spasticity Clinical Management and Neurophysiology ... upper motor neurone syndrome This definition emphasizes the fact that spasticity is only one of the many different features of the upper motor neurone (UMN) syndrome The UMN syndrome is a somewhat ... the UMN syndrome can be divided into two broad groups – negative phenomena and positive phenomena (Table 1.1) Negative phenomena of the UMN syndrome The negative features of the UMN syndrome...
... 15 years) with acute medical conditions, with the exception of patients with a suspected acute heart disease or verified diabetes, chronic gastroenterological, haematological or nephrological ... tachypnea >20 breaths/ minute, leucocytosis >12*109/l or leucopoenia
... resources and needs as a component of the syndrome The arrival of the MET brings a critical care environment to the bedside In a sense, when an MET syndrome develops, it could be argued that ... hospital and the patient are ‘sick’ [37] Occasionally, errors that underlie the development of the MET syndrome naturally surface during an MET review [38] This often causes parent medical unit doctors ... inhospital death among 11,483 patients with acute myocardial infarction GISSI investigators Am Heart J 1999, 138:10581064 26 Nardi G, Riccioni L, Cerchiari E, De Blasio E, Gristina G, Oransky...
... in blood pressures and resting heart- rates from baseline to the ending test for each of the five study groups The average baseline blood pressures and resting heart- rates for the study cohort ... isolated area for 10-15 min., participants completed measurements of their blood pressure, resting heart- rate and resting metabolism using Micro Life’s MedGem® Indirect Calorimeter (Microlife Medical ... min., a third and final self report rating scale was completed, and measurements of blood pressure, heart- rate and RMR were determined Statistical Analyses ANOVAs were calculated between the groups’...
... differences were observed for heart rates or blood pressures between the experi- Table The effect of gender and supplementation on cardiovascular and metabolic parameters Treatment Heart Rate (bpm) Systolic ... significant effects of either treatment on heart rate were noted over the first three hours after ingestion of the products However, a significant increase in heart rate over control was noted at the ... three hours after treatment ingestion After eating, an increase in heart rate occurred in all three treatment groups The increase in heart rate does not coincide with the pharmacokinetics including...
... the patients with acute coronary syndrome Furthermore, using combination of bacteriological and PCR-based methods we show herein that patients with acute coronary syndrome have higher C pneumoniae ... coronary syndrome (11 males and females aged from 47 to 68) Once conditions for combined microbiologic and nucleic acid amplification protocol were established, 38 more patients with acute coronary syndrome ... sclerosis (2,3), Alzheimer’s disease (4), lymphogranuloma (5), reactive arthritis (6), Guillain-Barre syndrome (7) The progress in that field is substantially complicated by the lack of standardized...
... increase in heart rate associated with symptoms of more than months’ duration (in the absence of other conditions that could mimic this such as dehydration and deconditioning) In POTS, the heart rate ... Postural tachycardia syndrome: Clinical features and follow-up study Mayo Clin Proc 1999; 74:1106–1110 Grubb BP, Kanjwal Y, Kosinski DJ The postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome: Current concepts ... autonomic insufficiency syndromes associated with orthostatic intoler-ance Med Clin North Am 2001; 85:457–472 Kanjwal Y, Kosinski D, Grubb BP The postural orthostatic tachycardia Syndrome: Definitions,...
... 2002 and November 2004 They consisted of 13 with primary antiphospholipid syndrome and with SLE-related antiphospholipid syndrome Diagnosis of APS was based on the 2006 Sydney criteria [5] Only ... American Heart Association/America Stroke Association Council in Stroke 2006; 37: 577-617 Greaves M, Cohen H, MacHi SJ, et al Guidelines on the investigation and management of the antiphospholipid syndrome ... classification criteria for definite antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) J Thromb Haemost 2006; 4: 295-306 Jacobs BS, Levine SR Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome Cure Treat Options Neurol 2000; 2: 449-58...