... myocardial function From studies on isolated dog and rabbit hearts subjected to moderate and severe hypothermia, increased leftventricular (LV) contractility and increased cardiac work have been reported ... monoexponential decay model and LV end diastolic andsystolic pressures (EDP and ESP) Preload recruitable stroke work (PRSW), end systolic elastance (Ees) and end diastolic pressure volume relationship ... hypothermia-induced mild leftventricular cardiac failure Key messages • Cardiac leftventricular contractility decreases during surface cooling below 34°C • Cardiac systolic function is depressed...
... reduced leftventricularsystolic function We assessed the risk and time course of sudden death in high-risk patients after myocardial infarction methods We studied 14,609 patients with leftventricular ... infarction in patients with a leftventricular ejection fraction of 30 percent or less and in those with a leftventricular ejection fraction of 40 percent or less and additional evidence of electrical ... 1984;54:31-6 Al-Khatib SM, Sanders GD, Mark DB, et al Implantable cardioverter defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with leftventricular dysfunction: randomized trial evidence...
... relationship between systolicand diastolic leftventriculardysfunction [2,29,30] Increased leftventricular end systolic volume for example, affects the rate of leftventricular relaxation, and as a result, ... systolicdysfunction of left ventricle, suggesting leftventricular DD even in the absence of reduced leftventricular ejection fraction [29] Indeed, patients with symptoms of heart failure and ... diastolic dysfunction Moreover, intra-operative diagnosis and strategies to manage patients with leftventricular diastolic dysfunction are not well clarified In that sense, diastolic dysfunction...
... and arterial pressures (Panels A1 and A2), chamber volumes (Panels B1 and B2) for the right andleft hearts, and septal volume (Panels C1 and C2) in control and different cases of LVDD In LVDD, ... RTC and RM; and the pulmonic and aortic (outlet) valves RPAp and RAOp Time-varying compliances of the right atrium (RA), right ventricle (RV), left atrium (LA), left ventricle (LV), and septum ... components (S1 and S2; Figure 2B4) Table lists the indices for both right andleftventricular performance and the mean values of systemic circulatory variables, blood gas tensions, and A-V gas...
... End -systolic pressure–volume relationship The right ventricular End -systolic pressure–volume relationship end -systolic pressure (RV) versus the right ventricular end -systolic volume The end -systolic ... Care Vol 10 No Miranda et al Figure throughout the left ventricle allowed a volumetric interpolation of the whole left myocardium, allowing calculation of the endsystolic volume and of the end-diastolic ... G, Haggmark S, Biber B: Analysis of leftventricularsystolic function during elevated external cardiac pressures: an examination of measured transmural leftventricular pressure during pressurevvolume...
... MT, Carlson RW: Leftventricular diastolic function in sepsis Crit Care Med 1990, 18:709-714 Poelaert J, Declerk C, Vogelaers D, Colardyn F, Visser CA: Leftventricularsystolicand diastolic function ... Doppler findings obtained before and after ultrafiltration in hemodialysis patients according to their baseline leftventricularsystolic function Preserved LV systolic function (n = 27) Ultrafiltration ... on leftand right ventricular Doppler diastolic filling indices Am J Med Sci 1992, 304:83-90 Rozich JD, Smith B, Thomas JD, Zile MR, Kaiser J, Mann DL: Dialysis-induced alterations in left ventricular...
... five end-expiratory cycles Leftventricularandleft atrial dimensions were measured according to the recommendations of the American Society for Echocardiography Leftventricular mass was calculated ... is a well-recognized phenomenon after SAH and results in ECG changes [11], serum elevation of troponin Ic (cTi) [12,13], and LV systolicand diastolic dysfunction [14] A cardiac source of BNP ... left ventricular; PAP = pulmonary artery pressure tensive heart disease (diastolic dysfunction) at the time of admission considering the normal renal function on day 2, and echographic data and...
... prospective and randomized manner, the safety and the effectiveness of using preoperative IABP as support compared with postoperative IABP treatment Patients and methods Patients and inclusion ... urgent myocardial revascularization by OPCAB and classified as patients with severe leftventriculardysfunction according to definition given above and judged suitable for OPCAB surgery by the ... the start of the study and had not been changed during the study period All the patients had multi-vessel coronary artery disease with severe leftventriculardysfunctionand other patients' characteristics...
... transducer The left ven- 334 tricular diastolic andsystolic dimensions were measured in the parasternal long-axis view according to the standard recommendations (5) The leftventricular ejection ... amplitude and phase analysis to provide a clear definition of the septum and the atrio -ventricular junction Leftventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was calculated as (end-diastolic counts-end -systolic ... Duration of leftventricular systole and diastole (method of calculation) The absolute duration of leftventricular systole was defined as the time interval between the onset of the R-wave and the...
... conception and study design VB Assist in surgical procedures and acquisition of data II and KH investigations and follow up of patients All were involved in interpretation of data and statistical ... revascularization among patients with leftventriculardysfunction The technique was found to be associated with better myocardial revascularization, more morbidity and mortality when compared to off-pump ... combined coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with severe leftventricular dysfunction: assessment of myocardial function and clinical outcome Heart Surg Forum 2005, 8(3):E189-82 Prifti...
... aleft ventricular rupture thin rim 3and and inferoseptal lefttissue (arrow) SSFP MR images with an area of large area of microvascular covered by ain the inferolateral short axis (b) first ventricular ... Axial (a) Axial (a) and short axis (b) first pass perfusion SSFP MR images demonstrate a large area of microvascular obstruction in the inferolateral and inferoseptal leftventricular wall (arrowheads) ... Society of North America Research and Education Foundation Authors' contributions JVC conducted the CT and MRI exams and drafted the manuscript JS drafted the manuscript and conducted the literature...
... investigate the acute and chronic effects of RVS pacing on electrical and mechanical synchrony, systolicand diastolic ventricular function and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality Alternative ... reveals leftventricular dyssynchrony in patients with permanent right ventricular pacing J Am Coll Cardiol 2007, 50(12):1180-1188 Mond HG, Vlay SC: Pacing the right ventricular septum: time to abandon ... Lau CP: Upgrading pacemaker patients with right ventricular apical pacing to right ventricular septal pacing improves leftventricular performance and functional capacity J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol...
... pulsed Doppler and TDI to assess systolicand diastolic LV function In the transgastric short axis view, posterior wall thickness (PWT), LV end-diastolic and end -systolic areas (EDA and ESA, respectively) ... inotropic sup- Table 2: Hemodynamic in patients with and without post-CPB leftventriculardysfunction No LV dysfunction (n = 56) With LV dysfunction (n = 38) P value Mean Arterial Pressure, ... according to the presence of post-CPB leftventriculardysfunction No LV dysfunction (n = 56) With LV dysfunction (n = 38) 66 (9) 74 (10) P value Preoperative clinical and biological variables Age (y)...
... perfusion and reduce platelet activation [320] as well as endothelial dysfunction after CPB [321] Oral sildenafil has been effective in patients with PH due to leftventricularsystolic dysfunction, ... radionuclide and hemodynamic study J Am Coll Cardiol 1984, 4:945-951 Parker MM, McCarthy KE, Ognibene FP, Parrillo JE: Right ventriculardysfunctionand dilatation, similar to leftventricular ... diminished leftventricular size and leftward ventricular septal bowing Chest 1999, 116:1218-1223 Vlahakes GJ, Turley K, Hoffman JI: The pathophysiology of failure in acute right ventricular...
... decrease in leftventricular end-diastolic diameter and some improvement in leftventricular function, but the right ventricular function remained moderate In our opinion the decrease in leftventricular ... decreased and replaced by oral heart failure therapy Echocardiography is used to assess leftventricular filling, a neutral interventricular septum position indicates adequate leftventricular ... came from SG and MDP SG, MDP, EVDC, FT, FM and IH collected data and prepared the article YVB, SB and FDS critically reviewed the paper SG and MDP finalized the text All authors read and approved...
... identified before, but the rule expanding the parent after, all of the children Left- corner parsers announce a parent category and its expanding rule after its leftmost child has been completed, ... parser, with good coverage, accuracy, and efficiency Next we considered the left- corner parsing strategy 3.2 Left- corner parsing Left- corner (LC) parsing (Rosenkrantz and Lewis II, 1970) is a well-known ... (identified) relative to its children, and the point at which the rule expanding the parent is identified In pure top-down parsing, a parent category and the rule expanding it are announced before any...
... current and aspiring members of Congress and the White House He always provides well founded and insightful commentary that identifies and explains complex developments in economics and finance and ... has largely failed and must be replaced as the master discipline by political theory and science, and with a new emphasis on fairness and justice in the distribution of benefits and rewards Woody ... standard economic and financial analysis And the economics profession currently seems at a loss to provide credible and practical policy prescriptions for the current malaise facing the U.S and...
... World Left, and thus an entry into this book RACE, CLASS, AND THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES Since my initial curiosity, the literature on the radical and revolutionary movements of the sixties and ... immediate and concrete, as they focused on specific territorial demands and historic land claims.14 Accordingly, the geographic focus of more radical Indian activism was reservations and rural lands ... was rising up and challenging imperialism, economic and racial inequality, and societal norms and conventions.43 Hence the boundaries of what seemed possible were greatly expanded, and people engaged...
... II, and III, and was also similar between Group IV and Group V (Figure 8, left panel) On the other hand, the expression was markedly higher in Group I, II, and III than in Group IV, V, and VI, and ... myocardial infarction; LVEF = leftventricular ejection fraction; FS = fractional shortening; LVEDD = leftventricular end-diastolic dimension; LVESD = leftventricularsystolic dimension *Transthoracic ... Medium Treatment on 90-Day LeftVentricular Function and Fractional Shortening The initial leftventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), fractional shortening (FS), LVEDD and LVESD were similar among...