Transcatheter PFO closure is recommended in patients fulfilling all the following criteria: age of 16 to 60 years; recent (less than or equal to 6 months) ischemic stroke; PFO associated with atrial septal aneurysm (greater than 10 mm) or with a right-to-left shunt of greater than 20 micro...
In spite of the potential mortality benefits of receiving an ICD device, psychological problems experienced by patients after receiving an ICD may negatively impact their health-related QOL, and lead to increased re-admission to hospital and healthcare needs, loss of productivity and employment earning...
Consequences of uncontrolled hypertension include, but are not limited to, retinal vascular disease and stroke, left ventricular hypertrophy and failure, myocardial infarction, dissecting aneurysm, and renovascular disease. A large segment of the general population, as well as a large segment of ...
cardiac tamponade appears to be slightly more common in men than in women. A male-to-female ratio of 1.25:1 was observed at the author's referral center, based on the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) code 423.9. However, a male-to-female ...
threatening arrhythmias de ned as ollows: sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) > 30 s, VT required shock therapy or anti-tachycardia pacing, ven- tricular brillation (VF), cardiac arrest and cardiovascular hospitalization (pulmonary embolism, new onset AF and peripheral artery disease/aneurysm ...
The presence of an aneurysm, aneurysm treatment, and the presence of an intracerebral hematoma were noted. A new computed tomography-verified cerebral infarction from onset of symptoms up to 6 weeks after SAH was noted as a cerebral infarction. All data collection was performed before registry ...
I25.41 Coronary artery aneurysm [prediction of adverse events in individuals with coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)] I25.700 -hyphen I25.84 Atherosclerosis of coronary bypass graft(s) and coronary artery of transplanted heart, atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological coronary bypass graft(s), chron...
Most aneurysm clips, intra-cranial or intra-ocular metal, shrapnel, cardiac pacemakers or pacemaker wires and cochlear implants are absolute contraindications for MRI. Magnetic resonance imaging has somewhat less spatial resolution than CT scan.