An alcohol cardiomyopathy is said to be present when other causes of a dilated cardiomyopathy have been excluded and there is a history of heavy, sustained alcohol intake. The usual requirement in terms of alcohol amount is 100 g alcohol per day, typically over several years. However, in susce...
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Abbreviations Table of Contents Executive Summary Overview Methodology in the Establishment of Reference Value and Ranges Acoustic Windows and Echocardiographic Views of the Right Heart Nomenclature of Right Heart Segments and Coronary Supply Conventional Two-Dimensional Assessment of the Right Heart Fractional...
Abbreviations WCPP: WeChat platform program VHD: Valvular heart disease CVD: Cardiovascular disease CVIS: Cardiac Valve Interventional Surgery SF-36: 36-Item short-form health survey 6MWT: 6-Minute walk test MBI: Modified Barthel index MACE: Major adverse cardiovascular events LOS: ...
The disease-related search terms included: “cardiovascular disease”, “ischemic heart disease”, “coronary heart disease”, “acute coronary syndrome”, “myocardial infarction”, “stroke”, “cerebral haemorrhage”, “cerebral infarction”, and their synonyms, variations, or abbreviations; other ...
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Despite all the potential that DE has and the progress made with VFM and Echo-PIV, there is no DE method that can comprehensively evaluate local hemodynamics in the LV, valves, ascending aorta and left atrium in terms of vortical structures, their temporal evolutions, fluid transport and mixing...
Abbreviations: CHF, congestive heart failure; ECG, electrocardiogram; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; NYHA, New York Heart Association.Chagas gastrointestinal tract disease results from damage to intramural neurons and predominantly affects the esophagus, colon, or both.18,29,30 The esophageal ...
We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Web of Science databases using the terms statin, HMG CoA reductase inhibitor, and fibrate and also names of individual statins (atorvastatin, fluvastatin, lovastatin, pitavastatin, pravastatin, rosuvastatin, simvastatin) and fibrates (bezafibrate, ciprofibrate, clofibrate...
Abbreviations Table of Contents Organization of the Writing Group and Evidence Review 1. Introduction 2. Echocardiography 3. Nuclear Imaging 3. Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 4. Cardiac Computed Tomography 5. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Imaging in the Pediatric Population 6. Role of Imaging in the Diff...