Clinical symp toms included those of congestive heart failure but there was no hypertension. The possible pathogenetic mechanisms are discussed and a literature review is also performed, focusing attention on the fact that this is an exceptional cause of congestive heart failure in the elderly.Carlos...
Survival for individuals with congenital heart disease (CHD) has greatly improved over the past several decades. There are now more adults than children with CHD. However, while survival has improved to adulthood, mortality in patients with CHD has shifted to adulthood. There is also significant m...
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in the elderly: scope of the problem Heart failure is an epidemic in the elderly and has become a leading cause for hospitalization and death. Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (H... G Castellano,K Karpouzis,JC Martin,... - 《Heart...
Canadian Cardiovascular Society Consensus Conference 2002: Management of heart disease in the elderly patient. Cardiovascular disease is a major health issue for the elderly patient. Many diagnostic, therapeutic and ethical issues are specific for the the older adul... D Fitchett,K Rockwood,BTB Chan...
What skin disorder might be found in a person who is elderly, debilitated, or paralyzed? What is the name for an enlargement of the prostate that surrounds the neck of the bladder in adult men which may cause voiding difficulty? a. Dystrophy b. Eutrophy c. Hyperplasia d. Hypoplasia e. ...
Milrinone therapy for heart failure in the elderly with chronic cor pulmonale; 米力农治疗老年人慢性肺心病心力衰竭50例疗效观察 2. A clinical analysis of 218 cases of chronic cor pulmonale complicated with continuous state of asthma; 慢性肺心病哮喘持续状态218例临床分析 3. Effect of meglumine cyc...
The majority of patients who develop myxedema coma are elderly, yet a high index of suspicion is required to diagnose myxedema coma in this group in whom features of hypothyroidism may be difficult to distinguish from the effects of aging. It is not uncommon for myxedema coma to be the...
•is a severe inflammatory reaction to infection that results in abnormal vasodilation, hypotension and hypoxia due to maldistribution of blood. Patients with a compromised immune system are most prone to this type of shock.•Othe...
CPSS can be diagnosed fortuitously or because of complications at any age from the fetus to the elderly. During pregnancy, CPSS are diagnosed using ultrasound. After birth, the most frequent type of CPSS – intrahepatic – tend to close spontaneously in the first months of life. Nonetheless, so...
The nutritional risk index (NRI), calculated based on serum albumin levels and weight loss, has been validated in many populations and in various surgical and clinical contexts such as heart failure, transplantation, percutaneous coronary intervention or transcatheter aortic valve replacement [[10], [...