In addition, the echocardiogram allows for the quantitative assessment of the dimensions, geometry, thickness and regional motion of the right and left ventricles and the qualitative evaluation of the atria, pericardium, valves and vascular structures. Such a comprehensive evaluation is important, since...
Steven M. Ettinger Pennsylvania State University Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute None None None None None None None Francis M. Fesmire Director, Heart-Stroke Center, Assistant Professor None None None None None None None Theodore G. Ganiats University of California San Diego—Professor and ...
incorporating the control panel or programming module into the portable unit worn by the patient increases the complexity, size and weight of the control unit. On the other hand, the use of an immobile base station forces the patient to go to a doctor's office or hospital for any required ...
cathcter intervention.By performing the nunimally invasive proeedure the trauma caused bycxtracorporeal circulation can be avoided.Through the combination withPTCA a less invasive therapy of coronary multivessel discase becomespossible in select patients.Postoperative complications and hospital stay canbe ...
disease, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, diabetes, cerebrovascular disease, heart failure, peripheral vascular disease, chronic renal disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, symptoms, serum glucose, total cholesterol, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and low-density lipoprotein ...
[1–3]. Acute dysfunction of the RV, irrespective of baseline pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR), has been a well-recognized entity in ICU patients with septic shock and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) [4,5]. The decompensation of the RV function is detrimental to survival, ...
Mann DL (2011) The emerging role of innate immunity in the heart and vascular system: for whom the cell tolls. Circ Res 108(9):1133–1145 PubMed CAS Google Scholar Maisch B, Richter A, Koelsch S et al (2006) Management of patients with suspected (peri-)myocarditis and inflammatory dil...
Substance abuse was common in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s time, and it remains a major problem today. It has been estimated that 6.9% of the U.S. population are illicit drug users.1 The effects of substance abuse on the cardiovascular system can be divided