Pulse oximeters can also determine the distance between two pulse waves. However, these differ from the NN intervals measured on the heart using electrodes. A systematic review [24] showed that only in young, healthy subjects under resting conditions are there acceptable correspondences between NN i...
There is therefore a need to develop simple, low-cost, widely available alternatives to improve the adoption of healthy lifestyles, particularly in patients at highest risk of cardiovascular events. Mobile phone text messages to remind, encourage, and motivate patients might be useful in this regard...
Practicing a heart-healthy diet doesn’t require copious planning and preparation. There are simple things you can do throughout the week to gear your diet towards cardiovascular well-being. Simple substitutions and wholesome alternatives to junk food and snacks will help you support your heart’s...
Healthy control hiPSCs (hPSCreg MRI003-A; 1 × 106) were nucleofected with 1 µg of pXAT2 plasmid (Addgene, 80494) containing sequences for an AAVS1 locus-specific single guide RNA (GGG GCC ACT AGG GAC AGG AT) and the Cas9 nuclease and 3 µg of donor construct (pAAV...
Eating heart-healthy foods is an important step in taking care of your heart. But what foods should you be eating to keep your heart healthy, and what foods should you try to avoid or eat sparingly? The following popular foods and meals are some that do not promote heart health. ...
h–j NRF1 expression is significantly reduced in heart ventricular tissue from patients with heart failure compared to healthy hearts. Box-and-whisker plots are provided in which the central line denotes the median value, the edges of the boxes represent the upper and lower quartiles, and ...
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also elevated in patients with HF compared to healthy controls and associated with a worse clinical prognosis [27,33,40]. A member of the anti-inflammatory interleukin family, IL-1RA has also been found to be elevated in patients with HFrEF with or without diabetes compared to healthy controls...
29. Withhold digitalis preparation as indicated, and notify the physician if marked changes occur in cardiac rate or rhythm or signs ofdigitalis toxicityoccur. The incidence of toxicity is high (20%) because of the narrow margin between therapeutic and toxic ranges. Digoxin may have to be discon...
36 Such a disconnect between perceived and actual levels of physical activity and cardiovascular risk highlights the potential usefulness of smartphones as personalized informational tools to optimize healthy lifestyles. The MyHeart Counts app provides the user with feedback in the form of a heart age...