THE ROLE OF SURGERY IN HEART FAILURE - part 8 pdf
THE ROLE OF SURGERY IN HEART FAILURE - part 8 pdf
... 1 981 to December 1995. A total of
11 ,83 0 patients were identified and stratified in
* Corresponding author. Emory Heart Center, Divi-
sion of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University
School of ... [13–17] and a large
meta-analysis [ 18] have investigated the use of
CABG in patients who have low LVEF. Several
more recent studies are summarized in Table 1
[19–25]. Most of...
THE ROLE OF SURGERY IN HEART FAILURE - PART 2 pdf
... [5].
Withdrawal of nonsteroidal anti -in ammatory
drugs, including aspirin, also seems to reduce the
need for hospitalization for worsening heart fail-
ure [6,7]. However, when standard pharmacologic
therapy ... reserved.
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Should Patients who have Persistent Severe Symptoms
Receive a Left...
THE ROLE OF SURGERY IN HEART FAILURE - PART 6 pdf
... collagen in idio-
pathic dilated cardiomyopathy: role of metallopro-
teinases and pyridinoline cross links. Am J Pathol
1996;1 48: 1639– 48.
[121] Spinale FG, Coker ML, Thomas CV, et al. Time-
dependent ... changes in matrix metalloproteinase ac-
tivity and expression during the progression of con-
gestive heart failure: relation to ventricular and
myocyte function. Circ Res 1...
THE ROLE OF SURGERY IN HEART FAILURE - part 2 pps
... disease of the elderly, and the prevalence of
chronic heart failure increases with advancing age.
Currently, chronic heart failure is the most
common hospital discharge diagnosis in patients
over the ... shortage
of donor hearts. Currently, the mainstay of heart
failure treatment is pharmacologic and includes
angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, angio-
ten...
THE ROLE OF SURGERY IN HEART FAILURE - part 3 pptx
... there is a change
in clinical status. However patients who have bio-
prosthetic valves may be considered for annual
echocardiography after the first 5 years in the ab-
sence of a change in clinical ... prosthetic valve depends upon the type,
size, and position of the prosthesis as well as the
cardiac output; guidelines are available for the ac-
ceptable range of Doppler...
THE ROLE OF SURGERY IN HEART FAILURE - part 4 ppsx
... spontaneous or inducible ventricu-
lar tachycardia, cryotherapy was also applied to
the edges of the resection (50% of cases). Between
development of the surgical principles in 1 984 and
2002, the Dor ... myocardium [47, 48] . This procedure provides
relief from heart failure symptoms, improved sur-
vival, and important quality -of- life benefit. A
comprehensive meta-analys...
THE ROLE OF SURGERY IN HEART FAILURE - part 6 doc
... result of emerging knowl-
edge, new procedures, and technical advances. This
article addresses the pathophysiology, the treat-
ment options, and their rationale in the setting of
life-threatening ... per year with the annual in-
cidence of AMI at 86 5,000. Total-mention mortal-
ity due to coronary heart disease is 653,000 per year,
making coronary heart disease the la...
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