A handbook for clinical practice - part 3 pdf

... mortality after acute myocardial infarction. Lancet 1999; 35 3: 139 0– 139 6. 53. Ghuran A, Reid F, La Rovere MT, et al. The ATRAMI Investigators. Heart rate turbulence-based predictors of fatal and ... T-wave variability. T-wave alternans, usually analyzed in exercise testing, is yet another measure of myocardial vulnerability to arrhythmias. Signal-averaged ECG A broad QRS complex is a...

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... as- cending aorta. Echocardiography Echocardiography (TTE and TEE) is a non-invasive and readily available modality for evaluation of aortic dissection. TTE can evaluate the aortic root and arch, but ... aorta, presence of pericardial fluid, evidence of end-organ ischemia, and can visualize the proximal third of the coronary ar- teries. 7 Intramural hematoma appears as a crescent-shaped,...

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... of magnetic resonance imaging of cardiac and paracardiac masses. Am J Cardiol 20 03; 92:890. Further reading Araoz PA, Mulvagh SL, Tazlaar HD, et al. CT and MR imaging of benign primary cardiac neoplasms ... imaging of smaller masses, particularly in the atria, atrial appendages, or associated with valvular structures. Contrast-enhanced echocardiography improves visualization of intracardiac...

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... index. ISBN- 13: 97 8-1 -4 05 1 -3 13 1-5 (alk. paper) ISBN-10: 1-4 05 1 -3 13 1-4 (alk. paper) 1. Heart — Imaging — Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Cardiovascular system — Imaging — Handbooks, manuals, etc. [DNLM: ... published 2005 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cardiovascular imaging : a handbook for clinical practice / edited by Jeroen J. Bax [et al....

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... 3 CSA LVOT VTI LVOT VTI As-Jet Stenotic valve AVA Figure 3. 7 Schematic diagram of the continuity equation to calculate the aortic valve area. AVA, aortic valve area; CSA, cross-sectional area; LVOT, left ventricular ... 6/18/05 11: 13 AM Page 43 CHAPTER 4 Aortic regurgitation Helmut Baumgartner and Gerald Maurer 36 Case Presentation A 33 -year-old man had a routine health check-u...

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... tests that are available to clinicians are based on the assessment of regional and global function, regional myocardial perfu- sion, myocardial metabolism, or coronary anatomy. The cardiovascular ... pharmacologic myocardial perfusion imaging that are associated with high-risk CAD and an increased probability of future cardiac events. A large amount of data published in the literature has...

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... resonance angiogram (MRA) of normal renal arteries. BCI10 6/18/05 3: 00 PM Page 1 23 Risk stratification post-infarction 133 Case Presentation A 6 3- year-old man with no prior history of cardiovascular ... data sets in 274 patients after acute myocardial infarction, Miller et al. 3 found a significant association between infarct size and overall, as well as car- diac mortality at mid-...

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... diagnoses Acute dyspnea 159 Figure 13. 4 Apical three-chamber transthoracic echocardiogram in an 8 3- year-old man with acute pulmonary edema 2 days after acute anterior myocardial infarction demonstrating ... coro- nary artery bypass graft patency, and anomalous coronary arteries. 5 Acute dyspnea 157 Figure 13. 2 CMR (left) and X-ray (right) coronary angiography in a patient with high- gra...

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... hemodynamics. Conventional echocardiographic parameters Table 15.1 provides an overview on the available conventional parameters that are valuable for the assessment of dyssynchrony before CRT implantation and for ... bene- fit of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with end-stage heart failure be- fore pacemaker implantation. Am J Cardiol 20 03; 92:1 238 –40. 14 Yu CM, Fung WH,...

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... Diagnostic and prognostic value of serial dobuta- mine stress echocardiography for non-invasive assessment of cardiac allograft vascu- lopathy: comparison with coronary angiography and intravascular ... PM Page 244 CHAPTER 19 Evaluation of the transplanted heart Oberdan Parodi, Maria Frigerio, and Benedetta De Chiara Introduction Cardiac transplantation is an established treatment for ad...

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