... adult with cor triatriatum Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1992, 25:323-6 doi:10.1186/1749-8090-6-83 Cite this article as: Kokotsakis et al.: Cor triatriatum presenting as heart failurewithreducedejection ... MRI revealed a mildly dilated LV with great improvement in systolic function and an estimated LVEF of 50% Discussion Cor triatriatum is a rare congenital anomaly with a ratio of men to women of ... openings in the membrane, leading to little or no obstruction [6] Patients with group lesions can survive into adulthood with minor or no symptoms at all, as in the case of our patient Late clinical...
... limited to patients with advanced heart failure and NYHA III functional class and may therefore not be readily generalizable to patients with a milder or a more severer degree of heart failure Furthermore, ... volume index by the respective ejectionfraction Echocardiography Two-dimensional echocardiography was performed in all patients using an ultrasonic device equipped with a 2.5-MHz transducer The ... recommendations (5) The left ventricular ejectionfraction was calculated according to the formula established by Quinones et al (6) Radionuclide angiography Simultaneously with hemodynamic measurements,...
... heart failure, and the effect milrinone in ischemic subset of patients deserves further investigation Conclusion Initiation of milrinone therapy in patients with severe heart failure and reduced ... circulation increases with the severity of heart failure, and the high plasma level of interleukin-6 is an important prognostic predictor in patients with congestive heart failure J Am Coll Cardiol ... patients with acutely decompensated heart failure Jpn Circ J 2001, 65:858-62 Sabbah HN, Wang J, Gupta RC, Iisar I, Viole T, Brewer R: Acute Left Ventricular Unloading in Dogs with Chronic Heart Failure: ...
... patients with chronic heart failure Using the bioinformatic analysis from the http://www pubgene.org program, we showed, in Figure that the molecules newly associated with chronic heart failure ... parameters, such as LVEF and LVIDd, and with disease duration Interestingly, in ICM patients, IL-9 levels inversely correlated with left ventricular ejectionfraction (LVEF) (Table 2) Furthermore, ... are associated with disease progression We here showed an increase in IL-9 levels in both ICM and NIDCM groups vs controls and that IL-9 levels inversely correlated withejectionfraction in ICM...
... patients with chronic heart failure Using the bioinformatic analysis from the http://www pubgene.org program, we showed, in Figure that the molecules newly associated with chronic heart failure ... parameters, such as LVEF and LVIDd, and with disease duration Interestingly, in ICM patients, IL-9 levels inversely correlated with left ventricular ejectionfraction (LVEF) (Table 2) Furthermore, ... are associated with disease progression We here showed an increase in IL-9 levels in both ICM and NIDCM groups vs controls and that IL-9 levels inversely correlated withejectionfraction in ICM...
... 196 patients were evaluated, encompassing 67 patients with stroke, 62 with CHF and 67 caregivers Table shows the sociodemographic data, with study groups well-balanced for age and gender, but ... zero to 17) Mean (+/-SD) time Table Socio-demographic data from 67 patients with stroke, 62 with congestive heart failure (CHF) and 67 caregivers Variables Stroke (a) CHF (b) Caregivers (c) Age ... individuals’ quality of life is significantly greater in comparison to patients with congestive heart failure and caregivers Patients with stroke, despite minor deficits, suffer from significant reduction...
... ventricular ejectionfraction in the subgroup of patients for whom information on the ejectionfraction was available: 3852 with an ejectionfraction of 30 percent or less, 4998 with an ejectionfraction ... during the trial, as compared with 295 of the 4998 patients with an ejectionfraction of 31 to 40 percent (6 percent) and 119 of the 2406 patients with an ejectionfraction of more than 40 percent ... Among the patients with a known left ventricular ejection fraction, 49 percent of all sudden deaths or cardiac arrests with resuscitation occurred in patients with an ejectionfraction of 30 percent...
... supplemented with 2% fetal bovine serum To isolate mononuclear cells, the gradient centrifugation method with Percoll was used [16] After the cells were washed in PBS for times, labeled with a fluorescent ... myocardium were observed in all rats Stromal Vascular Fraction (SVF) Isolation Stromal vascular fraction was isolated as Zuk et al described with some modifications [14] Adipose tissue was obtained ... than those in the control group (P < 0.05) The SVF and BM-MNC groups had better fractional shortening and ejectionfraction than the control group Cell transplants PKH26 labelled transplanted cells...
... patients with a low EF [24] Our study included patients without preoperative viability test results and those with Table 6: Survival rates (%) for 1, 5, and 10 years, stratified by preoperative ejection ... patients with low ejectionfraction Circulation 2005, 112(9 Suppl):I344-I350 Ascione R, Narayan P, Rogers CA, Lim KH, Capoun R, Angelini GD: Early and midterm clinical outcome in patients with severe ... whose EF was within normal limits There were also fewer off-pump operations in patients with a low EF Early and late mortality were statistically significantly higher in patients with a lower...
... performed with Fisher’s exact test, with and without studies with unit of allocation error We used those data to compare the differences between the individual CAS characteristics associated with ... patients with chronic heart failure European Journal of Heart Failure 2001, 3(6):723-30 36 Pugh LC, Havens DS, Xie S, Robinson JM, Blaha C: Case management for elderly persons with heart failure: ... Goldstein MK: Clinical reminders attached to echocardiography reports of patients withreduced left ventricular ejectionfraction increase use of beta-blockers: a randomized trial Circulation 2007,...
... points with a standard deviation of (a relatively small effect), with alpha = 0.05 and beta = 0.20, ICC = 0.05, a total of 51 practices with 10 patients each would be required, or 59 practices with ... heart failure 2008: the Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Heart Failure 2008 of the European Society of Cardiology Developed in collaboration with the Heart Failure ... CHF with preserved left ventricular function (diastolic CHF) In our study, both patient groups may be included, as the practice guideline gives recommendations for both the patients with and without...
... heart failure in Hodgkin’s lymphoma has not yet been reported in the literature This case report describes a rare case of cardiac involvement in Hodgkin’s lymphoma which presented as heart failure ... presented with tender mobile lymph nodes in her right neck (5 × mm), bilateral inguinal area (0.5 cm × 0.5 cm) and left axillary (0.7 cm × 0.7 cm), as well as marked hepatosplenomegaly and ascites with ... been diagnosed with lymphoma and metastasis There were no signs of Hodgkin’s lymphoma in the bone marrow and bone aspiration test results Laboratory findings included severe anemia with moderate...
... renal failure, amyloid-related nephrotic syndrome, or congestive heart failure When heart failure is suspected, considerations include amyloidosis, former therapies, ischemia, and high-output failure ... to patients with other etiologies of high-output failure such as Paget's disease remains to be studied Conclusion High-output heart failure is likely under-diagnosed in patients with multiple ... myeloma associated with high-output failure that rapidly responded to the initiation of these agents Case presentation Case A 50-year-old man of Indian ancestry who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma...
... patients with severe left heart failure without additional severe sepsis/septic shock, and group B includes patients with severe left heart failurewith additional severe sepsis/septic shock FiO2, fractional ... Group A includes patients with severe left heart failure without additional severe sepsis/septic shock, and group B includes patients with severe left heart failurewith additional severe sepsis/septic ... left heart failurewith or without additional severe sepsis/septic shock and to compare withwith SvO2 The hypothesis was that StO2 may estimate SvO2 in patients severe left heart failure and...
... Hemodynamic data in patients with heart failure and additional sepsis treated with and without dobutamine Hemodynamic data All (n = 52) Treatment with dobutemine (n = 43) Treatment without dobutamine (n ... patients with severe heart failurewith additional sepsis/ septic shock This relation between the StO2 deoxygenation rate and the ScvO2-SvO2 difference was also present in patients treated with or without ... does not estimate SvO in patients with severe left heart failure and additional severe sepsis or septic shock However, in patients with severe left heart failure without additional severe sepsis...
... (called the ejection fraction) A healthy heart pumps at least one-half the amount of blood in the left ventricle with each heartbeat Radionuclide ventriculography also measures the ejectionfraction ... treatments not help Patients with this stage of heart failure are said to have endstage heart failure Heart transplant usually is considered for patients with end-stage heart failure when all other ... lives Patients with severe heart failure may eventually have to consider heart transplantation Approximately 50% of patients diagnosed with congestive heart failure live for five years with the condition...
... with diastolic dysfunction or those with a left ventricular ejectionfraction > 45% The ancillary group, with diastolic dysfunction, had results consistent with the main trial withejection fractions ... can be beneficial in patients with current or prior symptoms of heart failure and reduced left ventricular ejectionfraction to decrease hospitalizations for heart failure (Level of Evidence: B) ... that of heart failure patients with depressed systolic performance [19] Indeed, in patients hospitalized with worsening heart failure, long-term prognosis was worse for patients with normal systolic...
... treatment with a combination of hydralazine and isosorbide dinitrate 4.10PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILUREWITH PRESERVED EJECTIONFRACTION Not all patients with heart failure have LVSD Patients with clinical ... physical activity without discomfort: symptoms of heart failure are present even at rest with increased discomfort with any physical activity Chronic heart failure can be associated with left ventricular ... Patients with chronic heart failure who are taking simvastatin should be advised to avoid grapefruit juice (which may interfere with liver metabolism of the drug) 12 Patients with chronic heart failure...
... along with the Trp316Ser and Cys306Gly genotypes All three polymorphisms were significantly associated with b2GPI plasma levels (P < 0.0001) In all cases the less common genotypes were associated with ... probes without nuclear extracts or TFIID, respectively Lanes and are wild and mutant type probes incubated with nuclear extracts, respectively Lanes and are wild and mutant type probes incubated with ... is associated with low b2GPI plasma and mRNA levels as well as a twofold reduced expression of the tagged-Luc gene The )1CfiA mutation was also in strong linkage disequilibrium with the Trp316Ser...
... cardiac stem cells (CSC) [18] Human heart possesses a CSC pool which is reduced in heart failure due to apoptosis, resulting in a reduced number of functionally competent cells [17] Therefore, formation ... patients [9] The prognosis for patients with chronic ischemic left ventricular (LV) dysfunction is poor, despite advances in pharmacological management With only 2000 donor hearts available annually ... lead to repopulation of the infarcted tissue with contracting cardiomyocytes This fact could explain the inability to wean mechanical support in patients with ICM [2] Induction of molecular and cellular...