1 criteria of left ventricular hypertrophy

... assess the regression of left ventricular hypertrophy Several authors have demonstrated that no difference in left ventricular mass regression is found between year and years of follow up [9,13,14] ... in left ventricular function and hypertrophy after aortic valve replacement Ann Thorac Surg 1996, 62:683-90 10 De Paulis R, Sommariva L, Colagrande L, et al: Regression of left ventricular hypertrophy ... of patients, left ventricular mass regression was similar in both groups at and 12 months, despite the superior hemodynamic performance of the pulmonary autografts Significant regression of left...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... relaxation time; LV, left ventricular; LVEDVI, left ventricular end-diastolic volume index; Vmax, maximal velocity; Vp, propagation velocity ous studies reported similar results with use of conventional ... Preload dependence of Doppler tissue imag- Page of (page number not for citation purposes) 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 ing derived indices of left ventricular diastolic ... on left ventricular filling pattern Eur Heart J 1993, 14:655-661 Ojanen S, Virtanen V, Kööbi T, Mustonen J, Pasternack A: The effect of isolated ultrafiltration on Doppler-derived indices of left...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... Fortier A, Guertin MC, Carrier M, Martineau R: Left ventricular end-diastolic pressure is a predictor of mortality in cardiac surgery independently of left ventricular ejection fraction Br J Anaesth ... [24,37,38], below a threshold value of 50 cm/sec, Vp reliably detected all grades of diastolic dysfunction In addition, analysis of ROC curves indicated that a cut-off value of 40 cm/sec was helpful to ... 14:R101 http://ccforum.com/content/14/3/R101 Page of 11 Table 3: Distribution of perioperative variables according to the presence of post-CPB left ventricular dysfunction No LV dysfunction (n =...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:22

... common predisposing cause of left ventricular thrombi, left ventricular thrombi can develop in any situation in which low flow occurs [14] In our study, all of the left ventricular thrombi were ... observations offer important information in an otherwise unknown topic such as that of left ventricular thrombosis in surgical patients; hence, the hypothesis of the high rates of left ventricular ... visualize the left ventricular apex Indeed, only when the transducer is moved to a lower interspace is the left ventricular apex included in the field [22] Among our patients, a view of the left ventricular...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... left ventricular pressure, and left atrial pressure hardly exceeds this elevated left ventricular pressure (Courtesy of T C Gillebert and A F Leite-Moreira.) PREFACE The assessment of left ventricular ... During atrial contraction, left atrial pressure again exceeds left ventricular pressure The solid arrow points to left ventricular minimal pressure, the dotted arrow to left ventricular pre-A pressure, ... evaluation of left ventricular relaxation and estimation of filling pressures J Am Coll Cardiol 1997;30:1527-33 91 Ruan Q, Rao L, Middleton KJ, Khoury DS, Nagueh SF Assessment of left ventricular...

Ngày tải lên: 20/01/2016, 13:07

... measure of the degree of LV dyssynchrony Furthermore, the shortening of diastolic time is an often overlooked mechanism of cardiac dysfunction The duration of diastole is a principal determinant of ... prolongation of LV systole and a consecutively shortened LV diastole in patients with LBBB irrespective of the presence of left ventricular systolic dysfunction The absolute loss of diastolic ... descending limb of its function curve In this situation a prolongation of left ventricular ejection was demonstrated which may be viewed as a compensatory mechanism that serves to maintain left ventricular...

Ngày tải lên: 05/11/2012, 11:32

... [9] The rapid onset of hemodynamic improvement of CRT may be of clinical benefit in an acute setting and it is likely that CRT has an additive effect on the unloading of the left ventricle and ... Treatment of cardiogenic shock with left ventricular assist device combined with cardiac resynchronization therapy: A case report Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2010, 5:54 Page of ... clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a percutaneous left ventricular assist device versus intra-aortic balloon pumping for treatment of cardiogenic shock caused by myocardial infarction...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... = left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVESD = left ventricular end-systolic diameter; LVEDV = left ventricular enddiastolic volume; LVESV = left ventricular end-systolic volume; LVEDP = left ... repair (n = 13) LVEDD = left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVEDV = left ventricular end-diastolic volume; LVEDP = left ventricular enddiastolic pressure; LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction; ... leads to leakage of the anatomically normal MV Following dilatation of the annular -ventricular apparatus, papillary muscle displacement, and an altered ventricular geometry, left ventricular volume...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20

... incidence of acute renal dysfunction and the need for hemofiltration, which supports the finding of Vohra, et al [19] It has been proposed that the use of preoperative IABP may lead to minimization of ... patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000, 119:550-557 Chamberlain MH, Ascione R, Reeves BC, Angelini GD: Evaluation of the effectiveness of off-pump coronary ... perfect visualization of the coronary artery The left anterior descending artery was revascularized first in all patients In cases of vein grafting, the proximal anastomosis of the vein on the aorta...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20

... such as, a) left atrial -left ventricular pressure gradient at the time of mitral valve opening, b) left atrial chamber compliance, c) left ventricular chamber compliance, d) grade of left ventricle ... elevated left ventricular end-diastolic pressure may or may not be associated with systolic dysfunction of left ventricle, suggesting left ventricular DD even in the absence of reduced left ventricular ... aspect of DD is the relationship between systolic and diastolic left ventricular dysfunction [2,29,30] Increased left ventricular end systolic volume for example, affects the rate of left ventricular...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20

... of our specialty will offer little to budding urologists; rather, this text serves as a single source for quick reference on most aspects of this broad spectrum of BPH treatments Management of ... College of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland HARRIS E FOSTER, JR., MD • Section of Urology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT GLENN S GERBER, MD • Section of Urology, Department of Surgery, ... aspect of the prostate gland merge with veins of the vesical plexus and the deep dorsal vein of the penis to form the plexus of Santorini within the puboprostatic space This confluence of veins...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:20

... injection of ultrasound contrast agent confirmed an area of non-compacted myocardium subtending a thinner walled area of compaction and a diagnosis of IVNC was made (Fig 3) Discussion Isolated left ventricular ... significantly The purpose of this case report is to highlight the diagnosis of IVNC and briefly review our current understanding of the condition The presence of marked left ventricular trabeculation ... report emphasises the importance of differenti- Chin TK, Perloff JK, Williams RG, Jue K, Mohrmann R: Isolated noncompaction of left ventricular myocardium A study of eight cases Circulation 1990,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 21:22

... G, Haggmark S, Biber B: Analysis of left ventricular systolic function during elevated external cardiac pressures: an examination of measured transmural left ventricular pressure during pressurevvolume ... experiment and on the size of the animal's lung) The results were expressed as percentages of each subrange of attenuation as compared with the total lung area For evaluation of the left ventricle, the ... open lung ventilation does not increase right ventricular afterload Intensive Care Med 2005, 31:s21 Carabello BA: Evolution of the study of left ventricular function: everything old is new again...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:24

... line) Left ventricular end-diastolic area (LVEDA) was defined as peak of the left ventricular area during diastole Left ventricular end-systolic area (LVESA) was defined as minimum left ventricular ... midpapillarytransgastric, cross-sectional view of the left ventricle view of the left ventricle at midpapillary muscle level with automated border detection (ABD) Endocardial border of the left ventricle, including ... deviation LVEDAI, left ventricular end-diastolic area index; ΔPP, respiratory variations in pulse pressure; ΔSA, respiratory variations in left ventricular stroke area Page of (page number not...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... CRITERIA OF ACCEPTANCE FOR CONSTANT RATE OF STRAIN CONSOLIDATION TEST FOR COHESIVE SOIL LAM CHEE SIANG A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Master of ... TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER TITLE PAGE DECLARATION DEDICATION iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv ABSTRACT v ABSTRAK vi TABLE OF CONTENTS vii LIST OF TABLES xii LIST OF FIGURE xiv LIST OF SYMBOLS xix LIST OF APPENDICES ... this thesis is sufficient in terms of scope and quality for the award of the degree of Master of Engineering (Geotechnics) Signature : Name of Supervisor : PM Dr Khairul Anuar...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2013, 15:01

... make use of the get next state(x,y) function to compute the next state of each cell (d) Write the code for get next state(x,y), so the function returns the next state (ALIVE or DEAD) of the cell ... using the number of live neighbors (returned by the num neighbors(x,y) function) and the Game of Life rules (e) Fill in the function num neighbors(x,y), so it returns the number of live neighbors ... off: Part B: The World in a File In the first part of this lab, the initial state of the world was hard-coded into lifegame.c and the final state of the world was output to the console In this part,...

Ngày tải lên: 25/04/2013, 08:07

... time dependence of pj is omitted, the time variation of  can be written as X ðtÞ ¼ UðtÞj j ð0Þipj h j ð0ÞjUðtÞy ¼ UðtÞð0ÞUðtÞy ðA1:6Þ j Then, calculation of the time derivative of  results in ... calculate the value of the macroscopic observable hAi without knowing j ji and pj, provided that  is obtained A1.2 EQUATION OF MOTION FOR THE DENSITY OPERATOR The time variation of a state j ji ... equation to calculate (t), followed by calculation of hAi by Eq (A1.4), clarifies the behavior of the whole system concerning the observation of the quantity A The above description is made in...

Ngày tải lên: 17/10/2013, 13:15

... long-term effects of the crash on the purchasing power of the currency of Country T to the immediate, more severe short-term effects of the crash on the purchasing power of the currency of Country T ... members of the armed forces serving overseas B Expressing the difference between the numbers of deaths among civilians and members of the armed forces as a percentage of the total number of deaths ... threat of nuclear catastrophe has increased over the years B most people supported the development of nuclear arms C people’s perception of the threat of nuclear catastrophe depends on the amount of...

Ngày tải lên: 17/10/2013, 15:15

... NET, it offers a choice of languages, initially Microsoft Visual Basic and Microsoft Visual C#, and eliminates the common problems faced with language interoperability Module 1: Overview of Windows ... terminals, to retail point -of- sale terminals There are three variants of the Retail Point -of- Sale Device configuration: Retail Point -of- Sale Workstation Retail Point -of- Sale Workstation includes ... maximum size of 256 MB A record inside a database has a maximum size of 128 KB A property inside a record has a maximum size of 64 KB Maximum of four indexes per database Module 1: Overview of Windows...

Ngày tải lên: 18/10/2013, 17:15