cardiac pacemakers and resynchronization therapy

... Editor-in-Chief of this journal Abbreviations CRT: Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy; SAVE: Septal Anterior Ventricular Exclusion; CRT-D: Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy with Defibrillator; MVR: Mitral ... defibrillator In the CARE-HF (Cardiac Resynchronization in Heart Failure) trial, a randomized controlled trial comparing optimal medical therapy alone with optimal medical therapy plus CRT without ... Cardioverter-Defibrillator; CARE-HF: Cardiac Resynchronization in Heart Failure; COMPANION: Comparison of Medical Therapy, Pacing, and Defibrillation in Heart Failure; SCD: Sudden Cardiac Death; CHD: Congenital...

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... during cardiac resynchronization therapy Ann Intern Med 2005;142:968-973 Auricchio A, Stellbrink C, Sack S, et al Long-term clinical effect of hemodynamically optimized cardiac resynchronization therapy ... effects of long-term cardiac resynchronization therapy Circulation 2006;113:1295-1304 Strickberger SA, Conti J, Daoud EG, et al Patient selection for cardiac resynchronization therapy: From the ... 2004;44:1834-1840 Bax J, Abraham T, Barold S, et al Cardiac resynchronization therapy: Part 2—Issues during and after device implantation and unresolved questions J Am Coll Cardiol 2005;46(12):21682182...

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... cardiopulmonary support (CPS) and different percutaneous LVAD systems (i.e the TandemHeart® and the Impella LP 2.5/5.0®) The Impella LP 2.5® is inserted via the femoral artery and advanced retrogradly ... Heart J 2005, 26:1276-83 Cleland JG, Daubert JC, Erdmann E, Freemantle N, Gras D, Kappenberger L, Tavazzi L: The effect of cardiac resynchronization on morbidity and mortality in heart failure ... ventricular assist in ischemic cardiac arrest Crit Care Med 2009, 37:1365-72 Herweg B, Ilercil A, Cutro R, Dewhurst R, Krishnan S, Weston M, Barold SS: Cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with...

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... et al.: The effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on left ventricular function, myocardial energetics, and metabolic reserve in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure J Am ... SBP and PP variation at a time interval of 7.5 seconds (in accordance with previous studies [3]) and observed a similar behavior of fluctuations of SBP and PP calculated in the time domain and ... European Society of Cardiology and the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology: Heart rate variability Standards of measurement, physiological interpretation, and clinical use Circulation...

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... of Cardiac Pacing Chapter Biologic Pacemaker - Role of Gene and Cell Therapy in Cardiac Arrhythmias Hadi A.R Hadi Khafaji Chapter Coherent Resonant Properties of Cardiac Cells A Chorvatova and ... Santiago Sandoval-Navarrete and Rocío Moz-Sandoval Chapter Permanent Cardiac Pacing in Adults with High Grade Atriovetricular Block and Preserved Left Ventricular Function: Optimal Mode and Site ... implementation of modern pacemakers and different cardiac pacing methods in various clinical indications A forehanded glance on the ways of further development in cardiac pacing methods and means is also...

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... Med Sci 2010, with APS We therefore compared single antiplatelet therapy and a combination of antiplatelet and anticoagulation therapy for secondary prevention in ischemic stroke patients with ... with venous and arterial occlusive disease in multiple organs, miscarriages, and livedo reticularis Materials and Methods We focused on the secondary prevention of stroke with APS, and compared ... prevention of stroke with APS, and compared single antiplatelet therapy and a combination of antiplatelet and anticoagulation therapy in ischemic stroke patients with APS The subjects were 20...

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... Chapter 10, pacing after cardiac surgery is quite common and that does allow temporary transthoracic atrial and ventricular leads to be placed, and AAI pacing, VVI pacing, and DDD pacing are all ... 1990;15:658 Bleeker GB, Kaandorp TAM, Lamb HJ, et al Effect of posterolateral scar tissue on clinical and echocardiographic improvement after cardiac resynchronization therapy Circulation 2006;113:969-976 ... Engineers and electrophysiologists have attempted to mimic sequential atrial and ventricular electrical activation of the heart with artificial pacemakers for decades A permanent AV sequential cardiac...

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... phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and Hedgehog, and thus affects metabolism, the cell cycle, gene expression, developmental processes and oncogenesis Active GSK3 is indicative of absent WNT-signaling and leads to ... leukemia patients and collected a total of 64 different MLL fusion partners The analyzed MLL fusion alleles were classified according to their occurrence in ALL and AML patients and their putative ... localization and their putative function Twenty-five of them represent nuclear proteins and 33 represent cytosolic proteins; one fusion partner could not be classified With few exceptions (e.g the AF4 and...

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... osteotome therapy and restoration with a stock abutment and crown Implant placement with concomitant sinus augmentation therapy and restoration with a stock abutment and crown Sinus augmentation therapy ... regenerative therapy, or the necessity of performing regenerative therapy and placing the implant at a second surgical visit These considerations significantly impact the time and cost of therapy and the ... periodontal therapy continues to be handicapped by an incomplete understanding of diagnostic and technical criteria for success BLBS033-Fugazzotto March 13, 2009 18:56 Tooth Retention and Implant...

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... Western world and is commonly associated with cardiac hypertrophy Sustained cardiac hypertrophy leads to cardiac dysfunction, heart failure, arrhythmia and sudden death As a result, cardiac hypertrophy ... factor for cardiac morbidity and mortality [1] Exercise-induced cardiac hypertrophy is distinct from the hypertrophy seen in different pathological settings, as it is not accompanied by cardiac ... synthesized from 10 ng heart RNA Standard curve reactions contained cDNA pooled from all samples and diluted : 2, : 4, : 10, : 50 and : 100 (corresponding to 50, 25, 10, and ng of total heart RNA, respectively)...

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... Albayya and Metzger ond round of plaque purification The second group of plaques is amplified and verified, yielding a candidate from which a relay of expansion assays will be performed and CsCl ... B, and C (1) Solution A: Into 800 mL ddH2O, add 80 g NaCl, g KCl, 11.5 g Na2HPO4 (anhydrous) and g Adenoviral Vectors: Production and Purification KH2PO4 (anhydrous) Bring volume up to L and ... samples at 20,800g and 4°C for 20 13 Aspirate off the supernatant, add mL of 70% ethanol per sample, and spin down at 20,800g and 4°C for 10 14 Aspirate off the supernatant and allow the pellets,...

Ngày tải lên: 10/04/2014, 11:11

... the case of gene therapy as well Appropriate Candidates for Gene Therapy We now turn to another dimension of ethics issues in gene therapy, namely, who the candidates are for therapy We distinguish ... true in the case of Donald and the gene therapy clinical trial we are considering for his CF? 326 ETHICAL ISSUES IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND GENE THERAPY In the case of gene therapy there appear to ... care can make the difference between life and death or 328 ETHICAL ISSUES IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND GENE THERAPY the difference between permanent injury and the healing of that injury/restoration...

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... genes is up-regulated and of other genes down-regulated (Adapted from Anderson and Anderson, Electrophoresis, 1996.) MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND GENE THERAPY: AN INTRODUCTION gene and the down-regulation ... fuller understanding of biological clocks and the aging process 22 MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND GENE THERAPY: AN INTRODUCTION SUGGESTED READINGS Gene Therapy Anderson WF Human gene therapy Science ... 2 MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND GENE THERAPY: AN INTRODUCTION and ethical considerations, such as the cloning of sheep and primates Others lead to a profound understanding of the pathogenesis...

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... neurodegeneration and provide a way to test gene therapy strategies for CNS disorders, injury, or aging 210 COMPONENTS OF CELL AND GENE THERAPY FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS NEUROTROPHIC FACTORS AND GENE THERAPY ... experience numbness and muscle weakness in the limbs and difficulty with coordination and balance These symptoms can be severe enough to impair walking and standing Speech difficulty, fatigue, and dizziness ... Neurological Disorders and Brain Tumors Humana, Totowa, NJ, 1998 Doering LC Gene therapy and neurodegeneration Clin Neurosci 3:259–321, 1996 Kaplitt MG, Loewy AD Viral Vectors, Gene Therapy and Neuroscience...

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... Biological Therapy of Cancer, iSBTc), aims to improve cancer patient outcomes by advancing the science, development and application of biological therapy and immunotherapy The society and its educational ... (105 , 106 and 107 DC per injection) and two different delivery routes (intravenous and intradermal) Immune assessment was performed prior to treatment and at days 14, 28, 35, 56, and 112 Immune ... specific immune cell subsets and tumor antigens, co-stimulation, negative regulation and tumor cell biology As we improve our understanding of tumor immunology and combine and test various strategies,...

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... to prevent bleeding and to devise safer antiplatelet and anticoagulant drugs Dr Mohler reports receiving lecture fees from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Sanofi, and Astra-Zeneca and grant support from ... coagulation and prothrombin time of the blood: a clinical study JAMA 1942;120:1009-15 11 The Warfarin Antiplatelet Vascular Evaluation Trial Investigators Oral anticoagulant and antiplatelet therapy and ... Disease: Safety and Efficacy and (PRECISE and PRECISE 2),4,5 are reported in this issue of the Journal The two double-blind, placebo-controlled trials have many features in common and one unique296...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 00:20

... fibrinolytic therapy or combination reduced fibrinolytic therapy and platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition: the GUSTO V randomised trial Lancet 2001;357:1905-14 24 Assessment of the Safety and Efficacy ... than 75 years of age, and those with a history of coronary-artery bypass grafting The efficacy and safety of adding treatment with clopidogrel to aspirin and fibrinolytic therapy in these groups ... with ST-segment elevation and who receive fibrinolytic therapy, aspirin, and (when appropriate) weight-based heparin, clopidogrel offers an effective, simple, inexpensive, and safe means by which...

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... established researchers and students with novel insights and guidance VIII Preface for their research and will help to push the field forward to better understand the disease biology of MS and other autoimmune ... Disease Biology and Experimental Therapy Studies on the CNS histopathology of EAE and its correlation with clinical and immunological parameters 3.1 The CNS lesion topography and composition ... CNS Histopathology of EAE and Its Correlation with Clinical and Immunological Parameters 41 Gold, R., Linington, C & Lassmann, H (2006) Understanding pathogenesis and therapy of multiple sclerosis...

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