heart failure and post transplantation patients

... stable and shocked patients In stable patients ScvO2 was similar to SvO2 In patients with failing heart ScvO2 was slightly higher than SvO2 and in shock patients the difference between SvO2 and ... FiO2 (%) Group A includes patients with severe left heart failure without additional severe sepsis/septic shock, and group B includes patients with severe left heart failure with additional severe ... StO2 does not estimate SvO2 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...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... sepsis and patients with acute heart failure (b) The relationship between PAOP and pulmonary vascular permeability index (PVPI) in patients with sepsis and patients with acute heart failure No ... namely CFI and GEF, are valuable and comparable to the more classic PAC-derived parameters such as CP and LVSWI and are better than PAOP and SmvO2 In patients with sepsis, the PVPI and the ratio ... between CFI and both LVSWI and CP, independently of whether patients had sepsis or AHF Of note, the median left ventricular ejection fractions were below 30% in heart failure patients and normal...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:22

... 52 patients was reached after exclusion of 65 patients with heart failure without sepsis/septic shock, 24 patients who did not have heart failure, patients for whom consent was not given and patients ... muscle StO2 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 ... hemodynamically stable and shocked patients [5] In stable patients, ScvO2 was similar to SvO2 In patients with a failing heart, ScvO2 was slightly higher than SvO2 and in patients with shock the...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21

... Afterload (postcharge): vật gây trở ngại cho phóng máu tâm thất Tùy thuộc vào sức cản mạch máu - Khả co thắt tim (myocardial contractility): tùy thuộc vào hệ giao cảm beta - Tần số tim (heart rate) ... volume) gia tăng - Nhưng LVEDP gia tăng thêm thể tích tim bóp trái lại gia tăng 7/ THẼ AFTERLOAD VÀ HEART RATE THÌ SAO? - AFTERLOAD: - công mà tâm thất phải thực để thắng áp lực (pressure work) - ... SỐ TIM : - Bởi cung lượng tim = thể tích tim bóp x tần số tim ( cardiac output = stroke volume x heart rate), tần số tim yếu tố quan trọng cung lượng tim - Lúc tần số tim nhanh, đủ thời gian để...

Ngày tải lên: 13/07/2014, 20:20

... heart failure When heart failure is suspected, considerations include amyloidosis, former therapies, ischemia, and high-output failure The pathophysiology behind myeloma-induced high-output failure ... patients, traditional heart failure therapies such as beta blockers, ACE inhibitors and diuretics are not useful and may be detrimental As with other causes of high-output failure such as profound ... high-output failure This typically presents in patients with extensive bony involvement and the diagnosis is supported by physical exam findings, echocardiography, and cardiac catheterization In these patients, ...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 21:22

... 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, ... asynchrony and left ventricular contractility in patients with heart failure and normal QRS duration Eur J Heart Fail 2007; 9:637-43 Chattopadhyay S, Alamgir MF, Nikitin NP, Fraser AG, Clark AL, Cleland ... these patients However, beta-blockers were shown to have no effect on the relationship between heart rate and diastolic time and to reduce rather than aggravate LV dyssynchrony in heart failure...

Ngày tải lên: 05/11/2012, 11:32

... (TNFα, IL6) and apoptosis (sFas, sFas-L) Methods Patients This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board, and all patients gave written informed consent Severe heart failure patients ... 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 1998, ... of cachectic and noncachectic patients with advanced congestive heart failure Scand Cardiovasc J 1999, 33:344-50 Paraskevaidis IA, Parissis JT, Th Kremastinos D: Anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 15:20

... chronic heart failure (ICM and NIDCM) patients as compared to controls The first group was composed of MIP-1 b, MCP-1, IL-8, VEGF and IL-9, that were increased in both the ICM and NIDCM patients ... IL-9 and decrease of IL-5, IL-7, and IFN-g plasma levels, in both ICM and NIDCM CHF patients vs controls and the inverse correlation of IL-5 and IL-9 plasma levels with duration of disease and ... with congestive heart failure Heart 2002, 88:296-7 Boerrigter G, Costello-Boerrigter LC, Burnett JC Jr: Natriuretic peptides in the diagnosis and management of chronic heart failure Heart Fail Clin...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... chronic heart failure (ICM and NIDCM) patients as compared to controls The first group was composed of MIP-1 b, MCP-1, IL-8, VEGF and IL-9, that were increased in both the ICM and NIDCM patients ... IL-9 and decrease of IL-5, IL-7, and IFN-g plasma levels, in both ICM and NIDCM CHF patients vs controls and the inverse correlation of IL-5 and IL-9 plasma levels with duration of disease and ... with congestive heart failure Heart 2002, 88:296-7 Boerrigter G, Costello-Boerrigter LC, Burnett JC Jr: Natriuretic peptides in the diagnosis and management of chronic heart failure Heart Fail Clin...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 03:20

... reserved New England Journal of Medicine CORRECTION Sudden Death in Patients with Myocardial Infarction and Left Ventricular Dysfunction, Heart Failure, or Both Sudden Death in Patients with Myocardial ... Society All rights reserved PE R S PE C TI V E taking heart — cardiac transplantation past, present, and future A Standard (Biatrial) Heart Transplantation Left subclavian artery Left common carotid ... 14,703 patients with a first or subsequent acute myocardial infarction complicated by heart failure, left ventricular systolic dysfunction, or both.12 Patients were enrolled between December 1998 and...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 00:20

... consecutive patients requiring mechanical ventricular assistance with a centrifugal pump for post- cardiotomy heart failure before and after we started using levosimendan for treatment of severe post- cardiotomy ... on 180-day survival rates in patients with severe post- cardiotomy heart failure The group of patients treated with levosimendan required less epinephrine in the postoperative period, showed lower ... treated patients and one patient in the levosimendan group); these patients were excluded from further analysis From July 2000 to 31 December 2004, 38 patients were included in this analysis and...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:21

... 25,000 and 12,000 patients, respectively, aged less than 65 years, with severely symptomatic New York Heart Association (NYHA) class IV heart failure [8] A meta-analysis performed by Gheorghiade and ... Conception and design, provision of patients, data analysis and interpretation, manuscript writing PA Conception and design, data analysis and interpretation, manuscript writing HA Data analysis and ... GK Collection and assembly of data AD Collection and assembly of data AK Data analysis and interpretation, collection and assembly of data CP Conception and design, data analysis and interpretation...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... anxiety/depression and usual activities between patients with stroke, congestive heart failure (CHF) and caregivers Significant (p < 0.001) differences were noted in mobility, self-care and usual activity ... to patients with congestive heart failure and caregivers Patients with stroke, despite minor deficits, suffer from significant reduction of self-care perception Acknowledgements CC, ISN, DFM and ... Freemantle N, Cleland JGF: The impact of heart failure on health-related quality of life data acquired in the baseline phase of the CARE-HF study European Journal of Heart Failure 2005, 7:243-251...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... remaining 252 patients were first analyzed in combination (Table 2, a) and then divided according to treatment regimen and analyzed separately (Table 2b and 2c) A total of 154 and 94 patients received ... VNK and ALBD designed the study - TT, LJ and PV genotyped the samples from the American Breast cancer patients - LJ and PV genotyped the samples from the Norwegian breast cancer patients and ... ATM variants and cancer risk in breast cancer patients from Southern Finland BMC Cancer 2006, 6:209.:209 Helle SI, Ekse D, Holly JM, Lonning PE: The IGF-system in healthy pre- and postmenopausal...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:21

... analyzed in randomly chosen fields per slide in the infarct and periinfarct zone in a blinded manner in sections from each heart and averaged for statistical analysis Isolation of RNA and real time ... 0.27, 1.33 ± 0.4 and 11.83 ± 2.41%, respectively; p < 0.001; Figure 7) Discussion Cell therapy may be an alternative treatment for heart failure The optimal cell for transplantation and the source ... dimension to understanding the anti-inflammation role of SVF and BM-MNC transplantation in cardiac dysfunction The potential anti-inflammation role of both SVF and BM-MNC transplantation is well...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:21

... between TAC and EGFP group Mitochondrial Morphology and Function EM was used to analyze mitochondrial fission and fusion changes in AS induced heart failure The mitochondria in the TAC mice heart were ... reduced LVEF and LVFS (P < 0.01) Treatment with Ad-VEGF prevented the reductions of LVEF and LVFS (P < 0.05), with no significant difference in LVPW, IVSd, heart weight/body weight ratio and heart weight/tibia ... examined by echocardiography and killed The heart wet weight to body weight ratio and to tibia length ratio were calculated Heart samples were frozen in liquid nitrogen and then stored at -80°C until...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:21

... Dahlstrom U: Nurse-led heart failure clinics improve survival and self-care behaviour in patients with heart failure: results from a prospective, randomised trial European Heart Journal 2003, 24(11):1014-23 ... S, Whalley GA, Gamble G, Sharpe N: Randomized, controlled trial of integrated heart failure management: The Auckland Heart Failure Management Study European Heart Journal 2002, 23(2):139-46 41 ... Stappers J: Effects of education and support on self-care and resource utilization in patients with heart failure Eur Heart J 1999, 20(9):673-82 32 Stewart S, Vandenbroek AJ, Pearson S, Horowitz...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... lack of awareness by patients and physicians of the treatment guidelines and efficacy of medications for osteoporosis following fragility fracture; and the adverse effects and high costs of medications ... the analysis Control Intervention Postintervention RD Drugs used 58/135 (43%) of control patients and 91/137 (66%) of intervention patients received calcium and vitamin D This difference was ... [50], and the family practice in one [51] It was not possible to produce an overall number of sites and healthcare professionals; the studies included 3,302 patients Four studies focused on patients...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2008: the Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Heart Failure 2008 of the European Society ... Physicians; International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation; Heart Rhythm Society: ACC/AHA 2005 Guideline Update for the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult: a report ... for patients with chronic systolic heart failure in primary care: the HICMan exploratory randomised controlled trial Competence Network Heart Failure Trials 2010, 17:56 33 Schillinger D, Handley...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... which we invited 30 patients with type diabetes and 30 patients with CHF from three primary care practices In each practice, we randomly selected 10 patients with diabetes and 10 patients with CHF ... number of patients, as well as differences in mean between patients with diabetes and patients with CHF Substantial variation existed between individual patients, as well as between diabetes and CHF ... of health professionals for individual patients with diabetes and CHF using simple structured questionnaires for patients and health professionals, and patients medical records Our study population...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 11:20