nuclear imaging in ischemic heart disease

... hypertension is driving the ever-increasing number of incidences of ischemic heart disease In recent years we have seen remarkable advances in the understanding of ischemic heart disease in areas such ... cardiovascular disease in the Indian subcontinent Indian J Med Res 2006; 124:235 [8] Critchley J, Liu J, Zhao D, et al Explaining the increase in coronary heart disease mortality in Beijing between ... and beyond” in the field of ischemic heart disease With increasing life expectancy and increasing prevalence of the disease, patients with ischemic heart disease are being taken care of by various...

Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 08:20

... hypertension is driving the ever-increasing number of incidences of ischemic heart disease In recent years we have seen remarkable advances in the understanding of ischemic heart disease in areas such ... cardiovascular disease in the Indian subcontinent Indian J Med Res 2006; 124:235 [8] Critchley J, Liu J, Zhao D, et al Explaining the increase in coronary heart disease mortality in Beijing between ... and beyond” in the field of ischemic heart disease With increasing life expectancy and increasing prevalence of the disease, patients with ischemic heart disease are being taken care of by various...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 11:20

... 0.08 0.28 Therapy in patients with OSA, indicating a causative role of OSA in the inflammatory process Since inflammation might play a central role in renarrowing of the vessels in OSA patients, ... relevant restenosis was defined as > 50% stenosis of the initial target lesion at follow up Late luminal loss was determined using quantitative coronary arteriography (minimum luminal diameter immediately ... activity [15], decrease in heart rate variability, endothelial damage and dysfunction [16,17], platelet activation, increase in blood coagulability [12] and insulin resistance [18] In a year follow...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:21

... Introcoronary infusion Intra coronary sinus Ischemic heart disease Insulin gene enhancer binding protein Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor Left anterior descending artery Lineage markers Left ... labeling efficiency 2.5.2 BrdU labeling 2.5.2.1 BrdU incorporation into myoblasts 2.5.2.2 Immunostaining for BrdU 2.5.3 DAPI labeling 2.5.3.1 DAPI Incorporation into myoblasts 2.5.3.2 DAPI labeling ... seeding and propagation of hSkMs Doubling time of hSkMs by times of independent counting Representative images to show fusion of hSkMs into myotubes in vitro Figure 3.4 Desmin immunostaining...

Ngày tải lên: 12/09/2015, 08:16

... ABCG2+: ATP-binding cassette transporter Isl-1+: insulin gene enhancer binding protein c-kit: receptor for the stem cell factor Sca-1: stem cell antigen MDR1+: Pglycoprotein Lin: Lineage markers ... Intravenous Infusion Intravenous infusion of stem cells seems a promising approach for practical and economical reasons, since it is the least invasive way of delivering cells Intravenously infused ... Artery Infusion Intracoronary injection allows homogeneous homing of cells into areas bordering the infarction zone It is the most popular mode of cell delivery in the clinical setting, especially...

Ngày tải lên: 12/09/2015, 08:16

... modestly effective in increasing adherence to certain types http://www.implementationscience.com/content/3/1/28 of guidelines, including screening guidelines [25], and reminders may be more effective, ... sites in their use of other electronic clinical reminders prior to our initiating the intervention described in this paper The comparison sites had existing electronic reminders for lipids and, in ... reminders Our findings suggest that assessing these factors is likely to be an essential component to successful implementation of electronic clinical reminders, and finding methods of intervening...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21

... modestly effective in increasing adherence to certain types http://www.implementationscience.com/content/3/1/28 of guidelines, including screening guidelines [25], and reminders may be more effective, ... sites in their use of other electronic clinical reminders prior to our initiating the intervention described in this paper The comparison sites had existing electronic reminders for lipids and, in ... reminders Our findings suggest that assessing these factors is likely to be an essential component to successful implementation of electronic clinical reminders, and finding methods of intervening...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:21

... failure Introduction to Ischemic Heart Disease http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/55248 Epidemiology of ischemic heart disease According to the World Health Organisation, chronic diseases of which heart disease ... heparin, glyceryl trinitrate and opioid therapy for persistent pain Conclusion Ischemic heart disease is the major contributing cause of death in the Western World and the incidence is increasing ... have their origins in inappropriate sinus, the mechanism of ischemia and death involves an increase in myocardial oxygen demand during exercise that, in turn, causes increases in systolic blood...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 21:20

... low-risk hay intermediate risk patients), héparine dành cho bệnh nhân không đáp ứng với aspirin, nitrates betablockers Hiện người ta không rõ heparine trọng lượng phân tử thấp (LMW heparin) có làm ... nitroglycerin Khởi đầu cho thuốc đường lưỡi (sublingual) sau cho đường tĩnh mạch tác dụng.Nitroglycerin thuốc đuợc ưa thích bệnh nhân có cao huyết áp xảy đồng thời - nên bắt đầu cho héparine Đối ... aspirin, nitrates beta-blockers Không sử dụng dihydropyridines có thời gian tác dụng ngắn , nifedipine mà beta-blockers.Trong trường hợp đau thắt ngực không ổn định việc sử dụng nifedipine beta-blockers...

Ngày tải lên: 13/07/2014, 20:20

... Không thật hữu ích Nồng độ myoglobin bắt đầu tăng cao vòng đến sau khởi đầu đau thắt ngực gia tăng protein không đặc hiệu Nồng độ troponin creatine phosphokinase bắt đầu gia tăng sau đến xét ... lúc nghỉ ngơi đồng thời có đau lúc gắng sức Prinzmetal’s angina gây nên co thắt động mạch vành, ngoại lệ cho quy luật Bệnh nhân với Prinzmetal’s angina có đau lúc nghỉ ngơi, thường vào sáng sớm, ... ngực lúc nghỉ ngơi (angina at rest) với gắng sức tối thiểu Printzmetal’s angina có đặc điểm đau thắt ngực xảy lúc nghỉ ngơi xem dạng đau thắt ngực không ổn định với chế sinh bệnh lý khác Cơn đau...

Ngày tải lên: 13/07/2014, 20:20

... gắng sức Cơn đau thắt ngực Prinzmetal (Prinzmetal’s angina hay vasospastic angina), gây nên co thắt động mạch vành, ngoại lệ cho quy luật Bệnh nhân với đau thắt ngực Prinzmetal có đau lúc nghỉ ngơi, ... Không thật hữu ích Nồng độ myoglobin bắt đầu tăng cao vòng đến sau khởi đầu đau thắt ngực gia tăng protein không đặc hiệu Nồng độ troponin creatine phosphokinase (CPK) bắt đầu gia tăng sau đến ... ngơi (angina at rest) với gắng sức tối thiểu Cơn đau thắt ngực Prinzmetal (Printzmetal’s angina) có đặc điểm đau thắt ngực xảy lúc nghỉ ngơi xem dạng đau thắt ngực không ổn định với chế sinh bệnh...

Ngày tải lên: 26/07/2014, 18:20

... Promethazine (Phenergan) Inotropics Phenylephrine (Neo-Synephrine) Epinephrine (Adrenaline) Norepinephrine (Levophed, Noradrenaline, Levoartenolol) Isoproterenol (Isuprel) Dopamine Dobutamine Milrinone ... Enoxaparin (Clexane, Lovenox) Dalteparin (Fragmin) Innohep (Tinzaparin) Ardeparin (Normiflo) Warfarin (Coumadin) Warfarin reversalAPhytonadione (Mephyton, Vitamin K) Direct antithrombins-hirudins ... the same time, only an individual who is very skilled at starting intravenous lines should introduce this intravenous line in infants This is particularly true in small infants or cachectic patients,...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 12:20

... skin between the skin puncture and the puncture into the vein This supports the wire beneath the skin and prevents the wire from bending or kinking in addition to preventing subcutaneous bleeding ... usually introduced into a location in the vein peripheral or “up-stream” to the site of introduction of the initial sheath in the vein (distally in the extremity) The first sheath in the vein serves ... pressure tubing, which attaches to indwelling lines and catheters which, in turn, are in the patient All tubing that is to transmit pressure for recording must be non-compliant tubing in order to...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 12:20

... The Nitinol™ material is almost impervious to additional bending, forming or kinking and retains or returns to its straight configuration even after extensive bending or buckling within the heart ... blood in the larger channel, which keeps the tip from angling into side branches off the vena cava The in ated balloon is capable of catching in large branches and then bending, looping or kinking ... are commonly available in neonatal and intensive care units for intravenous injections into existing lines They were designed to be used attached to the hub of intravenous lines and used primarily...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 12:20

... first sign of a patient waking is an increasing heart rate as a result of the patient’s rising epinephrine level associated with a moving baseline of the pressure tracings as a result of their ... sweeps in the base-line pressure, none of the intracardiac recordings, either during inspiration or expiration, are valid In such circumstances every effort is made at correcting or circumventing ... of an indicator substance is introduced into an in ow or “upstream” location in a constantly flowing fluid within a closed system Assuming that the substance is uniformly distributed within the...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 12:20

... from the pre-existing opening In order to create one larger opening, the new opening can be extended into the original opening by angling the blade toward the original opening during the blade pullthrough ... standard intravascular stent can be implanted in the atrial opening to maintain its patency Intravascular stents are used in the interatrial septum or baffles in two different circumstances In neonates ... Currently Inoue™ balloons are available in four sizes from 20 to 26 mm in mm increments, with each balloon having a mm range in dilating diameter according to the precise volume which is infused into...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 12:20

... eliminate the extreme vasovagal response to the procedure The patients are maintained on a high maintenance volume of intravenous fluids during the dilation and this fluid infusion is maintained ... is introduced into one femoral vein and two very small indwelling arterial cannulae are introduced into both the right and left femoral arteries The right heart catheterization is performed using ... systemic vein and a separate indwelling femoral arterial monitoring line The majority of the hemodynamic and anatomic information is obtained through these lines before the carotid cut-down is initiated...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 12:20

... connecting tubing and the in ator are inspected carefully for any balloon leaks A new puncture or leak is indicated by a continual stream of small bubbles flowing into the tubing or the in ator ... positioning of the balloon usually results in the balloon/stent combination milking backwards before the stent even begins to expand during the initial balloon in ation This results in the stent’s ... balloon is maintained on “negative pressure” by withdrawing the plunger of the in ation device and locking it in the fully withdrawn position The appearance of a continual 563 CHAPTER 22 Intravascular...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 12:20

... Rashkind™ PDA Occluding Umbrella was first introduced into clinical trials in the US in 1981 The double umbrella concept of the Rashkind™ Double Umbrella PDA device was similar to the original King–Mills ... positioned in the heart, and the routine use of systemic heparin, particularly during “left heart procedures, should reduce or eliminate CNS problems Direct injury from the tip of a wire positioned in ... preliminary clinical trial in the US The Nit-Occlud™ PDA Occlusion Device is an improved version of the DuctOcclud™ device, and at the time of writing is in use in Europe and in clinical trials in...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 12:20

... pushes a “locking pin” out of a tiny “retaining” sleeve at the distal end of the delivery wire Withdrawing the tumbler withdraws the pin into the tiny sleeve The flat, plastic, locking plate, which ... is contained within a thick transparent Lucite casing This Lucite casing only serves to reinforce the thinner tubing of the Quick loader™ during the loading A single, long loading suture passes ... sheath is introduced (instead of, or in addition to, the 6- or 7-French sheath!) into the left femoral vein An end-hole catheter is introduced into the sheath in the right femoral vein and an...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 12:20