pathophysiology acute atrial fibrillation and cardioversion

... of atrial fibrillation in minimally invasive mitral valve surgery with favorable results Preoperatively, the present patient had chronic atrial fibrillation, and the other two had paroxysmal atrial ... approach with a 7-cm skin incision and partial lower sternotomy can be used to perform mitral valve, tricuspid valve procedure, atrial septal defect closure, and atrial fibrillation ablation Three patients ... the prevalence of postoperative arrhythmias and permanent pacemaker insertion among the approaches through left atrial dome, interatrial groove, and atrial septum in 131 patients [6] We performed...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... control and risk of incident atrial fibrillation Am J Hypertens 2008, 21:1111-6 Wong CK, White HD, Wilcox RG, Criger DA, Califf RM, Topol EJ, Ohman EM: Significance of atrial fibrillation during acute ... collection and statistical analysis and participated in manuscript preparation MS participated in the design of the study and in the manuscript preparation and revision All authors read and approved ... infarction, and its current management: insights from the GUSTO-3 trial Card Electrophysiol Rev 2003, 7:201-7 Avitall B, Bi J, Mykytsey A, Chicos A: Atrial and ventricular fibrosis induced by atrial fibrillation: ...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 07:21

... telmisartan and ramipril on atrial fibrillation recurrence and severity in hyperten‐ sive patients with metabolic syndrome and recurrent symptomatic paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation ... Understanding of Atrial Fibrillation 181 Raúl Alcaraz and José Joaquín Rieta Section Anticoagulation Therapy 205 Chapter New Oral Anticoagulants in Atrial Fibrillation 207 Lucía Cid-Conde and José ... treatment and prevention The role of RAAS in the pathogenesis of AF 4.1 Atrial stretch and AF Atrial arrhythmias frequently occur under conditions associated with atrial dilatation and increased atrial...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 10:20

... understand and respond to the questions and unwillingness to participate Patients were interviewed about their underlying heart diseases and other comorbidities and about their medical and specific ... experience, and were all kept unchanged but for the addition of " because of atrial fibrillation" All patients were well informed about their disease/arrhythmia and were familiar with the term "atrial fibrillation" ... in patients with atrial fibrillation (AFQoL) Health Qual Life Outcomes 2007, 5:37 Reynolds MR, Ellis E, Zimetbaum P: Quality of life in atrial fibrillation: Measurement tools and impact of interventions...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20

... understand and respond to the questions and unwillingness to participate Patients were interviewed about their underlying heart diseases and other comorbidities and about their medical and specific ... experience, and were all kept unchanged but for the addition of " because of atrial fibrillation" All patients were well informed about their disease/arrhythmia and were familiar with the term "atrial fibrillation" ... in patients with atrial fibrillation (AFQoL) Health Qual Life Outcomes 2007, 5:37 Reynolds MR, Ellis E, Zimetbaum P: Quality of life in atrial fibrillation: Measurement tools and impact of interventions...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... Histological substrate of atrial biopsies in patients with lone atrial fibrillation Circulation 1997, 96:1180-1184 12 Goette A: Nicotine, atrial fibrosis, and atrial fibrillation: microRNAs help ... mechanisms and clinical relevance in atrial fibrillation J Am Coll Cardiol 2008, 51:802-809 10 Everett THt, Olgin JE: Atrial fibrosis and the mechanisms of atrial fibrillation Heart Rhythm 2007, 4:S24-27 ... Fibrosis in left atrial tissue of patients with atrial fibrillation with and without underlying mitral valve disease Heart 2004, 90:400-405 Burstein B, Nattel S: Atrial fibrosis: mechanisms and clinical...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21

... significantly from both persistent and long standing persistent atrial fibrillation, whereas no difference exists between persistent and long standing persistent atrial fibrillation Page of atriotomy ... paroxysmal AF persistent AF long standing persistent AF Figure Preoperative atrial fibrillation and percentage of patients with sinus rhythm postoperatively Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation differs significantly ... prevention in atrial fibrillation investigators Stroke 1997, 28:1101-6 Krahn AD, Manfreda J, Tate RB, Mathewson FA, Cuddy TE: The natural history of atrial fibrillation: incidence, risk factors and prognosis...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... an electrocardiogram confirmed atrial fibrillation and pulmonary edema was evident on chest X-ray The patient was admitted to the medical ward for rate control and diuresis Heart rate was controlled ... showed evidence of left atrial enlargement without evidence of systolic dysfunction (ejection fraction 60% to 70%) Although the patient's dyspnea and palpitations had resolved and she expressed a ... liter), and thrombocytopenia (68 × 109/liter) Bone marrow biopsy had not clarified the etiology of her anemia, revealing a normocellular marrow with a slight left shift in the erythroid and myeloid...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 21:22

... patients with new-onset atrial fibrillation and septic shock patients with maintained sinus rhythm AF, atrial fibrillation; SR, sinus rhythm Abbreviations AF: atrial fibrillation; CRP: C-reactive ... C-reactive protein and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: evidence of the implication of an inflammatory process in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation Acta Cardiol 2001, 56:375-380 Anderson JL, Allen ... Inflammation as a risk factor for atrial fibrillation Circulation 2003, 108:3006-3010 Engelmann MD, Svendsen JH: Inflammation in the genesis and perpetuation of atrial fibrillation Eur Heart J 2005,...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:22

... prevalence and treatment of atrial fibrillation in medical intensive care unit patients What is the pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation in medical intensive care unit patients? Does atrial fibrillation ... patients with atrial arrhythmias: inflammatory mechanisms and persistence of atrial fibrillation Circulation 2001, 104:2886-2891 31 Falk RH: Etiology and complications of atrial fibrillation: ... recent-onset atrial fibrillation or flutter with ibutilide after amiodarone has failed Intensive Care Med 2002, 28:925-929 75 Varriale P, Sedighi A: Acute management of atrial fibrillation and atrial...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:35

... aquatic organisms The results of the measurement and the calculation of DVi, DIi and DI are shown in Table Three chemicals, terbucarb (MBPMC), bromobutide and tolclofos-methyl, were detected but not ... of 10 for algae, 50 for daphnia and 50 for fish in the acute toxicity tests There were large differences in the ecotoxicity test results among each test species, and a high ecotoxicity tendency ... Saf., 62, 174-184 Hernando M D., Fernández-Alba A.R., Tauler R and Barceló D (2005) Toxicity assays applied to wastewater treatment, Talanta, 65 (2), 358–366 Ishii S., Urano K and Kameya T (2000)...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 10:15

... diagnostic criteria and of the pneumatic otoscope and tympanometry reduces AOM diagnoses significantly (III, I) PNIF and PNEF measurements are highly variable and poorly repeatable and thus unsuitable ... from weeks to months subacute sinusitis (Kern 1984) Acute otitis media AOM can be diagnosed when a rapid and short onset of signs and symptoms of infection in the middle ear and local or systemic ... studies, sensitivity and specificity for tympanometry have been as high as 90% and 86% (Finitzo et al 1992), whereas in others, figures have been 70% and 98% (Palmu et al 2000) and 90% and 54% (Babonis...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 13:20

... tomography CV cardioversion DAFNE Dronedarone Atrial FibrillatioN study after Electrical cardioversion DCC direct current cardioversion DIONYSOS Randomized Double blind trIal to evaluate efficacy and safety ... complications 4.2 Rate and rhythm management 4.2.1 Acute rate and rhythm management The acute management of patients with AF is driven by acute protection against thrombo-embolic events and acute improvement ... Treat Chronic Atrial Fibrillation hazard ratio hypertension international normalized ratio intravenous Japanese Rhythm Management Trial for Atrial Fibrillation left atrial left atrial appendage...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 14:20

... Chronic Kidney Disease, Acute Kidney Injury and Polycystic Kidney Disease, Edited by Soundarapandian Vijayakumar p cm ISBN 978-953-51-0234-2 Contents Preface IX Part Acute and Chronic Kidney Diseases ... its myriad causes and manifestations, outline current standards of diagnosis and care, and discuss experimental animal models with relevance in unraveling clinical conundrums and molecular mechanisms ... define the optimal strategy of frequency and magnitude of ESA and iron dose changes, and study their possible interactions with concurrent acute illness and the presence of comorbid conditions...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 17:20

... burden of ARF and RHD The highest documented rates in the world are found in Aboriginal Australians, and Maori and Pacific Islander people in New Zealand and Pacific Overview Island nations The ... incidence, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients are more likely than non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients to have ARF affluent and non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations ... review covers diagnosis and management of ARF, secondary prevention and RHD control programs, and diagnosis and management of chronic RHD DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER ARF...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 09:20

... previous six months Hence, it includes both acute and recent HIVinfection patients Structured questionnaires are used for baseline and follow-up visits Clinical and laboratory information is updated ... median absolute and percentage CD4 cell count were 479 cells/mm3 (IQR 341-682) and 23% (IQR 17-28), respectively Baseline CD4 cell counts were < 350 and < 200 cells/mm in 27% and 6.25% of patients, ... seroconversion intervals (i.e., acute and recent HIV infection) could have influenced our results However, we compared rates of progression between pre- and post-seroconversion patients and found no meaningful...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... coronary vasospasm, supraventricular tachycardia, and acute atrial fibrillation [1,7] Capsaicin also prolongs the cardiac action potential in atrial and ventricular myocytes, an effect that is associated ... slimming to an acute coronary syndrome, and one of the few cases associated with capsaicin Capsaicin, a sympathomimetic agent, may be implicated in the initiation of coronary vasospasm and acute myocardial ... the patient and wrote the case report HK and MTG critically revised the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Authors’ information Ozgur Sogut, Halil Kaya, and Mehmet Tahir...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... between January and December 2008 were generated by the health records departments at each center All patients with the primary and secondary diagnosis of atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter ... Prevalence of diagnosed atrial fibrillation in adults National implications for rhythm management and stroke prevention: the Anticoagulation and Risk Factor in Atrial Fibrillation (ATRIA) Study ... age > 75 years, diabetes, and points for transient ischemic attack or stroke Table Troponin testing and results Total one set of troponins were 374 and 289.5 min, and 808 and 375.5 min, respectively...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 03:20

... Relationship between QTc interval and albuterol levels Recorded QTc interval and (R)-, (S)- and total albuterol levels and are shown in (a), (b) and (c) respectively (R)-, (S)- and total albuterol levels ... digoxin toxicity and a probable atrial flutter, respectively Six subjects (3 male and female) were identified with prolonged QTc intervals ( > 440 ms and > 450 ms for males and females respectively); ... severity and response to therapy included improvement in percent predicted PEF after 60 and a four-point severity score, similar to the Acute Asthma Index (AAI) designed and validated by Rodrigo and...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 03:20