Dilated cardiomyopathy ejection fraction
End-stage human chronic heart failure is the common final
... of dilated cardiomyopathy (ejection fraction ⱕ 20%), expression of ␣- and -tubulin, desmin, vinculin, fibronectin, and vimentin was determined by Northern and Western blot analysis and ...
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The Role of Selenium Deficiency In Dilated Cardiomyopathy
... Positive correlation between selenium level and FS (table 3 ) and this matched with Oster et al., [24] who reported that there is positive correlation between Se level and cardiac function (EF) .This explained by Beck et ...
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Lmod2 piggyBac mutant mice exhibit dilated cardiomyopathy
... DCM: dilated cardiomyopathy; ECG: electrocardiography; EF: ejection fraction; EM: electron microscope; FS: fraction shortening; ICD: intercalated discs; Lmod: leiomodin; Lmod1: ...
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Genetic mutations and mechanisms in dilated cardiomyopathy
... thy: dilated (DCM), hypertrophic (HCM), restrictive (RCM), and arrhythmogenic RV ...(ARVC). Cardiomyopathy is most commonly diagnosed through in vivo imaging, with either echocardiogra- phy or, ...
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Clinical course of dilated cardiomyopathy in children
... The mean age of children who improved was 2.15±2.5, as against the mean age of children who worsened or died was 5.35±4.4. The mean cardiothoracic ratio was 59.8±3.3 in those who improved while it was 65.3±2.7 in those ...
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Cardiomyopathy, familial dilated
... and/or ejection fraction less than 45% (> 2SD); and b) left ventricular end diasto- lic diameter (LVEDD) greater than 117% (>2SD of the predicted value of 112% corrected for age and body sur- face ...
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Stress echo 2020: the international stress echo study in ischemic and non-ischemic heart disease
... hypertrophic cardiomyopathy as in protocol 3 (primary endpoint: orthostatic exercise in- duced change in left ventricular outflow tract gradient); pulmonary hypertension as in protocol 8 (primary end- point: ...
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Long-term outcome of a dilated cardiomyopathy patient after mitral valve surgery combined with tissue-engineered myoblast sheets—report of a case
... DCM: Dilated cardiomyopathy; EF: Ejection fraction; HTx: Heart transplantation; IABP: Intra-aortic balloon pump; LVAD: Left ventricular assist device; LVDd/Ds: Left ventricle dimension in ...
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Potential genetic predisposition for anthracycline-associated cardiomyopathy in families with dilated cardiomyopathy
... possible cardiomyopathy or myop- athy from cohort II were screened for mutations in 48 cardiomyopathy-associated genes ( ABCC9 , ACTC1 , ACTN2 , ANKRD1 , BAG3 , CALR3 , CRYAB , CSRP3 / MLP , DES , DMD , ...
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Impact of contractile reserve on acute response to cardiac resynchronization therapy
... LV ejection fraction ≤ 35%, QRS with left bundle branch block configuration or a duration >120 ...idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy in 17 patients and ischaemic heart disease in ...
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Nemaline Myopathy With Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Childhood
... At 9 years of age, the patient was ad- mitted to the hospital for acute de- terioration of cardiac function. Two months before admission, he had an in fl uenza virus infection, and at that time he was noted to have ...
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Cardiac manifestations in HIV patients and their correlation with CD4 count
... Cardiovascular abnormalities in HIV infected patients are common and can occur without any clinical manifestation. The most common cardiac manifestations were reduction in ejection fraction, reduction in ...
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Mechanism of sudden cardiac death in patients with heart failure
... LV ejection fraction assessment by echocardiography, QRS duration estimates by surface 12-lead ECG, QT interval/dispersion and heart rate variability, among ...with dilated cardiomyopathy ...
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Electrical Storms in Patients with an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
... Purpose: In some patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), multi- ple episodes of electrical storm (ES) can occur. We assessed the prevalence, features, and predictors of ES in patients with ICD. ...
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Genetics of human and canine dilated cardiomyopathy
... boxer cardiomyopathy was described by Harpster [75] there have been several subtypes described, of the two displaying overt clinical symptoms these most closely align to human ARVC and DCM ...
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Use of integrated imaging and serum biomarker profiles to identify subclinical dysfunction in pediatric cancer patients treated with anthracyclines
... Anthracycline induced cardiomyopathy (AIC), an all too common sequelae of cancer treatment, results in the de- velopment and progression of heart failure and death [1–8]. While the contributory mechanisms of AIC ...
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Comprehensive left ventricular mechanics analysis by speckle tracking echocardiography in Chagas disease
... Background: Chagas disease (CD) is a frequent cause of dilated cardiomyopathy (CMP) in developing countries, leading to clinical heart failure and worse prognosis. Therefore, the development and evolution ...
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Early changes in right ventricular longitudinal function in chronic asymptomatic alcoholics revealed by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography
... Because circulatory support functions of the RV are performed by longitudinal muscle, some researchers have suggested that peak longitudinal strain could be a biomarker for assessment of RV function [32]. Further, ...
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<p>Barth syndrome: mechanisms and management</p>
... Barth syndrome (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man [OMIM] 302060) is an ultra-rare, infantile-onset, X-linked recessive mitochondrial disorder (MID), primarily affecting males, due to variants in a nuclear DNA-located ...
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Peripartum cardiomyopathy: a review
... Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a rare disease diagnosed by the onset of heart failure in women near the end of pregnancy or in the first few months postpartum, when no other cause for heart failure can be ...
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