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“From right to left”: The role of right heart catheterization in the diagnosis and management of left heart diseases
... to left heart diseases (LHD), is a frequent problem in clinical ...time, left heart diseases represent the most common cause of pulmonary hyper- tension, and the occurrence of PH in patients ...
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Pulmonary hypertension in left heart disease
... PH associated with LHD arises from impaired LV systolic and diastolic function and from mitral valve disease, which leads to increased filling pressures in the left heart. This initiates a series of adverse ...
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New Developments in the Treatment of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
... hypoplastic left heart syndrome, previously considered a uniformly fatal condition, has dramatically improved through refinement of rapidly evolving treatment ...topic heart transplantation, and ...
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Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
... Hypoplastic left heart syndrome(HLHS) refers to the abnormal development of the left-sided cardiac structures, resulting in obstruction to blood flow from the left ventricular outflow ...the ...
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Infant With Trisomy 18 and Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
... ultrasound at 36 weeks’ gestation revealed that the infant now had an unbalanced atrioventricular septal defect with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. The doctors then explained to the parents that, because ...
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Hypoplastic left heart syndrome: a review
... successful with enlargement of the left heart struc- tures and increased pressure in the LV (17, 20, 21). At the moment the relative success of FAV is reflected in two large one-centre studies as well as a ...
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Survival of Children With Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
... probabilities of 20% to 60% published elsewhere. 3–9,13,26 Variation in study survival rates, which we could not be assessed with our data, could be due to differences in operative techniques, different institution types ...
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CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA AND HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART
... performed via the right saphenous vein. The right heart was studied and the left atrium was entered. through a small fonamen ovale. Persistent efforts to enter the left ventricle via til[r] ...
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LEFT HEART CATHETERIZATION IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN
... On physical examination he had the classic findings of aortic stenosis, and this was confirmed by means of left ventricular puncture; tile left ventniculo-brachial artery pressure gradie[r] ...
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Effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge and practice regarding patient safety after cardiac catheterization among cardiac nurses
... • During left heart catheterization, an artery from the wrist, arm, or leg is used to enter the left side of the heart, usually to perform coronary angiography, whi[r] ...
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Prognostic Factors for Acute Heart Failure (AHF) in the Cardiology Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the University Hospital Point G (UH Pt G)
... Background and Aim: The absence of data in our context motivates this study aiming to determine the frequency of AHF at the ICU, assess the in-hospital evolution of the disease and to find out poor prognosis. Material ...
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Heart formation and left right asymmetry in separated right and left embryos of a newt
... and left PCMs were derived from the right and left sides of an embryo, ...that heart tube derived from the right PCM looped toward the left, while heart tube derived from the ...
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Value of segmental myocardial strain by 2-dimensional strain echocardiography for assessment of scar area induced in a rat model of myocardial infarction
... as heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, and hypertension ...rat heart and the relatively fast heart rate preclude accurate measurements in case of regional wall-motion ...
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Left atrial booster function in valvular heart disease
... valvular heart disease and to dissect booster pump from reservoir-conduit ...formula. Left ventricular ejection time and left ventricular stroke work in aortic stenosis or left ventricular ...
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Left Ventricular Pacing In Patients With Congestive Heart Failure
... and left bundle branch block a significant improvement in NYHA functional class by 40%, exercise tolerance (6 minute walk distance by 30 % and peak V0 2 by 26 %) and norepinephrine level by 37% 19 ...
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THE INFLUENCE OF HEART RATE ON LEFT VENTRICULAR VOLUME IN DOGS
... where Vi = volume of injected cooled blood in ml, Tb = left ventricular blood temperature before injection, T1 = mean temperature of injected blood, just before it entered the left ventr[r] ...
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MYXOFIBROMA OF THE LEFT ATRIUM SIMULATING RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE
... diagnostic clues in tiliS case. Summarizing tile clinical findings of 30 cases of endo- cardial niyxoma situated in tile left atrium, Von Reis noted that Adams-Stokes attacks. appeared t[r] ...
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Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Clinical Profile, Risk Factor Analysis and Echo Evaluation
... All of the 52 patients included in the study are thoroughly evaluated clinically with particular focus on identifying the clinical signs & symptoms of the heart failure. Patients are further investigated to ...
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Left ventricular mechanics in advanced heart failure patients
... York Heart Association [NYHA] functional class, heart rate, and medications), ECG (PR, QRS duration and corrected QT interval duration), and echocardiographic (LV volumes, LVEF, wall motion score index, ...
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The causes, consequences, and treatment of left or right heart failure
... chronic left HF, patients with right HF often have signifi- cantly abnormal afterload (eg, pulmonary hypertension) or valvular heart disease (eg, acquired or congenital pulmonary or tricuspid ...
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