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Incremental value of preprocedural coronary computed tomographic angiography to classical coronary angiography for prediction of PCI complexity in left main stenosis
... A positive coronary angiography showing severe nar- rowing of the LM indicates an urgent need for revas- cularization, which could improve the tolerance to is- chaemic events in other coronary territories and reduce the ...
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Percutaneous treatment of de novo unprotected left main stenosis in unselected consecutive patients: Experience of a high volume center
... tected left main (ULM) stenosis, with hard endpoints similar to by-pass surgery, in patients selected by a Heart ...ULM stenosis underwent PCI with both bare metal (BMS) and drug-eluting (DES) ...
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Percutaneous intervention versus coronary artery bypass graft surgery in left main coronary artery stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
... of Left Main Revascularization; NCT01205776), the NOBLE (Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting vs Drug Eluting Stent Percutaneous Coronary Angioplasty in the Treatment of Unprotected Left Main ...
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Angiographically borderline left main coronary artery lesions: correlation of transthoracic doppler echocardiography and intravascular ultrasound: a pilot study
... ambiguous left main stenosis ...LM stenosis could be assessed by transthoracic echocardiography with an acceptable degree of sensitivity and specificity ...
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CONGENITAL SUBAORTIC STENOSIS CAUSED BY FIBROMA OF LEFT VENTRICLE
... growth and development, excellent exercise tolerance, basal systobic murmur and thrill, moderate A, with marked cardliac enlarge- ment, and left ventricular strain by electro- cardiogram[r] ...
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Assessment of Left Main Coronary Stenosis by Transesophageal Echocardiography
... Tan WA et al. ( 37 ) on behalf of ULTIMA investigators reported long term clinical outcome after PCI of unprotected LMCA in 279 patients. Thirty (13.7%) patients died in hospital, and the rest were followed up for a ...
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Echocardiographic evaluation of left ventricular strain in severe aortic stenosis with therapeutic implications and risk stratification
... valve stenosis causes the exhaustion of cardiac compensatory mecha- nisms and contributes to an increase in LV diastolic stiff- ness and impairment of its filling ...
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Surgical reconstruction of the left main coronary artery with patch-angioplasty
... for left main coronary artery (LMCA) stenosis However, the conventional grafting provides a retrograde perfusion to extensive myocardial area and leads prospectively to competitive flow of the ...
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Key words
... erative left ventricular dysfunction, inadequate pro- tection of the myocardium, long cross clamp and car- diopulmonary bypass time, perioperative myocardial infarction and incomplete revascularization ...
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Unexpected normal left ventricular systolic function after total chronic occlusion of left main coronary artery and stenosis of right coronary artery: a case report and review of the literature
... Case presentation: We describe a 52-year-old North African man, a tobacco smoker, who presented symptoms of unstable angina related to a total chronic occlusion of his left main coronary artery with a right ...
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The left ventricle in aortic stenosis – imaging assessment and clinical implications
... Aortic stenosis has an increasing prevalence in the context of aging ...valve stenosis severity, but also the assessment of left ventricular ...Although left ventricular ejection fraction is ...
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Sutureless Repair of Left Primary Pulmonary Vein Stenosis—A Case Report
... Primary left pulmonary vein stenosis is a very rare ...of left pulmonary vein thus decreasing the possibility of ...direct left atrial wall anastomosis and it provides better results than ...
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Left Ventricular Rhabdomyoma: A Rare Cause of Subaortic Stenosis in the Newborn Infant
... measure. Exploration revealed a “cobblestoned” ex- ternal surface of the left ventricle with a solid left ventricular wall. The aortic valve appeared normal. Beneath the valve was a poly[r] ...
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Electrocardiographic diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy in aortic valve disease: evaluation of ECG criteria by cardiovascular magnetic resonance
... The aim of our study was to evaluate and compare the pre- dictive values of several well-established ECG- criteria for LVH against left ventricular mass and volume as assessed by CMR in a large set of patients ...
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Accuracy of Pre-Procedural Renal Resistive Index in Predicting Contrast Induced Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Preserved Renal Function Submitted to Elective Coronary Angiography
... the main comparison for our ...The main result that we infer from our study is that on comparing the pre procedural renal resistive index with renal function test done at 48 hours is seen significant as ...
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Left Ventricular Volume in Man Measured by Thermodilution
... In contrast to the normal left ventricle subjects, in general, and to those with mild aortic stenosis, in particular, residual fraction was uniformly increased regardless of left ventric[r] ...
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Simulation of stenosis effect on airflow pattern in trachea and main bronchi
... The very straight way to understand the airflow characteristics are to study its pressure drop and velocity field along the trachea-bronchial region. Numerous numerical studies of inhaled airflow and particle transport ...
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Hemodynamic impacts of left coronary stenosis : a patient-specific analysis
... Current research studies have demonstrated that low WSS distributions were associated with athero- sclerotic progression, and high WSS was regarded as a contributor to plaque rupture and thrombosis in atherosclerosis ...
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Does Right Coronary Artery Stenosis Increase Morbi Mortality in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft for Left Main Coronary Artery Disease?
... LMCA stenosis can safely await surgery without undergoing emergency ...LMCA stenosis and did not found any difference between the patients who were operated within 7 days and more than 7 ...LMCA ...
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Diagnosis and surgical repair of congenital double aortic arch in infants
... the stenosis segment and the length of the stenosis were recorded ...tracheal stenosis index, which means DTS/ LTS × 100%, can be used as a quantitative indicator to de- termine the degree of ...
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