Ventricular ejection fraction
Assessment of left ventricular ejection fraction using an ultrasonic stethoscope in critically ill patients
... The present study has several limitations. Although technically possible, LVEF has not been measured off- line on images obtained with the US. Nevertheless, the concept of US is based on a target-oriented (for exam- ple, ...
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Improvement of left ventricular ejection fraction in revascularized postmyocardial patients: indication for statistical fallacy
... defibrillator (ICD) effectively improves survival in this high-risk population [3–5]. Although additional risk fac- tors were also shown to be of predictive value [6], the esti- mation of SCD risk in the present study is ...
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Shock subtypes by left ventricular ejection fraction following out of hospital cardiac arrest
... Fig. 2 LVEF and patient outcomes after OHCA. Sensitivity analyses performed for favorable neurocognitive outcome (CPC 1 – 2, primary study outcome) and survival at hospital discharge, to confirm results were not ...
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Determinants of left ventricular ejection fraction and a novel method to improve its assessment of myocardial contractility
... left ventricular mechanical efficiency and left ventricular ejection ...left ventricular end-systolic elastance (Ees), and left ventricular ejection fraction ...left ...
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Hyperdynamic left ventricular ejection fraction in the intensive care unit
... an ejection fraction >70 %. Patients with an ejection fraction <55 % were ...left ventricular ejection fraction, the finding of HDLVEF in critically ill patients was ...
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Association of Helicobacter pylori and Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction
... Background: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) causes continuous inflammation of the stomach. It is suspected that H. pylori infection is associated with an inflammatory response in acute myocardial infarction (AMI). This ...
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The Impact of Obesity on the Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Using Echocardiography
... overall ventricular performance is usually color-flow Doppler transthoracic ...left ventricular ejection fraction to body mass index (BMI) measure of obesity in obese patients by using ...
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Sacubitril-Valsartan for Heart Failure with Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction: A Retrospective Study
... The truly innovative value of sacubitril/valsartan consists in the fact that it is the first commercially available drug in which the activity of angiotensin receptor blocker( ARB) is favorably integrated and ...
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Evaluation of left ventricular ejection fraction using through time radial GRAPPA
... One limitation of the through-time radial GRAPPA tech- nique is the need for a potentially lengthy calibration phase, although this data collection can occur without breath- holding or ECG gating. In the case of 26 ...
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Cardiovascular prognosis in patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction and no significant ischemia
... left ventricular end-diastolic and end-systolic volumes, LVEF, or the peak filling rate mea- sured by this ...left ventricular hypertrophy and/or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy were not included, we also did ...
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Augmented glycaemic gap is a marker for an increased risk of post-infarct left ventricular systolic dysfunction
... As shown in Fig. 4a, although the proportion of post- infarct LVSD at baseline was similar between subgroups in DM patients, high glycaemic gap patients were still associated with a higher proportion of post-infarct LVSD ...
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Prediction of doxorubicin cardiotoxicity by early detection of subclinical right ventricular dysfunction
... Anthracyclines are commonly used anti-neoplastic agents in the treatment of a variety of malignancies, including lymphoma; and cardiotoxicity remains an irreversible complication of anthracycline-based chemo- therapy. ...
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Changes in cardiac function and hemodynamics during robot assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy with steep head down tilt: a prospective observational study
... left ventricular ejection fraction (before ...left ventricular end-diastolic volume measured by transesophageal echocardi- ography, or cardiac index by FloTrac ® ...Left ventricular ...
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EVALUATION OF SAFETY AND IMPROVEMENT OF GLOBAL LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION AFTER REPERFUSION THERAPY IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION PATIENTS
... left ventricular failure was more in non TT recipient [14] and also McNamara RL et ...global ejection fraction and there is a curvilinear correlation between left ventricular ejection ...
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Original Article Serum uric acid NT-ProBNP and hs-CRP as biomarkers in chronic heart failure
... left ventricular long axis view were measured in order to know the left ventricular internal dimension, left ventricular end-diastolic dimension (LVEDD), left ventricu- lar end-diastolic volume index ...
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Use of two dimensional echocardiography Speckle Tracking Echocardiography for quantitative assessment of global left ventricular function in comparison to two dimensional Ejection Fraction and three dimensional Ejection Fraction
... Accurate quantification of LV function has important implication in clinical decision making in various cardiac disease. Two dimensional left ventricular ejection fraction has been the most important ...
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Diagnosis of Chemotherapy-Induced Cardiotoxicity
... left ventricular ejection fraction by echocardiography and nuclear medicine techniques is widely used in clinical practice; however, their sensitivity in detecting early cardiac damage is ...
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Unloading of Right Ventricle and Clinical Improvement after Ultrasound-Accelerated Thrombolysis in Patients with Submassive Pulmonary Embolism
... left ventricular ejection fraction of 65%, without the evidence of right ventricular strain (RV/LV < 1) or elevated right ventricle systolic pressure (Figure ...
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Increased baseline ECG R-R dispersion predicts improvement in systolic function after atrial fibrillation ablation
... left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction which may improve after AF ...increased ventricular irregularity, as measured by R-R dispersion on the baseline ECG, would predict improvement in the left ...
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Placental growth factor may predict increased left ventricular mass index in patients with mild to moderate chronic kidney disease – a prospective observational study
... Left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVEDV: Left ventricular end-diastolic volume; LVEF: Left ventricular ejection fraction; LVESV: Left ventricular end-systolic volume; LVH: ...
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