OBJECTIVE To assess the investigation and treatment of cardiac failure in 1995 and to compare this with management in 1992. DESIGN Retrospective consecutive case study. SETTING University teaching hospital. SUBJECTS All patients (n = 265) discharged from Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in the first quarter (January 1-31 March) of 1995 with a diagnosis of congestive cardiac failure, left ventricu...

This study introduced a combined computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and echocardiography methodology to simulate blood flow in the single right ventricle (SRV) and normal ventricles to study the intraventricular flow. Derived from echocardiographic image loops, CFD-based three-dimensional (3D) flow models of normal subject's left ventricle (LV) and right ventricle (RV) and SRV with and without ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate some factors, such as demographic factors, disease severity, dissemination of practice guidelines, and hospitals providing medical care, influencing the use of echocardiography among patients with congestive heart failure. DESIGN A 'before-after' controlled epidemiological study based on hospital documentation. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS A total of 1222 admitted patients...

The classifications of the World Health Organization, European Society Car­-diology and American Heart Association indicate existence several pheno­types myocardial non-compaction (MnC) with specific structural func­tional abnormalities. MnC+dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) phenotype is considered one most severe variants. Disputes continue about whether to regard MnC as an independent disease or a...

Thematic Units Arrhythmias and Electrophysiology Basic Research Bioengineering and Medical Informatics Cardiac Surgical Intensive Care Cardiomyopathies Cardiovascular Nursing Cardiovascular Pharmacology Cardiovascular Surgery Chagas Disease Echocardiography Epidemiology and Cardiovascular Prevention Heart Failure Hemodynamics Cardiovascular Interventions High Blood Pressure Ischemic Heart Disea...

the incidence and prevalence of obesity are fast increasing worldwide. various indices have been used to measure and assess obesity. the body mass index (bmi) is the most common and practical of these indices. overweight and obesity exert considerable adverse effects on the cardiovascular system. these effects are mediated through various neurohormonal and cytokine pathways, most of which are i...

A grade 4/6 systolic murmur, systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve (SAM), and severe mitral regurgitation (MR) documented by two-dimensional Doppler echocardiography developed suddenly on the structurally normal heart of a patient with idiopathic portal hypertension. The patient did not have signs of congestive heart failure and the aforementioned phenomenon disappeared completely when t...

BACKGROUND The role of direct renin inhibitors in myocardial ischemia-induced heart failure is controversial. We hypothesized that direct renin inhibitors play a positive role, affecting in vivo myocardial function as well as in vitro extracellular matrix change. METHODS Ten-week-old C57BL/6J male mice with 2-kidney 1-clip (2K1C) model were enrolled in this study. The mice were divided into 3...

BACKGROUND Echocardiography is not recommended for routine pre-surgical evaluation but may have value for patients at high risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). The objective of this study was to evaluate whether pre-operative echocardiography is associated with lower risk of post-operative MACE among patients with coronary artery disease. METHODS Using administrative and regist...