OBJECTIVES To determine the effect and safeness of the right ventricle to pulmonary artery connection with occlusion of major aortopulmonary collaterals and pulmonary artery angioplasty to rehabilitate the hypoplastic pulmonary arteries in patients with pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect beyond the infant period. METHODS From December 2009 to August 2012, 37 consecutive patients ...

The patient had a clinical history of stable coronary artery disease, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and chronic (non-dialytic) renal insufficiency with baseline creatinine clearance of 20 mL/min. His surgical history included cardiac revascularization at the age of 45 years, and left internal carotid angioplasty and stenting after a stroke episode in 2004, which left no persistent deficit...

The influence of acute coronary occlusion on systolic and diastolic left ventricular pressure-volume relations was studied in 10 patients undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). Pressure-volume relations were obtained by conductance catheter and micromanometer techniques and with volume load altered by transient inferior vena caval occlusion. End-systolic and end-diast...

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The influence of acute coronary occlusion on systolic and diastolic left ventricular pressurevolume relations was studied in 10 patients undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). Pressure-volume relations were obtained by conductance catheter and micromanometer techniques and with volume load altered by transient inferior vena caval occlusion. End-systolic and end-diasto...

OBJECTIVE This study is the first in a series investigating the relationship between autonomic nervous system dysfunction and chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in multiple sclerosis patients. We screened patients for the combined presence of the narrowing of the internal jugular veins and symptoms of autonomic nervous system dysfunction (fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, sleeping disorde...

background and objectives:  the aim of this study was to survey the relationship between the level of  creatinine,cardiac troponins serum and the function of  the left ventricle in patients with  kidney insufficiency,without acute coronary syndrome.materialsand methods:the sample  was150 patients with nondialysis chronic kidney disease without  acute  coronary  syndrome,  hospitalized  at  imam...

myocardial dysfunction is a major complication in cardiac surgery that needs inotropic support. this study evaluates the effect of milrinone on patients with low ventricular ejection fraction undergoing off- pump coronary artery bypass graft (opcab). the present study is designed to evaluate the effect of milrinone on myocardial dysfunction. eighty patients with low ventricular ejection fractio...

background : left ventricular (lv) dyssynchrony is a prevalent feature in heart failure (hf) patients. the current study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of inter and intraventricular dyssynchrony in hf patients with regard to the qrs duration and etiology. methods: the available data on the tissue doppler imaging (tdi) of 230 patients with refractory hf were analyzed. the patients were divided...

background: cardiac rehabilitation has been recognized as one of the most effective strategies for managing cardiovascular indices as well as controlling the cardiovascular risk profile, in particular after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (cabg). however, the effect of this program on right ventricular function following cabg is unclear. the aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of ...