Objective: This study aims to analyze the diagnostic value of echocardiography in patients with chronic heartfailure. Methods: 30 heart failure admitted our hospital during January 2021 2023 were selected as observation group, and healthy people who received physical examination same period reference group. Both groups echocardiography, results ultrasound compared, subjects group grouped accord...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: CMV: Cytomegalovirus; HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus; VDRL: Venereal Disease Research Laboratories; IUGR: Intrauterine Growth Retardation; PCR: Polymerase Chain Reaction; NICU: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; IVIG: Intravenous Immunoglobulin; PDA: Patent Ductusarteriosus; LV: Left Ventricle; LVEDD: Left Ventricular End Diastolic Dime...

Background: Erythropoietin (EPO) is known as a regulating hormone for the production of red blood cells, called erythropoiesis. Some studies have shown that EPO exerts some non-hematopoietic protective effects on ischemia-reperfusion injuries in myocytes. Using echocardiography, we evaluated the effect of EPO infusion on reducing ischemia-reperfusion injuries and improvement of the cardiac func...

AIMS The prognostic values of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) during heart failure (HF) with acute decompensation or after optimal treatment have not been extensively studied. We hypothesized that posttreatment LVEF has superior predictive value for long-term prognosis than LVEF at admission does. METHODS AND RESULTS In Protocol 1, 428 acute decompensated HF (ADHF) patients with LVE...

BACKGROUND It is uncertain whether external electrical cardioversion (CV) of atrial fibrillation (AF) can cause myocardial injury identifiable by troponin I (cTnI). AIM To examine whether external CV of AF can cause cTnI rise as measured with high-sensitivity assay, and to identify factors determining this elevation. METHODS Patients with non-valvular AF selected for CV were included. Exclu...

OBJECTIVE To relate QT parameters to infarct size and inducibility during electrophysiological studies. DESIGN Analysis of a prospective register. SETTING University hospital. PATIENTS 64 patients with coronary artery disease and documented life threatening ventricular arrhythmias. INTERVENTIONS Measurements of QT-max, QTc-max, and QT dispersion (QT-d) on a simultaneous 12 lead ECG (50 ...

Aim: To compare the echocardiographic results of complete sparing of mitral valve apparatus vs only posterior leaflet sparing in Mechanical Bi-leaflet Mitral valve Prosthesis replacement, in patients with Rheumatic Mitral Regurgitation with LVESD ≥ 50 mm Methods: This prospective randomized controlled trial was performed at Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Punjab Institute of Cardiology, L...

OBJECTIVES We hypothesized that left ventricular (LV) remodeling and matrix loss in volume overload (VO) are mediated by bradykinin (BK) and exacerbated by chronic angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition. BACKGROUND Chronic ACE inhibition increases anti-fibrotic BK and does not attenuate LV remodeling in pure VO. The relative contribution of changes in extracellular matrix versus cardi...

Methods Between April 2007 and December 2012, we used a sternum-sparing but optimally invasive approach to MV surgery on 99 patients (mean age 60.71 ± 12.9 years) with mean preoperative EF and LVEDD of 53.8 ± 11.4 % and 56.13 ± 6.9 mm, respectively. Twenty seven patients had previous coronary artery bypass and MV surgeries. All patients had severe mitral insufficiency (MI) from chordal rupture;...

Abstract Introduction The COAPT trial established the benefit of trans-catheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair (TEER) for patients with symptomatic secondary regurgitation (MR). However, severe LV dilatation were excluded from this study. Furthermore, disproportionate has been proposed as a possible explanation lack in Mitra-FR trial. Purpose purpose study was to evaluate safety and efficacy ...