[PDF] Top 20 Prognostic Value of Left Atrial Volume in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy

... assessed in various ways, but M-mode or two-dimensional derived anteroposterior linear dimension obtained in parasternal long-axis view is the standard for linear ...correlate with angiographic ... See full document

... total of 56 patients with Chagas’ cardiomyopathy were studied, 56 ± 10 years (36 to 79 years), 50% male, 82% ...electrolytes. In general, the patients were undergoing appropriate ... See full document

... Diagnostic value ROC curve of various cic ...diagnostic value of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), the ratio of mitral inflow E velocity to myocardial e`sep velocity ... See full document

... terms of long term consequences of what regular, vigorous, exercise can cause in an individual’s “normal” heart, it is shown that trained subjects exhibit an enlarged LV cavity comparing with ... See full document

... Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) is, in most cases, a genetic heart muscle disease, caused by mutations in genes coding for sarcomere proteins, with an autosomal dominant pattern of ... See full document

... benefits of carvedilol on ventricular function and remodeling in human patients with ischemic and non-ischemic ...action of carvedilol on human patients with DCM, observed ... See full document

... finding of our study was that a larger LAA volume was independently associated with AF recurrence after catheter abla- tion in patients with paroxysmal or persistent ...best ... See full document

... Twenty patients with DCM and NYHA class III and IV heart failure were ...effects of ML, administered intravenously, were ...right atrial pressure (MRAP); left ventri- cular systolic and ... See full document

... evaluation of 274 consecutive HF patients with left ventricular ejection fraction ≤ ...composite of cardiac death or urgent HT in 1-year ...predictive value (NPV) ... See full document

... values in the aforementioned morphometric parameters are in agreement with the histopathologic findings that indicated an increased volume, vacuolization, tumefaction with proliferation ... See full document

... and, in fact, there was a significant age difference between the HCM and control groups, potentially limit- ing the value of the study findings, as age is an important determinant of LA size ... See full document

... impact of our findings, if validated in independent cohorts, should be inter- preted in the context of genotype-phenotype studies, which have refined the correlation between different ... See full document

... associated with a poorer prognosis in comparison to normal intraventricular conduction, but also in comparison to right bundle branch ...importance of accurately defining ...identify ... See full document

... highlighted in bold are statistically signif- icant (p < ...ratio of the early diastolic transmitral flow velocity to early diastolic mitral annular velocity; LVDd: left ventricular end-diastolic ... See full document

... Advances in pharmacological and mechanical reperfusion of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) over the past decades led to a significant improvement in survival and to an increasing proportion ... See full document

... field of management, implantable devices have an important role for select ...Society of Cardiology guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure (2008), cardiac ... See full document

... correlations of systemic levels of VEGF in CAD and especially after revascularization intervention are largely ...changes of VEGF circulating levels after percuta- neous coronary intervention ... See full document

... days of the beginning of symptoms, when the sensitivity for the diagnosis is higher (Figure 2) ...[6,79]. In addition to its unique potential for providing anatomic and morphologic information, cMRI ... See full document

... range of hypothesises regarding the molecular basis of the association between elevated CRP serum levels, inflammation and tumor ...part of tumor progression and CRP seems to act not only as a ... See full document

... insertion of the gastro- scope and thoracoscope and respective instruments, we could obtain regular triangulation and countertraction that simulates the 2 hand movements of the ...manipulation of ... See full document