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Arrhythmia Management
Management of arrhythmia varies and treatment is directed at causes. Asymptomatic arrhythmias without serious risks do not require where as symptomatic arrhythmias may require treatment to improve quality of life
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Since its inception in the early 1990s, endovascular repair (EVR) of aneurysms has been subjected to analysis in several randomised ontrolled trials. Now it is a mainstay of treatment for abdominal...
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) has an estimated prevalence of 15–25 cases/million population.1This chronic, progressive diseaseis defined by a mean pulmonary arterial pressure >25mmHg...
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Acute Heart Failure Syndromes - US Cardiology 2006
PathophysiologyThe pathophysiology of AHFS is complex, and can arise from a variety of pathophysiological mechanisms. Approximately 60% of...
Heart Failure in African-Americans
Heart Failure—An Enigmatic Disease in African-AmericansChronic heart failure is no longer a fatal diagnosis. Rather, it is a treatable disease...
Evolving Treatment Strategies for the Ablation of Chronic Atrial Fibrillation
Over the past decade, catheter ablation has emerged as a potential cure for paroxysmal AF (PAF) and chronic AF (CAF). Currently, the two main...
Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
Focal activity, multiple small re-entrant wavelets, and large macro-re-entrant circuits have all been implicated in AF, influenced by changes in...
Monitoring Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
With AF, the ventricles are activated irregularly and commonly very rapidly. At times, the ventricles are activated so rapidly that they cannot fill...
