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A compare between myocardial topical negative pressure levels of -25 mmHg and -50 mmHg in a porcine model
BackgroundTNP produces a mechanical stress and a pressure gradient across the tissue which may cause a surge of blood to the area. Mechanical forces...
Acute Coronary Syndromes - Tailoring Treatment Based on Risk Stratification
As the proportion of patients with actual disease decreases, the benefits of the treatment decrease, while the number of adverse outcomes remains...
Acute Coronary Syndromes - Tailoring Treatment Based on Risk Stratification
Risk StratificationAcute MI is described as a rise and fall of serum cardiac markers, preferably troponin, and either ischemic symptoms, ischemic...
Advances in Digital Imaging Technology in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease, 2004
Smokers have a 2.5-fold increase in the incidence of atherosclerotic heart disease, but a 10-fold higher risk for sudden cardiac death.2 Of note, the...
An Update on Carotid Stent Trials and Perspectives
Strokes are frequently devastating events with potentially fatal complications and significant disability, resulting in a major impact on the...
An Update on N-terminal Pro-Brain-type Natriuretic Peptide for Risk Stratification in Chronic Heart Failure
There is currently a great interest in developing simple and economical circulating biomarkers that would be of incremental value to conventional...
An Update on Patent Foramen Ovale Closure
As an intra-cardiac right-to-left shunt, the patent foramen ovale (PFO) has gained attention over the last two decades because of its potential...
Are Drug-eluting Stents the Future of Coronary Artery Treatment for All Patient Types?
Since publication of the Randomized Study with the Sirolimus-Eluting Bx Velocity Balloon-Expandable Stent (RAVEL) using drug-eluting stents (DES),...
B-type Natriuretic Peptides in the Management of Acute Heart Failure and Acute Coronary Syndromes
Acute Heart Failure The clinical diagnosis of HF can be challenging, particularly in patients presenting with acute shortness of breath in the urgent...
Behavioral Cardiology - Where the Heart and Head Meet
While this case is somewhat extreme and unusual, it is not uncommon. It typifies an unusual dilemma in current cardiovascular (CV)...
Beta-blockers and Non-cardiac Surgery - What is the Current State of the Evidence?
The utility of beta blockers in the peri-operative period has been of interest to clinicians and investigators for almost three decades. Numerous...
Beyond the Apnea-Hypopnea Index-Prognostic Value of Other Elements of Polysomnography to Describe Sleep-disordered Breathing in Heart Failure
A growing appreciation of the prevalence of sleep breathing disorders, especially as comorbidities of disease syndromes such as chronic heart...
Biochemical Markers for Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction—Cardiac Troponin
Also, this NACB committee developed guidelines for logistics, measurement specifications, and point-of-care testing of these biochemical markers.4...
Bleeding as a Prognostic Marker in Acute Coronary Syndromes
Rates of major bleeding in clinical studies of ACS have ranged from 0.8% to 11.5% and, according to some registries, it is the most common...
Bridging the Gap Between Scientific Evidence and Clinical Practice in the Management of Non-ST-segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes
Despite the significant advances that have been made in diagnostic technologies, the availability of newer therapeutic agents, and greater access to...
Cadiovascular Risk Factors in Metabolic Syndrome—Impact of Insulin Resistance on Lipids, Hypertension, and the Development of Diabetes and Cardiac Events
MS is closely associated with obesity, which has shown a disturbing increase in prevalence, both in the US and worldwide, creating an unprecedented...
Cardiac Imaging for Assessment of Left Ventricular Thrombus
Accurate detection of left ventricular (LV) thrombus affects clinical outcomes and therapeutic management, as thrombus provides a substrate for...
Cardiac Markers - Facilitating Diagnosis and Exclusion of Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome
Although the standard 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) is the single best test to identify patients with AMI upon ED presentation, it still has...
Cardiac Membrane Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids as Therapeutic Targets in Age-Associated Heart Diseases
In addition to perturbed regulation of ion homeostasis, metabolic intermediates and antioxidant systems, important adaptive and maladaptive membrane...
Cardiovascular Biomarkers for Acute Coronary Syndromes Using a Multi-marker Strategy
Despite these facts, there has been little recent progress in the diagnosis of ACS, so it remains one of the most difficult medical challenges facing...
