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Atrial Mechanical Function - Implications for Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
Tachycardia-induced CardiomyopathyTachycardia-related ventricular cardiomyopathy results from sustained rates in excess of 100 beats per minute. This...
Atrial natriuretic peptide and three-dimensional echocardiography after transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect
Surgical closure of the defect aims at relieving the heart and pulmonary circulation from the haemodynamic burden. Although patients benefit from...
Attending to Links in the Safety Chain for Drug-Eluting Stents
The most catastrophic of the unwanted outcomes that have been associated with stenting is stent thrombosis. Neither drug-eluting stents nor bare...
Autoantibodies and Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Citrullination is the post-translational modification of the amino acid arginine to citrulline (see Figure 1). It is unknown which antigens are...
B-mode ultrasound common carotid artery intima-media thickness and external diameter: cross-sectional and longitudinal associations with carotid atherosclerosis in a large population sample
MethodsWe investigated cross-sectional (baseline 1987–89: n = 7956) and prospective (median follow-up = 5.9 years: n = 4845) associations between...
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...
BAGUERA®C – A New Cervical Disc Replacement Device
The BAGUERA® C disc is a biomechanical device designed to provide symptomatic relief and restore motion, thereby protecting adjacent levels from...
Baroreflex Activation in Drug-resistant Hypertension
Hypertension is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide.1–3 In the US, around 25% of the adult population has a blood pressure (BP) of...
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)...
Benefit of Drug-eluting Coronary Stents in Reducing In-stent Restenosis
Initially described in 1977, the procedure involved placement of a balloon-tipped catheter across a subtotal stenosis followed by balloon inflation...
Benefits of Nanotechnology in Cardiovascular Surgery - A Review of Potential Applications
Nanostructures display unique mechanical, electrical, chemical, and optical properties. Understanding and controlling such properties is challenging,...
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...
Bifurcation Stenting – Have We Made Progress in the Last 10 Years
Approach to the Bifurcation Patient Historically, bifurcation lesions have been associated with lower procedural success and a poorer clinical...
Bilateral giant femoropopliteal artery aneurysms: a case report
Popliteal artery aneurysms (PAAs) are defined as localized dilatations of the popliteal artery over 2 cm in diameter or more than 150% of the normal...
Biochemical Markers as Tools to Increase Efficiency in Drug Development
In pre-clinical development it is important to have the necessary tools to predict human response from disease models. Product efficacy and safety...
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...
Biochemical Markers in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
Cardiac surgery is associated with a significant risk of morbidity and mortality. In the UK, over 30,000 patients per year undergo cardiac surgery,...
Biodegradable Stents—Where Are We in 2009?
Coronary angioplasty has revolutionized the treatment of coronary artery disease. Over the past two decades the field has seen numerous innovations...
