Fig. 11.1 Algorhythm for the diagnosis and management of PD catheter dysfunction Isolated outflow obstruction often improves with use of laxatives to induce diarrhea as the vigorous peristalsis can move…
Fig. 1.1 Trends in the annual number of ESRD incident cases (in thousands) by modality, in the U.S. population, 1996–2013- USRDS ADR 2015 (USRDS-ADR [1]) The incidence rates of ESRD…
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Stephen Haggerty (ed.)Surgical Aspects of Peritoneal Dialysis10.1007/978-3-319-52821-2_3 3. Patient Selection for Peritoneal Dialysis Neenoo Khosla1 (1) Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Northshore University Healthsystem, Evanston, IL, USA …
ASA class Definition Examples ASA I A normal healthy patient Healthy nonsmoker ASA II Mild systemic disease Mild diseases, smoker, controlled DM(diabetes mellitus or Htn (hypertension) BMI(body mass index) >30…
Suppose that the nadir of each cusp is in the middle of the cusp itself and remember the orientation of each nadir (e.g., nadir of RCC at 12 o’clock, nadir…
Fig. 3.1 Pre-TAVR work-up. Preprocedural work-up in patients with severe aortic stenosis who are candidates for a TAVI procedure. CT computed tomography, LIMA left internal mammary artery, TAVR transcatheter aortic…
Transcatheter MV repair (TMVRe) techniques and devices Annuloplasty Indirect annuloplasty Carillon (Cardiac Dimensions, Kirkland, WA, USA) MONARC (Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA, USA) PS3 System (Ample Medical, Foster City, CA,…
Fig. 21.1 The King-Mills device Fig. 21.2 PFO (left) and ASD (right) devices (Courtesy of St. Jude Medical) 21.2 Procedural Approach Transcatheter closure of PFO has been established as a…
Fig. 25.1 Panel (a) Left ventricular angiography showing a large ventricular septal defect (white arrows) in the middle portion of the ventricular septum. Panel (b) Ventricular septal defect closure attempt,…
Fig. 19.1 Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) was performed before the procedure to rule out the presence of left atrial appendage (LAA) thrombus and to assess the dimensions and the morphology of…
