Orthotopic Heart Transplantation

Jul 18, 2017 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Orthotopic Heart Transplantation

1. Positive prospective crossmatch 2. Irreversible pulmonary hypertension (PVR ≥ 5 Wood units) 3. Malignancy 4. Uncontrolled active systemic infection 5. Severe obstructive or restrictive lung disease 6. Coexisting systemic…

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Heart Failure Prevention

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Fig. 18.1 The basic mechanism of negative remodeling and progression to dilated cardiomyopathy in hypertension Therefore, it is plausible to hypothesize that hypertensive cardiomyopathy is a preventable disease, at least…

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The Pathology of Cardiomyopathies

Jul 18, 2017 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on The Pathology of Cardiomyopathies

Fig. 5.1 (a). Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy . Left ventricular outflow tract view showing marked left ventricular hypertrophy, outflow tract obstruction, and systolic anterior motion lesion. (b) Closer view of systolic anterior…

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Cardiac Xenotransplantation

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Approach Availabilitya Costb Immune barrierc Infectious barrierd Global availabilitye Allotransplant * ** *** **** *** Assist device *** ** ** ** ** Artificial heart ** ** ** *** ** Engineeringf…

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Cell Therapy and Heart Failure

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Fig. 24.1 Distinct differences are observed between pluripotent (a) and multipotent (b) stem cell populations. Schematic highlighting the major differences between pluripotent (i.e., ESC and hiPSC) versus multipotent (i.e., myogenic…

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Arrhythmias in Cardiomyopathy

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Fig. 19.1 (a) ECG exhibiting polymorphous VT that was determined to be torsades de pointes, (b) ECG showing sustained scar-related monomorphic VT. ECG electrocardiogram, VT ventricular tachycardia Apart from acute…

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Right Heart Failure

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Fig. 11.1 The developing mammalian heart is derived from progenitors that emerge from the primary and secondary heart fields . Scanning electron microscopic images of the developing mouse heart demonstrating…

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