Fig. 11.1 Unadjusted Kaplan-Meier cardiac mortality comparing patients undergoing Stress-Only SPECT imaging and patients undergoing conventional Rest-Stress imaging who had normal studies. No difference in mortality was observed suggesting that…
Epidemiologic case definition (classic clinical criteria) Fever of at least 5 days’ duration Presence of at least four of the following principal features: Changes in extremities Polymorphous exanthem Bilateral conjunctival…
Left ventricular (LV) Systolic wall stress LV systolic pressure LV diameter LV wall thickness Contractility Heart rate Systolic Wall Tension The force produced by the contracting myocardium to generate pressure…
Fig. 3.1 Proportional reduction in major vascular events versus absolute low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) reduction. In a meta-analysis of 26 large trials of statin therapy, including a total of 170,000…
Fig. 27.1 Mendelian patterns on inheritance. Pedigree patterns for autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, X-linked recessive, and X-linked dominant inheritance are shown In an autosomal recessive disorder, both copies of the…
Fig. 7.1 Cardiovascular disease in adults aged 20 years or older by age and sex. The prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD) in women and men increases as they age….
Type Subtype Thoracic indexes Diagnostic indexes Assessment indexes Most commonly reported indexes Clinical Anthropometric Index [5, 10–12] Chest X-ray Sternal Vertebral Index [7, 10, 13–16] Welch Index [17, 18] Haje…
Fig. 17.1 Application of the vacuum bell Fig. 17.2 Vacuum bell in three different sizes (left 16 cm, middle 19 cm, right 26 cm in diameter) Fig. 17.3 Vacuum bell,…
Fig. 6.1 Haller Index on CT scan Chest X-ray Evaluation of patients with plain radiographs is performed in two projections, frontal and lateral [15, 16]. PE deformity can produce characteristic…
Fig. 15.1 (a, b) Failure of the Nuss procedure can be due to bar rotation or migration as is seen in these two patient’s lateral chest roentgenogram (a) rotation of…
