Significance of Mechanical Alterations in Single Ventricle Patients on Twisting and Circumferential Strain as Determined by Analysis of Strain from Gradient Cine Magnetic Resonance Imaging Sequences

Dec 23, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Significance of Mechanical Alterations in Single Ventricle Patients on Twisting and Circumferential Strain as Determined by Analysis of Strain from Gradient Cine Magnetic Resonance Imaging Sequences

Preliminary speckle-tracking echocardiographic studies show that patients with single ventricles (SVs) have significantly decreased twisting and dyssynchrony of twisting. This could be related to abnormal cardiac looping, which leads to…

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Thinking of Dr. Howard Burchell

Dec 23, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Thinking of Dr. Howard Burchell

The recent reminiscences on Dr. Howard Burchell brought to mind several of my own, while a medical resident at the Mayo Clinic from 1966 to 1968. I was aware of…

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Effect of In-Hospital Initiation of Lipid-Lowering Therapy on Six-Month Outcomes in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack

Dec 23, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Effect of In-Hospital Initiation of Lipid-Lowering Therapy on Six-Month Outcomes in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack

Early lipid-lowering therapy (LLT) has demonstrated clinical benefits in patients with acute coronary syndrome; however, little is known about early LLT in patients with stroke. We evaluated the effect of…

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Incidence of Caffeine in Serum of Patients Undergoing Dipyridamole Myocardial Perfusion Stress Test by an Intensive Versus Routine Caffeine History Screening

Dec 23, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Incidence of Caffeine in Serum of Patients Undergoing Dipyridamole Myocardial Perfusion Stress Test by an Intensive Versus Routine Caffeine History Screening

The coronary vasodilatory effect of dipyridamole is competitively blocked by caffeine. The purposes of this study were to (1) assess the incidence of having detectable serum caffeine and (2) evaluate…

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Effectiveness of Transition from Intravenous Epoprostenol to Oral/Inhaled Targeted Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Therapy in Pediatric Idiopathic and Familial Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Dec 23, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Effectiveness of Transition from Intravenous Epoprostenol to Oral/Inhaled Targeted Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Therapy in Pediatric Idiopathic and Familial Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Before 2001, intravenous epoprostenol was the only approved drug for patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) or familial pulmonary arterial hypertension (FPAH) who were nonresponsive to high-dose calcium channel…

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