Relation of Strain by Feature Tracking and Clinical Outcome in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Dec 1, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Relation of Strain by Feature Tracking and Clinical Outcome in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Evaluation of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC) in young patients is limited by lack of age-specific norms for wall thickness on cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) images. Left ventricular strain may have a…

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Coronary Blood Flow in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis Before and After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

Dec 1, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Coronary Blood Flow in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis Before and After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

Patients with severe aortic stenosis and no obstructed coronary arteries are reported to have reduced coronary flow. Doppler evaluation of proximal coronary flow is feasible using transesophageal echocardiography. The present…

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Early Trends in N-Terminal Pro–Brain Natriuretic Peptide Values After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation for Chronic Heart Failure

Dec 1, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Early Trends in N-Terminal Pro–Brain Natriuretic Peptide Values After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation for Chronic Heart Failure

Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) acutely decrease left ventricular wall stress. Thus, early postoperative levels of N-terminal pro–brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) should decrease. This study investigated postoperative changes in NT-proBNP…

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Analysis of Different Device-Based Intrathoracic Impedance Vectors for Detection of Heart Failure Events (from the Detect Fluid Early from Intrathoracic Impedance Monitoring Study)

Dec 1, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Analysis of Different Device-Based Intrathoracic Impedance Vectors for Detection of Heart Failure Events (from the Detect Fluid Early from Intrathoracic Impedance Monitoring Study)

Detect Fluid Early from Intrathoracic Impedance Monitoring (DEFEAT-PE) is a prospective, multicenter study of multiple intrathoracic impedance vectors to detect pulmonary congestion (PC) events. Changes in intrathoracic impedance between the…

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Usefulness of Blood Pressure Rise Prior to Exercise Stress Testing to Predict the Risk of Future Hypertension in Normotensive Korean Men

Dec 1, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Usefulness of Blood Pressure Rise Prior to Exercise Stress Testing to Predict the Risk of Future Hypertension in Normotensive Korean Men

The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that blood pressure (BP) increase before exercise stress testing is associated with the incidence of hypertension in a prospective study…

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