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- VARIANTS OF VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY: -Correlates of echocardiographic indices of cardiac remodeling over the adult life course
Background The heart progressively remodels over the life course, yet longitudinal data characterizing such remodeling in the community are limited. Methods and Results Using multilevel ...
- CARDIOLOGY: -Preoperative angiotensin-blocking drug therapy is not associated with atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery
Background Preoperative use of angiotensin-blocking drug therapy (ABDT) with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin II receptor blockers and its link to occurrence of ...
- URAEMIC TOXINS FOR CONSIDERATION FOR CARDIOLOGIST: -Uraemic toxins for consideration by the cardiologist—Beyond traditional and non-traditional cardiovascular risk factors
Abstract & Objectives HIV+ patients are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Inflammation plays a role in adults, but has not yet been assessed in HIV+ children. We compared ...
- EXERCISE-INDUCED CARDIAC TROPONIN I ELEVATION: -Exercise-induced cardiac troponin elevation
Regular physical exercise is recommended for the primary preventionof cardiovascular disease. Although the high prevalence of physical inactivity remains a formidable public health issue, ...
- CARDIOLOGY: -DOES INDOXYL SULFATE, -A URAEMIC TOXIN & CELLULAR EFFECTS ON MYOCITOS AND CARDIAC FIBROBLAST: -Does indoxyl sulfate, a uraemic toxin, have direct effects on cardiac fibroblasts and myocytes?
Aims Indoxyl sulfate (IS) is a uraemic toxin found at high concentration in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) co-morbid with chronic heart failure (CHF). The aim of this study was to ...
- CARDIOLOGY & IONIC CHANNELS: -Docosahexaenoic acid has influence on action potentials and transient outward potassium currents of ventricular myocytes
Background There are many reports about the anti-arrhythmic effects of ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, however, the mechanisms are still not completely delineated. The purpose of ...
- CARDIOLOGY: -Mapping and ablation of epicardial idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias from within the coronary venous system
Background The prevalence of epicardial idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias that can be ablated from within the coronary venous system (CVS) has not been described. Methods and Result ...
- CARDIOLOGY: -THE OLD & THE NEW- A REVIEW: -Cardiac biomarkers -
Biomarkers are biological parameters that can be objectively measured and quantified as indicators of normal biologic processes, pathogenic processes, or responses to a therapeutic intervention. ...
- VIRAL MYOCARDITIS: -Regulatory T cells protect mice against coxsackievirus-induced myocarditis through the transforming growth factor β–coxsackie-adenovirus receptor pathway
Background Coxsackievirus B3 infection is an excellent model of human myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy. Cardiac injury is caused either by a direct cytopathic effect of the virus or ...
- CARDIOLOGY: -IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR: -REPLACEMENT COMPLICATIONS: -Complications associated with revision of sprint fidelis leads
Background It has been observed that replacement of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator generator in response to a device advisory may be associated with a substantial rate of ...
- FULLTEXT: CARDIOLOGY: -Clinical summaries
Complications Associated With Revision of Sprint Fidelis Leads: Report From the Canadian Heart Rhythm Society Device Advisory Committee Top Complications Associated With... Contribution of 30 ...
- CARDIOLOGY: -HIGLHLY TRAINED ATHLETES: -Atrial volume index in highly trained athletes
Background Increase of left atrial (LA) diameter in trained athletes has been regarded as another component of the “athlete's heart”. Aims To evaluate the possible impact of ...
- RECENTS ATRIAL FIBRILLATION TO CONVERT A SINUS RHYTHM: -Multicenter, open-label study of vernakalant for the conversion of atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm
Background The efficacy and safety of vernakalant, a relatively atrial-selective antiarrhythmic agent, in converting atrial fibrillation (AF) to sinus rhythm (SR) were evaluated in this ...
- CARDIOLOGY: -ALCOHOL SEPTAL ABLATION (ASA): -Long-term outcome of alcohol septal ablation in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
ABSTRACT Abstract Introduction Methods Results Discussion Conclusions References Background The impact of alcohol septal ablation (ASA)-induced scar is not known. This study sought ...
- CARDIOLOGY: -Meta-analyses of septal reduction therapies for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Comparative rates of overall mortality and sudden cardiac death after treatment
Abstract & Background Septal reduction for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy may be performed by surgical myectomy or alcohol septal ablation (ASA). Unlike surgical ...
