This issue of Cardiology Clinics, edited by Drs. Palak Shah and Jennifer Cowger, will focus on Mechanical Circulatory Support. Topics include, but are not limited to, The Evolution of Mechanical Circulatory Support, Continuous-flow Device Engineering and Pump Technology, Surgical Implantation: Perspective and Techniques, Temporary Circulatory Support and ECMO, Durable MCS Candidate Selection, Perioperative Management of the Right and Left Ventricle, Quality of Life, Frailty and Cognitive Impairment in the MCS Candidate, Microbiology and Infections in VAD recipients, Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Cerebrovascular Accident, Antithrombotic Strategies and Device Thrombosis, Impact of MCS on Post-Transplant Outcomes, Hemodynamic Pump-Patient Interactions & VAD Imaging, Ambulatory Patient Management, and Imaging in VAD recipients.
GLS, global circumferential strain, and global radial strain, as measured by STE, reflect the main shortening vectors of these fibers.10 Ischemic changes primarily affect the subendocardial layer, where longitudinal myocardial fibers ...
In: CT Atlas of Adult Congenital Heart Disease. Springer, London. Reprinted with permission.) In 1978, Choussat and Fontan laid down fundamental ground rules for a successful Fontan operation17 Although many of these principles have ...
This issue is one of four selected each year by the series editorial board: Jamil A. Aboulhosn, David M. Shavelle, Terrence D. Welch, and Audrey H. Wu. The volume will include articles on: pathophysiology of acute and chronic right heart ...
BAME, Black Asian and Minority Ethnic; CVD, cardiovascular disease; OOHCA, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; PCI, percutaneous coronary ... there was a 42% decline in ED visits.2Similar trends were seen across Europe and globally.
Learning Approaches to Heart Ejection Failure Fraction with Preserved Faraz S. Ahmad, MD, MS a,b,c,1, Yuan Luo, ... Deep learning Natural language processing KEY POINTS Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction is a heterogenous, ...
Reliability of noninvasive assessment of systolic pulmonary artery pressure by Doppler echocardiography compared to ... Transthoracic echocardiography in the evaluation of pediatric pulmonary hypertension and ventricular dysfunction.
MD b,* KEYWORDS Hypertension Resistant hypertension Refractory hypertension KEY POINTS Uncontrolled hypertension ... USA; American Heart Association Comprehensive Hypertension Center, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, ...
Briefly, the two primary modalities for intracoronary imaging are intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and optical coherence tomography. In the United States the IVUS catheters available are the Opticross catheter (Boston Scientific), ...
In this issue, guest editors bring their considerable expertise to this important topic. Provides in-depth reviews on the latest updates in the field, providing actionable insights for clinical practice.
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