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Randal J Thomas
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3 years ago
The need for a patient to consult a cardiologist can be exemplified by the case a 65-year-old man who recently suffered an anterior wall myocardial infarction (MI) and who has been participating in cardiac rehabilitation, who presents with feelings of overwhelming depression and hopelessness. On three occasions since his hospitalization he has been evaluated in the local emergency department (ED)…
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Author(s):
Paul S Chan
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3 years ago
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is the leading cause of mortality in patients with ischemic heart disease and left ventricular dysfunction.1 The second Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial (MADIT-II) and the Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT) have shown that implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) reduce mortality in patients with ischemic heart disease and…
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Author(s):
Paul S Chan
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3 years ago
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is the leading cause of mortality in patients with ischemic heart disease and left ventricular dysfunction.1 The second Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial (MADIT-II) and the Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT) have shown that implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) reduce mortality in patients with ischemic heart disease and…
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The Digital Ballistocardiograph
Author(s):
Geoffrey Houlton
Added:
3 years ago
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Author(s):
Kari Gorder
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Steve Rudick
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Timothy D Smith
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2 years ago
Author(s):
Ajitha Kulasekaran
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Lorna Swan
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10 months ago
Author(s):
Shamai A Grossman
Added:
3 years ago
Introduction
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is an imbalance in pump function in which the heart fails to maintain the circulation of blood adequately. The most severe manifestation of CHF, pulmonary edema, develops when this imbalance causes an increase in lung fluid secondary to leakage from pulmonary capillaries into the interstitium and alveoli of the lung.
CHF can be categorized as forward…
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Author(s):
Sahoor Khan
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William Shi
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Tsuyoshi Kaneko
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et al
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1 year ago
Author(s):
Jose Luis Zamorano
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3 years ago
2D echocardiography (2DE) is a common diagnostic and treatment planning tool in clinical cardiology, especially for the assessment of left ventricular (LV) volume and function. However, traditional 2DE is severely limited by its dependence on geometrical assumptions, which can lead to inaccuracies in volume quantification.1 Because 3D echocardiographic (3DE) imaging eliminates geometrical…
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Author(s):
Neal W White Jr
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3 years ago
Hospital to Home (H2H) is a national quality improvement initiative of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). It builds on the success of the ACC Door-to-Balloon Alliance for Quality and the IHI 100K Lives and 5 Million Lives campaigns. The goal of the H2H initiative is to reduce 30-day all-cause readmission rates for patients discharged with…
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