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Optimizing Heart Rate and Controlling Symptoms in Atrial Fibrillation
Author(s): Pragnesh Parikh , KL Venkatachalam Added: 3 years ago
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common pathologic clinical arrhythmia lasting more than 30 seconds, and its incidence and prevalence continue to increase. It has been estimated that 5.9 % of patients aged >65 years suffer from AF.1 In the Rotterdam study, 17.8 % of patients over 85 had AF.2 The lifetime risk for developing AF in both men and women above age 40 is one in four.3 This… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Author(s): Blair P Grubb , Naser Imran Added: 3 years ago
Perhaps one of the most important developments in modern cardiovascular medicine was the development of the implantable cardioverter–defibrillator (ICD) in the early 1980s. This development has revolutionized the management of patients who have experienced or are at risk for lethal cardiac arrhythmias. These remarkable devices fulfilled a long-held dream of being able to effectively recognize and… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Author(s): Christopher R deFilippi , G Michael Felker Added: 3 years ago
Biomarkers have become central to the management of cardiovascular disease, and their potential clinical applications continue to grow. This article reviews galectin-3 (Gal-3), a novel biomarker of fibrosis and remodeling, and its clinical application in heart failure (HF). Case Studies Case Study One A 63-year-old African-American female presents to the emergency department with acute dyspnea… View more

Heart Failure

MI/ACS
Author(s): Mark J Monaghan Added: 3 years ago
Stress echocardiography is a widely used clinical technique that provides invaluable information in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). Common applications of stress echo include the diagnosis of reversible ischaemia, myocardial viability, and establishing the functional significance of known coronary lesions. Stress echo has been shown to have similar sensitivity and… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics
Author(s): RJ Kanter Added: 3 years ago
Introduction Compared with patients with structurally normal hearts, there is an even greater need to suppress pathologic tachycardias in patients with congenital heart disease. The decrease in diastolic filling time and potential loss of atrioventricular (AV) synchrony are more poorly tolerated in these patients, proportionate to the degree of underlying systolic and diastolic dysfunction… View more

Heterogeneous Populations
Author(s): Bernard R Chaitman , Harold H Schmitz , Carl L Keen Added: 3 years ago
Dietary intake of a specific subclass of flavonoids known as flavanols has attracted increasing interest as a result of recent epidemiological mechanistic and human intervention studies suggesting potential beneficial cardiovascular effects. Among the wide variety of dietary flavanol sources, including apples, cranberries, purple grapes, red wine, and tea, some cocoas and chocolates can be… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Bernard R Chaitman , Harold H Schmitz , Carl L Keen Added: 3 years ago
Dietary intake of a specific subclass of flavonoids known as flavanols has attracted increasing interest as a result of recent epidemiological, mechanistic, and human intervention studies suggesting potential beneficial cardiovascular effects. Among the wide variety of dietary flavanol sources, including apples, cranberries, purple grapes, red wine and teas, some cocoas and chocolates can be… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Secondary Mitral Regurgitation: Diagnosis and Management
Author(s): Nehal Dhaduk , Adib Chaus , David Williams , et al Added: 1 month ago

Imaging & Diagnostics

Intervention
Sherif Sultan
Research Area(s) / Expertise:

Vascular Disease and Surgery

Endovascular Techniques

 Job title: Professor of Vascular Surgery
Prof Sherif Sultan has more than three decades of vascular and endovascular surgery experience and a strong international reputation as one of the pioneers of open and minimally invasive vascular and endovascular techniques. He is the senior vascular surgeon at the West-Northwest Hospital group of the National Health Service Executive in Ireland. He founded the Western Vascular Institute, a… View more