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Author(s):
David N Kenigsberg
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Ken Ellenbogen
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3 years ago
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common and recurrent arrhythmia resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. Our approach to the patient with AF has changed dramatically over the past decade. We have gone from palliating patients with rate controlling medications or administering antiarrhythmic medications with potential systemic side effects and proarrhythmia, to now curing many of them with…
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Author(s):
Mark Huffman
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Vallerie V McLaughlin
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3 years ago
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (formerly referred to as primary pulmonary hypertension) is an uncommon yet progressively fatal disease defined by the presence of mean pulmonary artery pressure greater than 25mmHg at rest or greater than 30mmHg with exercise as tested by right heart catheterization in the absence of other etiologies for pulmonary hypertension. Across several studied…
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Clinical Utility of Realtime Three-dimensional Echocardiography - A New and Emerging Standard
Author(s):
Tamar S Polonsky
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Victor Mor-Avi
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Roberto M Lang
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3 years ago
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Author(s):
Robert P Frantz
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3 years ago
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare but life-threatening condition that has traditionally required treatment with continuous intravenous epoprostenol via an indwelling central catheter.1–3 Such therapy improves outcome, but is fraught with side effects, expense, and risk of catheter-related complications. Therapy of PAH has evolved tremendously in recent years, reflecting the…
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Amyloid Heart Disease
Author(s):
Yaser Nemshah
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Alex Clavijo
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Gyanendra Sharma
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3 years ago
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Computed Tomographic Angiography and Nuclear Myocardial Perfusion Imaging—A Comparison in Detecting…
Author(s):
Matthew J Budoff
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Ambarish Gopal
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3 years ago
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Author(s):
Matthew J Budoff
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Ambarish Gopal
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3 years ago
The cost and the risk of invasive angiography have encouraged the development of new diagnostic methods that allow the coronary arteries to be visualized non-invasively. The last decade has seen great strides in the field of cardiac imaging, particularly in the ability of cardiac computed tomographic angiography (CTA) to visualize the coronary lumen with excellent diagnostic accuracy (see Table 1…
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Author(s):
Richard Solomon
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3 years ago
The use of iodinated contrast media (CM) for both diagnostic imaging and interventional studies continues to increase. The introduction of multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) scanners allows for quicker imaging of internal organs, and image acquisition is now fast enough for study of the coronary arteries. This technology requires the delivery of a high concentration of iodine to the…
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The Digital Ballistocardiograph
Author(s):
Geoffrey Houlton
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3 years ago
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Author(s):
Srinivas Murali
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3 years ago
Introduction
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a disease affecting the pulmonary vascular endothelium of the small pulmonary vessels that causes progressive elevations in pulmonary vascular resistance, leading to right ventricular failure and death. PAH can result from a number of causes or associated risk factors. A clinical classification (Evian classification) was developed in 1993 and…
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