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William E Hellenbrand
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3 years ago
Interventional Techniques to Treat Congenital Heart Disease
Congenital heart disease has been traditionally treated with surgery; however, with the development of interventional cardiology, patients are now benefiting from minimally invasive techniques.
Traditionally, open-heart surgery was performed to treat congenital stenoses and perform device closures for septal defects and other vascular…
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Marc Sirol
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3 years ago
Atherosclerosis and its thrombotic complications are the first cause of mortality and morbidity in industrialized countries. Furthermore, despite pharmacological intervention and lifestyle changes, cardiovascular disease (CVD) continues to be the principal cause of death in the US.1 Despite great advances in the understanding of the initiation and progression of atherosclerosis and its risk…
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Frank J Rybicki
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3 years ago
Most advances in cardiac computed tomography (CT), particularly coronary CT angiography (CTA), have come from the development of protocols consistent with rapid incremental improvements in CT technology. The evolution of cardiac CT from early technology has been paralleled with evolving protocols that have extended cardiac CT beyond the imaging of coronary arteries alone: current applications…
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Premal Patel
Job title: Consultant Paediatric Interventional Radiologist
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Matt Swift
Job title: Cardiac Physiologist
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Paul Foley
Job title: Consultant Cardiologist
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Matthew J Budoff
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3 years ago
Cardiac computed tomography (CT) has evolved greatly over the last 20 years. This article reviews its current clinical uses, and describes some of the potential for even greater utility in the near future. Electron beam tomography (EBT) was developed 20 years ago specifically for cardiac imaging. Although the technique can quantify ventricular anatomy and function1 as well as myocardial…
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Srinivas Murali
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3 years ago
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 subsequently…
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Victoria Jowett
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Christopher J White
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3 years ago
More than three-quarters of a million Americans will suffer a stroke this year. Stroke ranks as the third most common cause of death after heart disease and cancer. It is the number one cause of disability among adults and the main reason for rehabilitation. Many, but not all, strokes are related to atherosclerosisÔÇöthe same disease that causes heart attacks. Blockage of one of the two main…
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