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Trends in the utilization of computed tomography and cardiac catheterization among children with congenital heart disease

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2015
Pediatric cardiac computed tomography (CT) is a noninvasive imaging modality used to clearly demonstrate the anatomical detail of congenital heart diseases.
Justin Cheng-Ta Yang, Ming-Tai Lin, Fu-Shan Jaw, Shyh-Jye Chen, Jou-Kou Wang, Tiffany Ting-Fang Shih, Mei-Hwan Wu, Yiu-Wah Li   +7 more
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Radiation-free CMR diagnostic heart catheterization in children [PDF]

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 2017
Background Children with heart disease may require repeated X-Ray cardiac catheterization procedures, are more radiosensitive, and more likely to survive to experience oncologic risks of medical radiation.
Kanishka Ratnayaka, Joshua P. Kanter, Anthony Z. Faranesh, Elena K. Grant, Laura J. Olivieri, Russell R. Cross, Ileen F. Cronin, Karin S. Hamann, Adrienne E. Campbell-Washburn, Kendall J. O’Brien, Toby Rogers, Michael S. Hansen, Robert J. Lederman   +12 more
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Variation in Hospital Use and Outcomes Associated With Pulmonary Artery Catheterization in Heart Failure in the United States [PDF]

Circulation: Heart Failure, 2016
Background—There has been an increase in the use of pulmonary artery (PA) catheters in heart failure (HF) in the United States in recent years. However, patterns of hospital use and trends in patient outcomes are not known.
Nilay Kumar, Rohan Khera
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The Value of Passive Leg Raise During Right Heart Catheterization in Diagnosing Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

Circulation: Heart Failure, 2022
Background: Because of limited accuracy of noninvasive tests, diastolic stress testing plays an important role in the diagnostic work-up of patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).
A. A. van de Bovenkamp, N. Wijkstra, F. P. Oosterveer, A. Vonk Noordegraaf, H. Bogaard, A. V. van Rossum, Frances S. de Man, B. Borlaug, M. Handoko   +8 more
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Right heart catheterization for pulmonary hypertension during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic

Pulmonary Circulation, 2020
Right heart catheterization is an essential diagnostic modality in the evaluation of pulmonary hypertension. The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has resulted in deferral of elective procedures including right heart catheterization.
Kanza N. Qaiser, James E Lane, Adriano R. Tonelli   +2 more
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Novel Left Heart Catheterization Ramp Protocol to Guide Hemodynamic Optimization in Patients Supported With Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2019
Background Left ventricular (LV) hemodynamic assessment has been sparsely performed in patients supported on continuous‐flow LV assist devices (cfLVADs).
Andrew N. Rosenbaum, Robert P. Frantz, Sudhir S. Kushwaha, John M. Stulak, Simon Maltais, Atta Behfar   +5 more
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Right Heart Catheterization—Background, Physiological Basics, and Clinical Implications

Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2019
The idea of right heart catheterization (RHC) grew in the milieu of modern thinking about the cardiovascular system, influenced by the experiments of William Harvey, which were inspired by the treatises of Greek philosophers like Aristotle and Gallen ...
Grzegorz Kubiak, Grzegorz Kubiak, Monika Biniecka   +2 more
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Practical Guidance for Hemodynamic Assessment by Right Heart Catheterization in Management of Heart Failure

JACC: Heart Failure
Heart failure is a clinical syndrome characterized by the inability of the heart to meet the circulatory demands of the body without requiring an increase in intracardiac pressures at rest or with exertion.
Maya Guglin, Prateeti Khazanie, Barry Borlaug   +2 more
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Cognitive Function Before and After Left Heart Catheterization

Journal of the American Heart Association, 2018
Background Hospital procedures have been associated with cognitive change in older patients. This study aimed to document the prevalence of mild cognitive impairment in individuals undergoing left heart catheterization (LHC) before the procedure and the ...
David Scott, Andrew Macisaac, Paul Maruff   +2 more
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Contemporary Evidence and Practice on Right Heart Catheterization in Patients with Acute or Chronic Heart Failure

Diagnostics
Heart failure (HF) has a global prevalence of 1–2%, and the incidence around the world is growing. The prevalence increases with age, from around 1% for those aged 10% for those aged 70 years or over.
Costantino Mancusi, Roberta Paolillo, Luigi di Serafino   +2 more
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