Triangular plasty of left atrium in a left-sided atriomegaly
Objective. Studying possibilities of the triangular plasty of left atrium procedure, performed while prosthesis of a mitral valve. Materials and metods.
V. Zh. Boukarim+2 more
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A 69-year-old woman presented as an outpatient with shortness of breath. She was a former smoker and had a past medical history of rheumatic heart disease with mild mitral stenosis and moderate-to-severe mitral insufficiency associated with atrial fibrillation.
Paulo R. Schvartzman, Richard D. White
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The arch-like plasty of the left atrium in correction of a mitral valve failure
Objective. Studying the possibilities of the method of the left atrium arch-like plasty while correcting of a mitral failure in combination with the left atrium dilatation. Materials and methods.
V. V. Popov+2 more
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Introduction: Enlarged left atrium predicts outcomes in patients with heart failure, atrial fibrillation and stroke. Left atrial volume especially when corrected for body size, is a more accurate representation of true LA size.
Monika Maheshwari+2 more
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Relationship of left atrial global peak systolic strain with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction and brain natriuretic peptide level in patients presenting with non-st elevation myocardial infarction [PDF]
PubMed: 25338184Background: In patients presenting with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction, we investigated the relationship of left atrial deformational parameters evaluated by 2-dimensional speckle tracking imaging (2D-STI) with conventional ...
Bakırcı, Eftal Murat+6 more
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Total anomalous pulmonary vein drainage in a 60-year-old woman diagnosed in an ECG-gated multidetector computed tomography : a case report and review of literature [PDF]
Purpose: Total anomalous pulmonary vein drainage (TAPVD) is a congenital cardiac defect in which there is no connection between pulmonary veins and the left atrium.
Adamczyk, Piotr+7 more
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Interatrial shunt devices for heart failure with normal ejection fraction: a technology update [PDF]
Heart failure with normal ejection fraction (HeFNEF) accounts for ~50% of heart failure admissions. Its pathophysiology and diagnostic criteria are yet to be defined clearly which may hinder the search for effective treatments.
Clark, Andrew L.+2 more
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Normal echocardiographic measurements in a Turkish population: The Healthy Heart ECHO-TR Trial
Objective: Normal reference values for the cardiac chambers are widely based on cohorts from European or American populations. In this study, we aimed to obtain normal echocardiographic measurements of healthy Turkish volunteers to reveal the age, gender,
Özgen Şafak+21 more
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In vivo validation of the origin of the esophageal electrocardiogram [PDF]
Esophageal electrocardiography is a clinical and investigational technique that is useful for determining atrial conduction intervals, analyzing atrial rhythms and mapping conduction pathways.
Binkley, Philip F.+3 more
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An immunohistochemical analysis of tissue thrombin expression in the human atria. [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: Thrombin, the final coagulation product of the coagulation cascade, has been demonstrated to have many physiological effects, including pro-fibrotic actions via protease-activated receptor (PAR)-1.
Keiichi Ito+13 more
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