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Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2012 The pulmonary vein is known as an important source of ectopic beats, initiating frequent paroxysms of atrial fibrillation. We compared effects of the class Ic antiarrhythmic drug pilsicainide on the electrophysiological parameters in the isolated ...
Akira Takahara +5 more
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Evidence that conflict regarding size of haemodynamic response to interventricular delay optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy may arise from differences in how atrioventricular delay is kept constant. [PDF]
, 2014 Aims: Whether adjusting interventricular (VV) delay changes haemodynamic efficacy of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is controversial, with conflicting results.
Francis, DP +9 more
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Asymptomatic Giant Left Atrium [PDF]
Clinical Cardiology, 2010 AbstractGiant left atria (GLA) is a condition where the left atrial diameter exceeds 65 mm.1 It is closely related to rheumatic mitral valve regurgitation or mixed mitral disease with predominant regurgitation and tends not to occur in patients with mitral regurgitation due to other causes.2 The majority of patients are symptomatic with the most common
Michael, Funk +2 more
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Living without left atrium [PDF]
BMJ Case Reports, 2013 A 51-year-old female patient presented to the emergency room with a 3-month history of increasing dyspnoea, and 5 kg weight loss. Her medical history was not relevant. Physical examination revealed 100/90 mm Hg blood pressure, 98 bpm, orthostatic hypotension, a soft grade 2/6 systolic murmur at the left sternal border and bilaterally pulmonary rates ...
Luis Alvarez-Acosta +3 more
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Recurrent acute heart failure caused by sliding hiatus hernia [PDF]
, 2005 The case is reported of a 75 year old woman who presented with recurrent nocturnal episodes of acute pulmonary oedema. The cause was uncertain as she had normal cardiothoracic ratio on chest radiography and normal left ventricular systolic and diastolic ...
Chan, HW +6 more
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Normal echocardiographic measurements in a Turkish population: The Healthy Heart ECHO-TR Trial
Anatolian Journal of Cardiology, 2019 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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An immunohistochemical analysis of tissue thrombin expression in the human atria. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 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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Frontiers in Physiology, 2019 Atrial fibrillation (AF) carries out a 5-fold increase in stroke risk, related to embolization of thrombi clotting in left atrium (LA). Left atrial appendage (LAA) is the site with the highest blood stasis which causes thrombus formation.
Alessandro Masci +6 more
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Massive calcification of giant left atrium in a rheumatic mitral stenosis patient: A case report
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2019 Giant left atrium is a condition characterized by an extreme enlargement of the left atrium with a diameter more than 80 mm and it is usually associated with long standing rheumatic mitral valve disease.
Yong Luo +3 more
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A new surgical technique for left atrial reduction in giant left atriumCentral MessagePerspective
JTCVS Techniques, 2023 Objective: The study objective was to evaluate the safety and clinical and echocardiographic outcomes of a new surgical technique in adult patients diagnosed with a giant left atrium.
Josías C. Ríos-Ortega, MD +9 more
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