Dealing with Limited Overlap in Estimation of Average Treatment Effects [PDF]
Estimation of average treatment effects under unconfounded or ignorable treatment assignment is often hampered by lack of overlap in the covariate distributions.
Guido W. Imbens +3 more
core
An Early Holiday Surprise: Cholecystitis Wrapped in Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy [PDF]
This is a novel case report of a 44-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department with epigastric pain wrapping around to her back. She had no risk factors for cardiac disease, but her initial electrocardiogram (ECG) showed a Wellens syndrome ...
Gould, Kevin +2 more
core
Effect of abnormal right heart structures on the diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension
The diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension (PH) requires a right heart catheterization (RHC) that reveals a mean pulmonary artery pressure ≥ 25 mmHg. The pulmonary artery catheter traverse the right atrium and ventricle on its way to the pulmonary artery ...
Batool AbuHalimeh +2 more
doaj +1 more source
Central Sleep Apnea in Patients due to Severe Aortic Stenosis
History. We report about the course of central sleep apnea (CSA) in 3 patients (70.3±15.2 years) with severe aortic stenosis (AS) (AVA≤1.0 cm2, NYHA 2.7±1.4). Investigations.
Christian Prinz +5 more
doaj +1 more source
Understanding longitudinal bi-ventricular structural and functional changes in a Pulmonary Hypertension Sugen-Hypoxia rat model by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging [PDF]
Buist, Hanna +14 more
core +2 more sources
Access via the internal jugular vein [PDF]
Central venous access via the internal jugular vein (IJV) is safe, relatively easy and very commonly used in infants and children undergoing cardiac surgery for congenital heart disease. Because of the wide range of anatomical variations an ultrasound-
Kruessell, Markus +3 more
core
Activity of the right cardiac ventricle and metabolism in healthy persons during an orthostatic test after short term immobilization [PDF]
A 15 minute orthostatic test was performed on healthy male volunteers under conditions of catheterization of the right ventricle of the heart and the radial (or brachial) artery before and after 5 day bedrest in an antiorthostatic position of the body ...
Chestukhin, V. V. +7 more
core +1 more source
Echocardiography curriculum development for physician assistants using entrustable professional activities [PDF]
BACKGROUND: With the projected increase of cardiovascular disease in the aging population, a higher demand for echocardiography use is predicted. However, there is a shortage in the supply of cardiologists, to the point that a 2009 American College of ...
Moon, Saemyi
core
How to perform right heart catheterization via the arm veins?
Yalcin Velibey
doaj +1 more source
Background Pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) is an important variable in management of acyanotic congenital heart disease. Right heart catheterization (RHC) using impedance catheter remains gold standard for pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR ...
Muhammad Raihan Ramadhan Natadikarta +4 more
doaj +1 more source

