conclusions dyspnea may coincide with cardiac dysfunction and poor prenatal outcome in pregnant patients. in such cases echocardiography is a feasible screening tool. results fifty patients were enrolled with a mean age of 30.49 ± 6.34 years. 58% of them, had nyha class ii, 40% iii and 2% iv. pulmonary rales were diagnosed in 8% and palpitation in 80%, while all had normal lab tests. mean ef va...

conclusions moderate ppm has no negative effect on echocardiographic trans-aortic pressure gradients or the patients’ nyha functional status after avr with a carbomedics prosthesis in the mid-term follow up. results of the 66 studied patients, 39 were male and 27 were female. the mean age of the patients was 43 ± 17 with a range of 6 - 76 years. implanted sizes of the carbomedics av prosthesis ...

BACKGROUND Recent trials have indicated a beneficial effect of pentoxifylline on measures of inflammation and markers of cardiac dysfunction in people with heart failure. However, it is uncertain whether pentoxifylline should be used routinely in the management of heart failure. OBJECTIVE To determine the effectiveness of pentoxifylline in heart failure. DESIGN Systematic review of randomis...


 CADTH recommends that Jardiance should be reimbursed for the treatment of chronic heart failure as an adjunct to standard-of-care therapy if certain conditions are met.
 only covered treat patients 18 years and older whose is unable pump enough blood keep up with body’s needs (heart failure) because either too weak reduced ejection fraction [HFrEF]) or stiff preserved [HFpEF]). The ...

Dilatatív cardiomyopathia talaján kialakult, súlyosan csökkent balkamra- (BK-) funkcióval (EF: 30%) járó szívelégtelenség miatt kardiáliskontraktilitás-modulátor (CCM) pacemakert implantáltunk egy 65 éves férfinak, keskeny QRS-komplex és optimális gyógyszeres kezelés ellenére perzisztáló NYHA III panaszok mellett. Betegünk esetében a szívkontraktilitás-moduláció reverz remodellinget eredményeze...

Six patients with acute rheumatic carditis and intractable left ventricular failure, all in class 4 NYHA classification, underwent successful valve surgery combined with medical therapy. Two-dimensional echocardiography and Doppler studies showed all of them to have left ventricular dilatation, with good systolic function, together with severe mitral regurgitation; two patients also had severe ...