INTRODUCTION Vasovagal syncope (VS) is the most prevalent cause of transient loss of consciousness. The treatment consists of lifestyle modifications and pacemaker in some patients. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of measures to compress the lower limbs in patients with recurrent episodes of VS submitted to the tilt-test (TT). METHODS AND RESULTS Twenty patients, average a...

conclusions after kyphoplasty, her pain was immediately resolved, vertebral body height was restored to normal, and pain score was reduced from 8 to 1. she was discharged with a normal neurological examination and good general condition, and returned to her normal life. in this case, balloon kyphoplasty resulted in the restoration of the vertebral body height, decrease in pain, and returning to...

In human heart failure the role of wave generation by the ventricle and wave reflection by the vasculature is contentious. The aim of this study was to compare wave generation and reflection in normal subjects with patients with stable compensated heart failure. Twenty-nine normal subjects and 67 patients with heart failure (New York Heart Association class II or III) were studied by noninvasiv...

Exercise hypertension independently predicts cardiovascular mortality, although little is known about exercise central hemodynamics. This study aimed to determine the contribution of arterial wave travel and aortic reservoir characteristics to central blood pressure (BP) during exercise. We hypothesized that exercise central BP would be principally related to forward wave travel and aortic rese...

This study undertook a detailed examination of the ventricular-vascular interaction of the predominant beta-adrenergic agonist dobutamine using wave intensity analysis. Eight anesthetized open-chest ewes were instrumented with an aortic micromanometer to measure central aortic blood pressure (P) and an ultrasonic flow probe to obtain ascending aortic blood velocity (U). Hemodynamics were record...

Background. Exercise-induced abnormalities during thallium-201 scintigraphy that normalize at rest frequently occur in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. However, it is not known whether these abnormalities are indicative of myocardial ischemia. Methods and Results. Fifty patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy underwent exercise 20UT1 scintigraphy and, during the same week, measureme...

A 34-year-old gravida was diagnosed with hydrops fetalis, hydrothorax with cardiac compression, hygroma, ascites, and subcutaneous edema at 20 weeks of gestation. The peak systolic umbilical artery and middle cerebral artery velocities were 30 cm/sec and 28 cm/sec, respectively. The umbilical vein demonstrated a lowamplitude blunted waveform. The cerebral venous sinuses were imaged by color Dop...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background : supervised exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation programs (crp) have been suggested to all patients, especially after myocardial infarction. however, the effects of cardiac rehabilitation on systolic function are controversial. the aim of this study was to examine the effects of an 8-week cardiac rehabilitatio...