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Author(s): Phyo Htet Khaing , G Louise Buchanan , Vijay Kunadian Added: 3 years ago
Many profound physiological changes take place in the cardiovascular system during pregnancy to meet the increased metabolic demands of both the mother and foetus. Such changes include an increase in circulating blood volume and cardiac output and decreases in systemic vascular resistance, blood pressure and hypercoagulation.1,2 The increase in circulatory burden during pregnancy and the… View more
Author(s): Olivier Bar Added: 3 years ago
An Introduction to Radiation X-rays, so-called because their nature was at the time unknown, were discovered by the German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen in 1895, one year before the discovery of ‘natural’ radioactivity by Henri Becquerel.1 X-rays found application in radiography a few years after their discovery, although the first side effect attributed to radiation injury (depilation) had been… View more
Author(s): Kalpa De Silva , Aung Myat , Julian Strange , et al Added: 3 years ago
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has evolved since its inception more than 40 years ago. There have been major advances in technology, with adaptations made across all facets of the procedure, from stent engineering to adjunctive physiology and intracoronary imaging. Despite this progress, the mainstay for all PCI procedures remains fluoroscopic X-ray imaging guidance, with manual… View more
Author(s): Vikas Kapil , Ajay K Jain , Melvin D Lobo Added: 3 years ago
Up to one-in-five treated hypertensive patients are deemed to be treatment resistant1-3 (on at least three different anti-hypertensive medication classes, including a diuretic)4-6 and have high cardiovascular risk.7-9 There is a paucity of high-quality evidence to suggest that the addition of a fourth line (or fifth, sixth line, etc.) medication is likely to bring either hypertension under… View more
Author(s): Nina Wunderlich , Jennifer Franke , Neil Wilson , et al Added: 3 years ago
Imaging guidance is of major importance for successful outcomes in the interventional treatment of structural, congenital and valvular heart disease. Cardiac transcatheter treatment of these diseases is a rapidly growing field and, as a result, there has been substantial progress in image-guidance technology. During interventions, the major imaging focus is currently on echocardiography, which… View more
Author(s): Rhian E Davies , Dean J Kereiakes , , et al Start date: Apr 13, 2024