of mercury. There were, however, individual variations in technic in the preparation, positioning and maintenance of the balloon tamponade. The Sengstaken-Blakemore tube was employed on 81 ...

Cardiac muscle tissue, or myocardium, is a type of muscle tissue that forms the heart. It contracts and releases involuntarily and keeps the heart pumping blood around the body. The human body ...

Seizure-related cardiac arrhythmias are frequently reported and have been implicated as potential pathomechanisms of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP). We attempted to identify clinical ...

In 60% of cases, HCM presents an autosomal-dominant trait due to mutations in genes encoding cardiac sarcomeric proteins ... its measurement could be difficult and so imaging acquisition should be ...

Correspondence to Dr Kristian Kragholm, Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Sdr. Skovvej 15, Aalborg 9000, Denmark; kdks{at}rn.dk ...

N.J., found that cardiac point-of-care ultrasound has the potential to streamline care while lowering hospital costs and decreasing lengths of stay. The study was presented at the European ...

A pioneer of cardiac surgery Dr KM Cherian, credited with performing the country’s first heart bypass surgery in 1975, died on Saturday. He was 82. He is remembered for performing challenging heart ...

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India’s preeminent cardiac surgeon K.M. Cherian, who performed India’s first coronary bypass surgery, died in Bengaluru on Saturday (January 25, 2025). Only a couple of days ago his biography ...

A transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE), also known as a cardiac echo, is an ultrasound imaging test used to visualize the movement and function of the heart muscle. The test is non-invasive and can be ...

That sneaky upward creep is referred to as cardiac drift, and we’re here to help you understand it and keep it from derailing your run. Cardiac drift is a physiological phenomenon where ...