Tag: heart failure

Sleep Disorders and Their Relationship with Cardiovascular Diseases: A Review

Sleep is a physiological process that happens to everyone. Approximately one-third of a person’s life is spent sleeping. Sleeping for 7-9 hours a day, falling asleep effortlessly and staying asleep without interruption, waking up feeling refreshed, and remaining awake during the day are all signs of restorative sleep. Sleep...
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Rheumatic Mitral Valve Surgery: A Retrospective Analysis of 1025 Cases

The purpose of this study is to highlight the unique features of rheumatic mitral valve disease as well as surgical treatment options. We’ll look at which prognostic factors influenced long-term mitral valve repair and replacement results. The researchers looked at 1025 patients who underwent mitral valve surgery at the...
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Decoding the Cardio-vascular Pathophysiology in COVID-19

The global pandemic caused by Coronavirus 19 (SARS-CoV-19) spread quickly and affected the entire world, with the most cases reported in the United States, India, and Brazil. According to WHO data as of September 24, 2020, Coronavirus 19 (SARS-CoV-19) infected 31,664,104 people and killed 972,221 [1]. Globally, the age-normalized...
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Usefulness of Echocardiography in the Management of Heart Failure

Morbidity and mortality from heart failure is on the increase globally due to rising prevalence rates and lack of appropriate evaluation and therapy. Approximately 50% of heart failure patients present with evidence of left ventricular systolic dysfunction. This is manifested as low left ventricular ejection fraction and is also...
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Restrictive Cardiomyopathies: Diagnosis and Management

Restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) is the least common among cardiomyopathies, it can be idiopathic, familial (autosomal or X-linked, dominant or recessive) or secondary to systematic disorders. Patients commonly present with symptoms and signs of congestive heart failure (HF). Electrocardiographic findings are non-specific and include supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias, atrioventricular conduction...
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