Sentences with phrase «systolic function»

Left ventricular systolic function assessment in patients with dilated heart failure using cardiovascular magnetic resonance

There was a strong correlation between systolic pressure of the femoral artery with determining parameters of cardiac systolic function in healthy animals.

Systolic function is markedly impaired but is improving day to day.

After about 1 year he had improvement in some echocardiographyc parameters of systolic function — normal fractional shortening, normal pre ejection period, normal ejection time, but the left atrium was bigger then year ago (Figures 15, 16, 17).

«Nova has been diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, indicated by an enlarged left ventricle, decreased systolic function and supraventricular premature complexes (arrhythmia),» said Dr. Seth Oster, an avian veterinarian at the raptor center and the college's Wilford and Kate Bailey Small Animal Teaching Hospital.

Researchers found decreased right ventricular systolic function in the runners, caused by an increase in inflammation and a decrease in blood flow.

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Both phases of cardiac function are important: impaired contraction leads to systolic heart failure, while impaired relaxation leads to diastolic heart failure.

Cardiovascular function was assessed by diastolic and systolic BP, the latter of which is strongly related to vascular and other chronic disease events across the life course (33).

Treatment of DCM is directed at improving systolic (pump) function of the heart, dilating the peripheral blood vessels to decrease ventricular workload, eliminating pulmonary congestion if present, and controlling heart rate and cardiac arrhythmias if present.

• Echocardiography — A complete ultrasound study of the heart, evaluating the four heart valves; strength and thickness of the heart muscle; the pericardium; the great veins and arteries; and the diastolic (filling) and systolic (pumping) function of the heart.

A previously reported beneficial impact on cardiovascular functioning was shown by decreases in systolic blood pressure from pre - to post-intervention in the TM group compared to controls [29].

We examined five measures of ANS function, including three global measures [heart rate (HR) and systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP and DBP)-RSB-, one measure of parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) function [respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA)-RSB-, and one measure of SNS function [preejection period (PEP)-RSB-, as well as two markers of HPA axis function [cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone - sulfate (DHEA - S)-RSB-.

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