Comparison of CHA 2 DS 2-VASc and AHEAD Scores for the Prediction of Incident Dementia in Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure: a Nationwide Cohort Study

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1Wei Syun Hu Hu 1China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan Background: This study explores the use of the CHA2DS2-VASc and the AHEAD scores to predict incident dementia in patients with heart failure (HF) who need hospitalization. Material(s) and Method(s): We used a large national database to study 387,595 adult patients hospitalized for HF from Taiwan.…

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Clinical Characteristics, Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Features and Outcomes of Dilated Cardiomyopathy at a Tertiary Care Center of Pakistan

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1Pirbhat Shams, 1Fateh Ali Tipoo 1The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan Background: There is scarcity of CMR data for dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) from South-Asian population. Large data on prognosis and outcomes is also lacking. This brought us to need of evaluating CMR features and outcomes of dilated cardiomyopathy patients from this part of the…

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Exposure of Emergency Medical Services Personnel to Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest and to Resuscitation Training in the Crimea

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1Alexei Birkun, 2Lesya Frolova, 3Leonid Dezhurny 1Medical Academy named after S. I. Georgievsky of V. I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Simferopol, Russia; 2Crimean Republican Center of Disaster Medicine and Emergency Medical Services, Simferopol, Russia; 3Federal Research Institute for Health Organization and Informatics of Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia Objective(s): To evaluate…

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Lead One Ratio: A New ECG Marker for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Response

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1Ajay Pratap Singh, 1Ajay Raj, 1Ranjit Kumar Nath, 1Neeraj Pandit, 1Bhagya Narayan Pandit, 1Puneet Aggarwal 1Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia hospital, New Delhi, India Background: Wider QRS duration and presence of left bundle branch block (LBBB) predict better CRT response. Despite strict patient selection, one-third of patients have…

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Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) and Ventriculo-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenator (VA ECMO) Usage Prior to Heart Transplantation- A study of 41 cases from India

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1Ravikumar R, 1Balakrishnan R Komarakshi, 1Suresh  Rao Kg, 1Anitha Chandrasekhar, 1Muralikrishna T 1MGM Hospital, Chennai, India Background: Heart Transplantation is a Cadaver Donor  dependent  Time sensitive Procedure with Availability of Transplant Donor vis a vis  Urgent requirement for a Sick Heart failure patient is extremely Time Variable and Uncertain. The Mortality in waitlisted patients is…

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Machine Learning Based Diagnosis of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction among South Asian Patients

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1Ananya Achanta, 1Abhiram Cherukupalli, 1Sudhakar Potukuchi, 1Raghu Cherukupalli 1Aster-Prime Hospitals, Hyderabad, India Background: Diagnosis of Heart Failure with preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF) remains challenging even for an astute clinician with the current diagnostic tests, algorithms and scoring systems. The use of Machine Learning (ML) in cardiovascular research has expanded exponentially in recent years. In this…

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The Relationship between the Decrease in Longitudinal Systolic Function and High Filling Pressures in the Hypertensive Patients

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Soufi-Taleb Bendiab Nabila, 1A.Meziane-Tani 1Hamad Medical Corporation-Heart Hospital, Doha, Qatar Background: Heart failure with preserved LVEF is an important cause of mortality and morbidity in hypertensive patients. A close correlation between the achievement of diastolic function and longitudinal systolic dysfunction could have several explanations, first the diastole is a dependent energy process, especially during its…

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Prediction of Acute Coronary Syndrome, Ischemic Stroke and Mortality in Patients with Heart Failure: a Comparison of CHA 2 DS 2-VASc and AHEAD Scores

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1Wei Syun Hu Hur 1China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan Background: To compare the predictive capacity of the CHA2DS2-VASc and AHEAD scores in predicting acute coronary syndrome (ACS), ischemic stroke (IS), and mortality in patients with heart failure (HF). Material(s) and Method(s): The study population was identified as the diabetic patients presented with CAD from…

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Impact of Atrial Fibrillation on Stroke, Heart Failure and Mortality in Diabetic Patients with Coronary Artery Disease

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1Wei Syun Hu Hur 1China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan Background: The objective of this study was to evaluate the risk of stroke, heart failure (HF) and mortality in diabetic patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) with a diagnosis of atrial fibrillation (AF). Material(s) and Method(s): The study population was identified as the diabetic patients…

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COVID-19 Patients with Heart Failure, What are the Characteristics

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1Soufi-Taleb Bendiab Nabila, 1Meziane Tani Abderrahimr 1Abou Bekr Belkaid University, Department of Medicine, Cardiology Department, Tlemcen, Algeria Background: The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to stress the capacity of health care systems worldwide with an influx of patients hospitalized with severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2.  Several large registries have demonstrated a high degree of morbidity and…

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