…ischemia and infarction Definition and Clinical Significance In stent restenosis (ISR) is recurrent narrowing within a previously implanted coronary stent. It represents a form of…

…specific segments of the left ventricle that demonstrate abnormalities. These tools compare perfusion data to population based reference databases, often adjusted for sex and age…

…rather than the amount of cholesterol carried within them. Most apoB containing particles are LDL particles, with smaller contributions from VLDL, IDL, and Lp(a)…

…of LVEF, and echocardiographic measurement is subject to meaningful variability. HFmrEF may therefore represent several clinically distinct trajectories: A patient whose LVEF has improved from…

…motion abnormalities in a patient with chest pain strongly suggests myocardial ischemia as the underlying cause of the symptoms. The degree and extent of wall…

…wave U wave QT (QTc) interval Pediatric and neonatal electrocardiograms differ markedly – in terms of rhythm, morphology, normal findings, normal variants, etc – from adult electrocardiograms…

…10–15 minutes of ischaemia. Mitochondrial abnormalities can occur even earlier after coronary occlusion and progress over time. Experimentally, necrosis advances from the subendocardium towards…

…of myocardial necrosis, or severe ischaemia on stress testing. Such developments may convert an initially selective or delayed approach into an indication for angiography and…

…value for fractional shortening (FS) Normal FS, M mode 25% Normal FS, 2D measurement 18% Advantages of fractional shortening If ventricular geometry is normal and…

…syndrome is therefore both a clinical risk factor cluster and a marker of broader metabolic dysfunction. Associated abnormalities may include increased apoB and apoC III…