Acute cardiovascular effects of 5 mg (group I, n = 6) and 10 mg (group II, n = 6) i.v. pimobendan (UDCG 115 BS) were studied by right and left heart catheterizations in patients suffering from idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (NYHA II and III).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcute cardiovascular effects of 5 mg (group I, n = 6) and 10 mg (group II, n = 6) intravenous pimobendan (UDCG 115 BS) were studied by right and left heart catheterizations in patients suffering from idiopathic dilative cardiomyopathy (NYHA II and III). Before and 2.5 h after application of pimobendan, left ventricular volumes and left ventricular dP/dtmax were evaluated by left heart catheterization.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFrom a total of 1,152 consecutive patients with heart valve replacement (1964-87) 108 patients (9.4%) had to be reoperated. Mechanical valves had to be replaced (n = 89) mainly because of perivalvular leakage followed by prosthetic stenosis and dysfunction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTraumatic tricuspid valve insufficiency is a rare in vivo finding, especially in combination with other traumatic cardiac injuries like ventricular septal defect, myocardial infarction, and traumatic coronary fistula. Two-dimensional and, more recently, colorcoded Doppler echocardiography have gained importance for the diagnosis of tricuspid insufficiency. Patients with traumatic tricuspid insufficiency who survive the acute trauma, may remain asymptomatic for many years and even decades.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSince 1985, orthotopic heart transplantation had been carried out in 20 patients. Seventeen patients are still alive. 341 +/- 156 days after cardiac transplantation hemodynamics at rest were normalized.
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