One-year mortality and re-admission rate by disease etiology in National Heart Failure Registry of India.

Survival outcomes of patients with heart failure (HF) based on their disease etiology are not well described. Here, we provide one-year mortality outcomes of 10850 patients with HF (mean age = 59.9 years, 31% women) in India.

Clinical profile and 90 day outcomes of 10 851 heart failure patients across India: National Heart Failure Registry.

Aims: Limited data on the uptake of guideline-directed medical therapies (GDMTs) and the mortality of acute decompensated HF (ADHF) patients are available from India. The National Heart Failure Registry (NHFR) aimed to assess clinical presentation, practice patterns, and the mortality of ADHF patients in India.

Methods And Results: The NHFR is a facility-based, multi-centre clinical registry of consecutive ADHF patients with prospective follow-up.

To evaluate the feasibility of cadmium/tellurium (Cd/Te) quantum dots for developing N-terminal Natriuretic Peptide (NT-proBNP) diagnostics.

Quantum dots have been widely used for biomedical applications like imaging, targeted drug delivery, and diagnostics for better sensitivity. diagnostic, lateral flow-based assay systems are gaining attention in the field of biomarker analysis mainly due to ease of test and quick availability of results. In the study, the potential of water-soluble carboxylic (-COOH) functionalized photoluminescent Cadmium Telluride Quantum Dots (CdTe) nanoparticles for lateral flow-based detection of N-terminal Natriuretic Peptide (NT-proBNP) biomarker (for heart failure) detection has been evaluated.

Persistent pulmonary artery hypertension in patients undergoing balloon mitral valvotomy.

Pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) is known to regress after successful balloon mitral valvotomy (BMV). Data of persistent pulmonary artery hypertension (PPAH) following BMV is scarce. We analyzed the clinical, echocardiographic, and hemodynamic data of 701 consecutive patients who have undergone successful BMV in our institute from 1997 to 2003.

Immediate and long-term results following balloon mitral valvotomy in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Background: The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of atrial fibrillation (AF) on the immediate and long-term outcome of patients undergoing balloon mitral valvotomy (BMV).

Hypothesis: Patients with atrial fibrillation fair poorly after balloon mitral valvotomy.

Methods: There were a total of 818 consecutive patients who underwent elective BMV in this institute from 1997 to 2003, with either double-lumen or triple-lumen BMV catheters included in the study.

Membranous septal aneurysm: an unusual cause for right ventricular outflow tract obstruction in a malaligned ventricular septal defect with aortomitral discontinuity (double-outlet right ventricle) associated with visceral heterotaxy.

The development of a septal aneurysm in the natural history of membranous ventricular septal defects usually makes the defect hemodynamically less significant. This report describes a case of severe right ventricular outflow obstruction produced by a membranous septal aneurysm in a patient who had an anterior malaligned ventricular septal defect with aortomitral discontinuity (double-outlet right ventricle). This patient did not have pulmonary stenosis other than the dynamic obstruction produced by the septal aneurysm.