6 results match your criteria: "Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases Prof. C.C. Iliescu[Affiliation]"
Ventricular arrhythmias in acute heart failure: a clinical consensus statement of the Association for Acute CardioVascular Care, the European Heart Rhythm Association, and the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology.
Europace
October 2024
Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases Prof. C.C. Iliescu, Bucharest, Romania.
Article Synopsis
- Acute heart failure (AHF) patients exhibit a wide range of symptoms and risks, making them a complex group to manage, with increased chances of dangerous ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) during episodes.
- New VAs during AHF correlate with higher morbidity and mortality in hospitals, but there is ongoing debate about when to perform coronary interventions or implant defibrillators.
- Different European countries have varying emergency medical capabilities for treating AHF and VAs, and while guidelines exist for chronic heart failure, less is known about arrhythmias in AHF, prompting this consensus paper to propose better ways to identify and treat these complications.
Rapid Detection and Antibiotic Susceptibility of Uropathogenic by Flow Cytometry.
Microorganisms
August 2020
Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 60101 Bucharest, Romania.
Background: Early preliminary data on antibiotic resistance patterns available before starting the empiric therapy of urinary tract infections (UTIs) in patients with risk factors for acquiring antibiotic resistance could improve both clinical and epidemiological outcomes. The aim of the present study was two-fold: (i) to assess the antibiotic susceptibility of uropathogenic isolates, exhibiting different antibiotic resistance phenotypes, directly in artificially contaminated urine samples using a flow cytometry (FC) based protocol; (ii) to optimize the protocol on urine samples deliberately contaminated with bacterial suspensions prepared from uropathogenic strains.
Results: The results of the FC based antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) protocol were compared with the reference AST methods results (disk diffusion and broth microdilution) for establishing the sensitivity and specificity.
Value of ejection fraction/velocity ratio in the prognostic stratification of patients with asymptomatic aortic valve stenosis.
Echocardiography
December 2018
Emergency Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases Prof. C.C. Iliescu, Bucharest, Romania.
Background: The ejection fraction/velocity ratio (EFVR) is a simple function-corrected index of aortic stenosis severity with a good correlation with aortic valve area measured using the Gorlin formula at cardiac catheterization. It is calculated by dividing left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) to 4 × (peak jet velocity) .
Objective: Our aim was to evaluate the value of EFVR in predicting adverse events in patients with asymptomatic aortic stenosis.
Aims: Echocardiography is vital in the routine assessment and management of atrial fibrillation (AF). We performed a systematic review of the validity and reproducibility of echocardiographic left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in AF, and optimal acquisition methods.
Methods And Results: Online databases were searched for studies in patients with AF at the time of echocardiography (1960 to August 2015), prospectively registered with PROSPERO (CRD42015025297).
Circulating adiponectin: associations with risk factors and the Reynolds risk score in women without prior major cardiovascular events.
Cardiology
February 2010
Department of Cardiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases Prof. C.C. Iliescu, Bucharest, Romania.
Article Synopsis
- Adiponectin levels are significantly lower in women with metabolic syndrome (MetS), which indicates a correlation between lower levels and the number of MetS features.
- Despite this correlation, plasma adiponectin alone is not a reliable tool for diagnosing MetS in women without prior cardiovascular events.
- Additionally, there is no significant relationship between adiponectin levels and overall cardiovascular risk when calculated using the Reynolds risk score (RRS).
Utility of QRS width and echocardiography parameters in an integrative algorithm for selecting heart failure patients with cardiac dyssynchrony.
Eur J Intern Med
March 2009
Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases Prof.C.C.Iliescu, 258 Fundeni Way, 022328 Bucharest, Romania.
Background: Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is an effective treatment in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). However, it has been demonstrated that mechanical dyssynchrony is not related to electrical dyssynchrony. We hypothesized that a new QRS width cutoff could be easier to use as a first step in the selection of patients with inter- and intraventricular dyssynchrony.
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