Cardiology in the young
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Cardiology in the young · Jun 2012
Is myocardial performance index useful in differential diagnosis of moderate and severe hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy? A serial Doppler echocardiographic evaluation.
The aim of this study was to investigate the importance of myocardial performance index as an additive criterion to Sarnat criteria in differential diagnosis of newborn babies with moderate and severe hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy. ⋯ Myocardial performance indexes for the left and right ventricles were significantly higher in both severe and moderate hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy groups than in the control group during the first analysis, and myocardial performance index greater than or equal to 0.5 can be used in order to distinguish moderate and severe hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy babies according to Sarnat grades as a discriminative additive criterion.
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Cardiology in the young · Jun 2012
Simulation of Eisenmenger syndrome with ventricular septal defect using equivalent electronic system.
In this study, we aim to investigate the simulation of the cardiovascular system using an electronic circuit model under normal and pathological conditions, especially the Eisenmenger syndrome. ⋯ Our model is effective and available for simulating normal cardiac conditions and cardiovascular diseases, especially the Eisenmenger syndrome.