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Redefining the role of telehealth for cardiovascular disease management
27 January 2012
Despite diagnostic and treatment advances, coronary heart disease (CHD) remains the leading cause of death in Americans aged more than 65 years. It is well recognized that CHD, including chronic heart...
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Ruth M. Kleinpell
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| AAHFN Leadership Message |
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The quest to identify the ideal patient for early left ventricular assist device implantation as destination therapy
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Marie Galvao,
Cynthia J. Bither
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Practice patterns of heart failure nurses
19 March 2012
Abstract: Objective: Little is known about the practice patterns of nurses who work in the specialty of heart failure (HF). This specialty includes inpatient and outpatient sites for practice that inc...
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Marilyn A. Prasun,
Jesse Casida,
Jill Howie-Esquivel,
Bunny Pozehl,
Beth Fahlberg,
Cindy Johnson,
Juliet Mock,
Jill Quinn,
Karen Yehle,
Linda Baas
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| Care of Patients with Pulmonary Disorders |
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Symptoms and functional performance in Korean immigrants with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
04 November 2011
Abstract: Objectives: People with chronic obstructive lung diseases often experience a variety of symptoms. Few studies, however, have described these symptoms in detail. This study sought to examine ...
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Soo Kyung Park,
Nancy A. Stotts,
Marilyn K. Douglas,
DorAnne Donesky-Cuenco,
Virginia Carrieri-Kohlman
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226-237
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Relationship between red cell distribution width and right ventricular dysfunction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
13 October 2011
Abstract: Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressively debilitating disease limiting patients’ survival. The prognosis of COPD worsens with the addition of right ventric...
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Isa Sincer,
Ali Zorlu,
Mehmet Birhan Yilmaz,
Omer Tamer Dogan,
Meltem Refiker Ege,
Gullu Amioglu,
Gulay Aydin,
Idris Ardic,
Izzet Tandogan
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238-243
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| Care of Patients with Cardiovascular Disorders |
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Factors associated with delayed care-seeking in hospitalized patients with heart failure
04 November 2011
Abstract: Objective: This study sought to evaluate the contributions of symptom recognition and clinical factors to delays in care-seeking. Methods: A descriptive correlational study design was used t...
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Nancy F. Altice,
Elizabeth A. Madigan
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244-254
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Mediastinitis and blood transfusion in cardiac surgery: A systematic review
03 October 2011
Abstract: Background: Mediastinitis, a serious complication after cardiac surgery, increases morbidity, mortality, and cost of care. Accumulating evidence implicates blood transfusions in the developm...
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Lee Boon Ang,
Evangeline N. Veloria,
Eileen Y. Evanina,
Arlene Smaldone
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255-263
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Patients' descriptions of dysphoria associated with cardiac tamponade
13 October 2011
Abstract: Background: Cardiac tamponade is difficult to diagnose. Patients often experience sustained distress. Mood changes in the early stages of cardiac tamponade were previously described. However...
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Yuko Ikematsu,
Janet A. Kloos
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264-270
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Guidelines to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection: 1980 to 2010
20 September 2011
Abstract: Objectives: We set out to review and compare guidelines to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI), examine the association between recent federal initiatives and CAUTI g...
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Laurie J. Conway,
Elaine L. Larson
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Detecting myocardial ischemia with continuous ST-segment monitoring: Two case studies
19 December 2011
Abstract: Continuous ST-segment ischemia monitoring is recommended for patients at significant risk for myocardial ischemia that, if sustained, may result in acute myocardial infarction or extension o...
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Prasama Sangkachand,
Monica Cluff,
Marjorie Funk
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284-289
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Pulmonary hemorrhage induced by epileptic seizure
24 October 2011
Abstract: We report a 35-year-old man who presented with pulmonary hemorrhage induced by an epileptic seizure. He had experienced recurrent episodes of massive hemoptysis after epileptic seizures sinc...
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Masanori Azuma,
Isao Ito,
Riki Matsumoto,
Toyohiro Hirai,
Michiaki Mishima
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290-293
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The natural course of traumatic myocardial infarction in a young patient with angiographically normal coronary arteries
19 October 2011
Abstract: A 23-year-old man with no history of heart disease was admitted to Beijing Anzhen Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University for an abnormal electrocardiogram of ST-T changes mimickin...
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Shi-Wei Yang,
Yu-Jie Zhou,
Zhen-Feng Guo,
Da-Yi Hu
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294-300
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Superior vena cava and right atrium wall infective endocarditis in patients receiving hemodialysis
07 September 2011
Abstract: Infective endocarditis is significantly more common and causes greater morbidity and mortality in patients receiving hemodialysis than in the general population. Episodes of bacteremia durin...
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Saurabh Thakar,
Kalyana C. Janga,
Tatyana Tolchinsky,
Sheldon Greenberg,
Kavita Sharma,
Adnan Sadiq,
Edgar Lichstein,
Jacob Shani
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Influenza A presenting as viral encephalitis in an adult
11 August 2011
Abstract: In adults, influenza A may be accompanied by a variety of neurological findings. Influenza-associated encephalitis (IAE) is rare in adults, and usually follows influenza A after 2 days. In p...
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Burke A. Cunha,
Michael Corbett,
Nardeen Mickail
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Renal transplant with bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) attributable to tacrolimus and herpes simplex virus (HSV) pneumonia
13 October 2011
Abstract: Background: Solid organ transplants (SOTs) may be complicated by a wide variety of infectious and noninfectious pulmonary disorders. Transplant patients receive immunosuppressive drugs to pr...
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Burke A. Cunha,
Uzma Syed,
Nardeen Mickail
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310-315
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Comment on “The relationship of work, self-care, and quality of life in a sample of older working adults with cardiovascular disease”
20 February 2012
We enjoyed reading “The relationship of work, self-care, and quality of life in a sample of older working adults with cardiovascular disease” by Dickson et al. We wish to share our scientific views on...
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Hamidah Hassan,
Srijit Das
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316-317
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Reply to Das and Hassan regarding “The relationship of work, self-care, and quality of life in a sample of older working adults with cardiovascular disease”
02 March 2012
On behalf of my coauthors, I thank Drs. Das and Hassan for their interest in our study, “The relationship of work, self-care, and quality of life in a sample of older working adults with cardiovascula...
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Victoria Vaughan Dickson
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317-318
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