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| Peter S RahkoSummaryAffiliation: University of Wisconsin Country: USA Publications
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Evaluation of the skin-to-heart distance in the standing adult by two-dimensional echocardiographyPeter S Rahko
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin 53792, USA
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 21:761-4. 2008..The current study estimates minimum skin-to-heart distance in the adult, to determine whether individuals might be at risk for ventricular fibrillation from an EMD...
An echocardiographic analysis of the long-term effects of carvedilol on left ventricular remodeling, systolic performance, and ventricular filling patterns in dilated cardiomyopathyPeter S Rahko
Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin 53792 3248, USA
Echocardiography 22:547-54. 2005..The long-term clinical benefit of beta blockade is well recognized, but data quantifying long-term effects of beta blockade on remodeling of the left ventricle (LV) is limited...- Taser blunt probe dart-to-heart distance causing ventricular fibrillation in pigsJiun Yan Wu
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 55:2768-71. 2008..2 mm+/-1.79 (SD) and of the second stimulation site ranged from 2 to 8 mm with average 5.4 mm+/-2.41 (SD). The results help inform the evolving discussion of risks associated with Tasers... - Does concordance with guideline triage recommendations affect clinical care of patients with possible acute coronary syndrome?David A Katz
Department of Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA
Med Decis Making 27:423-37. 2007.... - Do emergency department patients with possible acute coronary syndrome have better outcomes when admitted to cardiology versus other services?David A Katz
Department of Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA
Ann Emerg Med 51:561-70, 570.e1. 2008.... - Taser dart-to-heart distance that causes ventricular fibrillation in pigsJiun Yan Wu
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 54:503-8. 2007..These results suggest that the probability of a dart on the body landing in 1 cm2 over the ventricle and causing VF is 0.000172... - Quality of heart failure management: a comparison of care between a comprehensive heart failure program and a general cardiology practiceHannah Asghar
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53792, USA
Congest Heart Fail 16:65-70. 2010..In conclusion, HFCs and GCs appropriately follow guidelines in the majority of cases, but HFCs use appropriate medications at higher dose intensity... - Three-dimensional echocardiography and mitral valve diseaseCarrie B Chapman
Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53792, USA
Curr Cardiol Rep 12:243-9. 2010..Continued experience with three-dimensional echocardiography will further our knowledge of the mitral valve and refine current indications for cardiovascular imaging... - Metastatic intracardiac tumour from liposarcomaWilliam W Chu
Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Section, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison 53792, USA
Can J Cardiol 18:777-8. 2002 - Ultrasound frame rate requirements for cardiac elastography: experimental and in vivo resultsHao Chen
Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
Ultrasonics 49:98-111. 2009..In vivo results derived from short-axis views of the heart acquired from normal human volunteers also demonstrate this frame rate requirement for elastography... - To explant or not to explant: an invasive and noninvasive monitoring protocol to determine the need of continued ventricular assist device supportSatoru Osaki
Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53792 3236, USA
Congest Heart Fail 15:58-62. 2009..This patient was transplanted. This current experience of VAD weaning protocol is a novel tool to identify candidates for successful VAD explantation... - The 5-minute screening echocardiogram for athletesRachael A Wyman
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin 53792, USA
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 21:786-8. 2008..We report a screening echocardiogram protocol incorporated into the routine athletic medical assessment for all incoming college freshman athletes... - Relation of "inotropic reserve" to functional capacity in heart failure secondary to ischemic or nonischemic cardiomyopathyThorbjorn Gudjonsson
University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin 53792, USA
Am J Cardiol 89:1057-61. 2002..6 +/- 0.6 p = 0.004). Therefore, in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and similar resting LV function, the presence of demonstrable LV inotropic reserve and preserved RV function partially account for variation in exercise performance... - Heart failure: new data and guidelinesMichael L Keown
University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI, USA
WMJ 101:16-23. 2002..There have been substantial advances in the understanding and treatment of heart failure in the last several years. We review current concepts for the evaluation and treatment of the various manifestations of patients with heart failure... - Review of complications in a series of patients with known gastro-esophageal varices undergoing transesophageal echocardiographyBret J Spier
Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 22:396-400. 2009..The aim of this study was to review the complications and benefit of performing TEE in patients with known gastroesophageal varices... - Emergency physicians' fear of malpractice in evaluating patients with possible acute cardiac ischemiaDavid A Katz
Department of Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Center for Research in the Implementation of Innovative Strategies in Practice, Iowa City VA Medical Center, Iowa City, IA, USA
Ann Emerg Med 46:525-33. 2005..We evaluate the association between emergency physicians' fear of malpractice and the triage and evaluation patterns of patients with symptoms suggestive of acute coronary syndrome... - Apnea-hypopnea threshold for CO2 in patients with congestive heart failureAiliang Xie
Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, and the Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 165:1245-50. 2002..The resultant narrowed DeltaPET(CO2) predisposes the patient to the development of apnea and subsequent breathing instability... - Patchy myocardial fibrosis 20 years after radiation therapyRachael A Wyman
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Madison, Wisconsin 53792 0405, USA
Echocardiography 24:68-70. 2007..The most likely explanation for the fibrosis location is the left posterolateral direction of the radiation beam... 
Lamin A/C mutation analysis in a cohort of 324 unrelated patients with idiopathic or familial dilated cardiomyopathySharie B Parks
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
Am Heart J 156:161-9. 2008..We sought to examine the frequency of mutations in LMNA, the gene encoding lamin A/C, in patients with idiopathic (IDC) or familial dilated cardiomyopathy (FDC)...