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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Heart patients"”.
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Adult Postoperative Open-Heart Patients: Anemia and 30-Day Hospital Readmission
… In 2013 alone, more than 4% (3.9 million) of patients discharged from a hospital were readmitted. Anemia following a surgical procedure is associated with early hospital readmission.</p> <p><strong>Purpose/Aims. </strong> The following were specific aims of this dissertation:</p> <ul> <li>Aim …
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Predictors of Neuropsychological Status in Cardiac Patients
Heart Disease is one of the leading causes of death and disability in the United States. Disease processes such as Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) and Chronic Heart Failure (CHF) account for the majority of cases, and are responsible for Myocardial Infarctions (MI), Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting …
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Patient Perceptions of Comorbid Depression in Heart Disease
… is a risk factor for the development of heart disease, as well as for poor prognosis among patients with existing disease. However, clinical trials of treatment of depression in patients with heart disease have not resulted in improved cardiac outcomes, and have demonstrated modest …
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AKAP12 Signalosome Regulates Cardiac β2-Adrenergic Receptor Signaling
Heart failure (HF) is a complex clinical syndrome, represented as an impairment in ventricular filling and myocardial blood ejection. As such, HF is one of the leading causes of death in the United States. An extensive network of intertwined intracellular signaling pathways regulates cardiac …
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Cardiac Rehabilitation Attendance and Women: A Straussian Grounded Theory
Cardiac rehabilitation is a multidisciplinary intervention, designed to improve the life of the post myocardial infarction patient and reduce their morbidity and mortality. Although the benefits of cardiac rehabilitation apply equally to women as they do to men, research shows that patient …
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An intelligent system approach for predicting the risk of heart failure
Heart failure is a chronic, progressive condition in which the heart muscle is unable to pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs for blood and oxygen. It is a severe and long-term condition and there are several complications from heart failure that include irregular heartbeat, sudden cardiac …
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The identity of the heart patient in the context of the gift economy: HeartNET and media framing
… research examines the identity levels of the heart patient on a therapeutic website HeartNET through an empirical investigation of site interactions as manifestations of a gift economy. The thesis also explores the media’s representation of heart health in both television and print. This …
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Psychometric properties of the Icelandic version of the MacNew heart disease health-related quality of life questionnaire
… to estimate patient’s feelings on how ischemic heart disease (IHD) affects every day functioning. The MacNew has proven to be a well-equipped tool for measuring Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) in numerous languages and its psychometric properties evaluated with affirmative results. In …