Abstract: Myocardial diastolic dysfunction is the relaxation abnormality of ventricles that limits the diastolic filling and generally precedes diastolic heart failure. Diastolic dysfunction is a common finding in diabetes. Diabetic patients receive hyperbaric oxygen...
Chronic Heart Failure
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Research for Chronic Heart Failure.
[Long-term results of the use of hyperbaric oxygenation in patients with acute myocardial infarction].
Abstract: Effect of hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) on mortality and rate of development of reinfarctions during 24 month follow-up was studied in 129 otherwise conventionally treated patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). These patients were randomly divided...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy does not potentiate doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity in rats.
Abstract: The current use of doxorubicin is regarded as an absolute contraindication for hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) therapy because of the increased risk of cardiotoxicity. The aim of this study was to investigate whether additional exposure to HBO2 during the course of...
[The use of combined hyperbaric oxygenation and erythropoietin in the treatment of cardiac insufficiency].
Abstract: The aim of this research is to evaluate therapy efficiacy of hyperbaric oxgenation (HBO) with regenerative effects on human tissues and erythropoietin, as a nonspecific growth factor. This study included a group of 9 patients with echocardiographically...
Anesthesia for Cesarean section in a patient with a transposition of great arteries–case report.
Abstract: Transposition of great arteries (TGA) is one of the mixing lesions between right and left side with a prevelance of 0.21 per 1,000 live births. A 25 years old lady from KSA, Gravida 3, Para 1 + 1, at 34 weeks gestational age was admitted to KAUH with...
Biological effects of noble gases.
Abstract: Noble gases are known for their inertness. They do not react chemically with any element at normal temperature and pressure. Through that, some of them are known to be biologically active by their sedative, hypnotic and analgesic properties. Common...
Pharmacological preconditioning with hyperbaric oxygen: can this therapy attenuate myocardial ischemic reperfusion injury and induce myocardial protection via nitric oxide?
Abstract: Ischemic reperfusion injury (IRI) is an inevitable part cardiac surgery such as coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). While ischemic hypoxia and the ensuing normoxic or hyperoxic reperfusion are critical to the initiation and propagation of IRI, conditioning...
Can hyperbaric oxygen be used as adjunctive heart failure therapy through the induction of endogenous heat shock proteins?
Abstract: Heart failure (HF) is a chronic condition that is expected to increase in incidence along with increased life expectancy and an aging population. As the incidence of HF increases, the cost to national healthcare budgets is expected to run into the billions....
Phagocytic activity of neutrophils improves over the course of therapy of diabetic foot infections.
Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate changes in phagocytic activity of neutrophils of type 2 diabetic patients with foot infections over short treatment courses. The potential utility of the phagocytic index in determining the efficacy of treatment...