INTRODUCTION: Heart failure is a major and growing public health concern. Although heart failure has been considered an inexorable and progressive disorder, emerging evidence suggests that some patients may have reversible left ventricular...
Background: CHF is a chronic disease that affects nearly five million people each year; in which at least 500,000 are newly diagnosed cases. Patients diagnosed with this disease will be under a physician's care for the remainder of their life. It...
Copper--Physiological effect; Copper in the body; Heart--Hypertrophy
Previous studies have shown that copper (Cu) supplementation at physiologically relevant levels reverses cardiac myocyte hypertrophy induced by phenylephrine (PE), and that this effect was VEGF-dependent. Yet, the amount of VEGF in the media was...
Background . Heart failure treatment guidelines emphasize the importance of daily weight monitoring. To support this practice, the Health Care Financing Administration Heart Failure Demonstration Project (2000) was designed to evaluate the effect...
Hypertension--Genetic aspects; Coronary heart disease--Genetic aspects; African Americans--Health and hygiene
Cardiovascular diseases, including hypertension, are the leading causes of death in
the United States. African-Americans carry the highest burden of disease with 32% of
adults with hypertension. Blood pressure (BP) dipping, defined as a drop of>...
In light of western cultural trends toward individualism, the presence of altruistic marital attitudes and behavior is examined as a predictor of marital happiness. Most quantitative studies exploring correlates of marital happiness use the same...
Color map, with Street Index, of Louisville, Kentucky, compiled in 1936. Verso includes lists of public halls, blocks and buildings; places of amusement (theaters, private parks, etc.); subdivisions; monuments; clubs; hospitals, institutions, and...
Full-length character portrait of actress Fanny Addison Pitt in costume for the role of Mrs. Chichester in "Peg O' My Heart." She stands next to a desk, holding a letter and wearing a long black dress with white bodice and cap. Born circa...
Three-quarter length portrait of Wilda Mari Moore, who performed in "Peg o' My Heart" at Macauley's Theatre in 1914, where it was staged in both January and February. She wears a headband, her hair rolled into buns at either side of her...
Seated portrait of actor Henry Stanford wearing a suit and tie. Born January 22, 1872 in Ramleh, Egypt, Stanford died February 18, 1921 in Great Kills, New York. He played the role of Jerry in "Peg O' My Heart" at Macauley's Theatre in...
Ruins of Sacred Heart Church at Broadway and 17th Street. Church whose roof and walls have collapsed except for the front wall, which still stands. Men stand near the rubble of the building. Caption: Sacred Heart Church after Tornado, Louisville,...
Ruins of Sacred Heart Church at Broadway and 17th Street. Shell of a brick church whose roof and brick walls have collapsed. A tornado struck Louisville on March 27, 1890. Caption: Louisville Tornado. Wreck of Church of Sacred Heart - Interior....
Buildings; Educational facilities; Schools; Church schools
Sacred Heart Academy, Lexington Road, Louisville, Kentucky. Aerial view of two building clusters amid trees and paths. The cluster on the left is further recessed from the camera and contains a large hexagonal section with a dome and pinnacle, with...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Schools; Church schools
Sacred Heart Academy, Lexington Road, Louisville, Kentucky. View of several pine trees of varying size on the left and diagonal view of three brick buildings on the right. The photograph has been touched up with paint and cut along the uneven...
African-American man standing in front of a large orange tree. He wears a sack that hangs in front of him over his shoulder. A large basket is at his feet. Title: 4. In the Heart of an Orange Grove, Fla. Text on left: Polychrome Stereo View,...
Small wood cabin with a man and two women standing in front of it. Two Children sit against rocks near one woman, who is feeding a goat. Mountains are in the background. Title: 13409 - Taking Hay Down from the Mountains - In the Heart of Norway....
A large stone statue of the Virgin Mary stands seemingly undamaged amid the wreckage caused by the tornado that hit Louisville, Kentucky, on March 27, 1890. The tornado killed an estimated 100 people and many more were injured. Sacred Heart Church...
Santa Claus; Christmas cards; Christmas trees; Holly; Toys;
Santa Claus stands beside a scroll bearing the message, "Be this Christmas fair and bright, With all that makes a young heart light." The scroll is topped with two gold bells and holly with berries can be seen peeking from behind the...
