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The Prognostic Role of Programmed Ventricular Stimulation in the Risk Stratification of Sudden Cardiac Death

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is one of the leading causes of cardiovascular death in general population. SCD primary prevention requires the correct selection of patients at increased risk who may benefit from implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD ...
Michele Iavarone, Anna Rago, Riccardo Molinari, Antonello D’Andrea, Martina Nesti, Saverio Muscoli, Giuseppe Mascia, Vincenzo Russo   +7 more
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3-D reconstruction of anterior mantle-field techniques in Hodgkin's disease survivors: doses to cardiac structures [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND: The long-term dose-effect relationship for specific cardiac structures in mediastinal radiotherapy has rarely been investigated. As part of an interdisciplinary project, the 3-D dose distribution within the heart was reconstructed in all long-
Angermann Christiane, Oliver Kölbl, Seufert, Ines, Vordermark, Dirk, Dirk Vordermark, Kölbl, Oliver, Kung, Margret, Margret Kung, Schwab Franz, Kung Margret, Flentje Michael, Seufert Ines, Michael Flentje, Schwab, Franz, Flentje, Michael, Angermann, Christiane, Kölbl Oliver, Vordermark Dirk, Franz Schwab, Ines Seufert, Christiane Angermann   +20 more
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Factors Related to Maternal Adverse Outcomes in Pregnant Women with Cardiac Disease in Low-resource Settings

European Cardiology Review, 2020
Background: Cardiac disease is an important life-threatening complication during pregnancy. It is frequently seen in pregnant women living in resource-limited areas and often results in premature death.
Philippe Amubuomombe Poli, Elkanah Omenge Orang’o, Ann Mwangi, Felix Ayub Barasa   +3 more
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The Impact of a Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme (CRP) on the Quality of Life (QOL) of Older Cardiac Patients [PDF]

The aims of this mixed methods research study were twofold: (1) To explore the impact(s) of a cardiac rehabilitation progrmme (CRP) on the quality of life (QOL) of older cardiac patients who experienced either a myocardial infarction (MI) and/or a ...
Finn, Vincent
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CT-Based Essential Cardiac Anatomy for Radiology Residents to Understand Congenital Heart Disease

대한영상의학회지, 2019
Congenital heart disease is often associated with severe clinical presentations demanding prompt imaging diagnosis and appropriate treatment. Therefore, radiologists, particularly radiology residents, should be familiar with essential cardiac anatomy ...
Hyun Woo Goo
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Children’s heart disease in sub-Saharan Africa: Challenging the burden of disease

SA Heart Journal, 2017
Children with heart disease in Africa have little or no access to treatment of any kind, and cardiac surgical services are virtually absent outside a handful of centres in a few of the wealthier nations.
John Hewitson, Peter P.T. Zilla
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Spectrum of heart diseases in children presenting to a paediatric cardiac echocardiography clinic in the Lake Zone of Tanzania: a 7 years overview

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2019
Background Congenital heart diseases (CHD) are among the most common congenital malformations. It is estimated that the incidence of CHD is constant worldwide, but data are rare for most African countries including Tanzania.
Antke Zuechner, Tumaini Mhada, Naizihijwa G. Majani, Godwin G. Sharau, William Mahalu, Matthias W. Freund   +5 more
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Molecules linked to Ras signaling as therapeutic targets in cardiac pathologies

Biological Research, 2021
Highlights The Ras (Rat Sarcoma) gene family is a group of small G proteins Ras is regulated by growth factors and neurohormones affecting cardiomyocyte growth and hypertrophy Ras directly affects cardiomyocyte physiological and pathological hypertrophy ...
Manuel Ramos-Kuri, Sri Harika Meka, Fabio Salamanca-Buentello, Roger J. Hajjar, Larissa Lipskaia, Elie R. Chemaly   +5 more
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Observing Huntington's disease: the European Huntington's Disease Network's REGISTRY. [PDF]

, 2010
The unparalleled collection of clinical data and biomaterials within the EHDN's REGISTRY can expedite the search for disease modifiers (genetic and environmental) of age at onset and disease progression that could be harnessed for the development of ...
Handley, Olivia J, Landwehrmeyer, G Bernhard, Aileen K Ho, Bisson, Jonathan Ian, Schwenke C, David Craufurd, Dunnett, Stephen B., Handley, Olivia, Investigators of the European Huntington's Disease Network, The, DI MARIA, EMILIO, Craufurd D, Dunnett, SB, Carsten Schwenke, the investigators of the European Huntington's Disease Network, Craufurd, David, Edward Wild, Landwehrmeyer, GB, Busse, Monica, Rosser, Anne Elizabeth, Olivia J Handley, Romano Silvia., Tabrizi SJ, Ho, Aileen K., Wild, E, Landwehrmeyer GB, Craufurd, D, Tabrizi, SJ, Tabrizi, Sarah J., Handley, OJ, Rickards, Hugh, Dunnett, Stephen, Ho, Aileen K, Orth, Michael, Ho, AK, Wild, Edward, Stephen B. Dunnett, Sarah J Tabrizi, Wild, EJ, Landwehrmeyer, G. Bernhard, Naji, Jenny, Landwehrmeyer, G. Bernhard, Wild E, Investigators of the European Huntington's Disease Network, Handley, Olivia J., Orth, M, Ellison-Rose, Lynda, Tabrizi, Sarah J, Price, Kathleen, Ho AK, ABBRUZZESE, GIOVANNI, Schwenke, C, Ho, A, Orth M, Handley OJ, Schwenke, Carsten, Dunnett SB, Dunnett, Stephen B, Michael Orth, G. Bernhard Landwehrmeyer   +59 more
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Mitral valve replacement in a young pregnant woman: A case report and review of literature

Research in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2014
Introduction: Cardiac diseases occur in 2-4% of pregnancies and rheumatic mitral disease is the most common acquired heart disease in pregnancy. Cardiac surgery carries significant maternal and fetal complications.
Mhonchan Kikon, Krishnanu Dutta Choudhury, Neeraj Prakash, Anubhav Gupta, Vijay Grover, Vijay Kumar Gupta   +5 more
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