Aortic pulse wave velocity in children with Cushing syndrome: A window into a marker of early cardiovascular disease. [PDF]
, 2019 ObjectiveTo investigate early signs of cardiovascular arterial remodelling in paediatric patients with Cushing syndrome (CS) in comparison with normative values from healthy children.Study designThe metrics used to assess cardiac health were from ...
Bandettini, Wiphada Patricia +10 more
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Scimitar Syndrome with Acquired Cardiac Disease: A Once-in-a-blue-moon Occurrence
Journal of the Indian Academy of Echocardiography & Cardiovascular ImagingScimitar syndrome (SS) is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by various abnormalities observed in both children and adults, primarily involving partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage from the right lung to the inferior vena cava and right lung ...
Tammiraju Iragavarapu, Meghana Bhupathi
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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 +7 more
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Rationale and design of the Clinical Evaluation of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Coronary heart disease 2 trial (CE-MARC 2): a prospective, multicenter, randomized trial of diagnostic strategies in suspected coronary heart disease [PDF]
, 2015 Background: A number of investigative strategies exist for the diagnosis of coronary heart disease (CHD). Despite the widespread availability of noninvasive imaging, invasive angiography is commonly used early in the diagnostic pathway.
Berry, Colin +9 more
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Lower mortality rate in elderly patients with community-onset pneumonia on treatment with aspirin [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: Pneumonia is complicated by high rate of mortality and cardiovascular events (CVEs). The potential benefit of aspirin, which lowers platelet aggregation by inhibition of thromboxane A2 production, is still unclear. The aim of the study was to
Barilla', Francesco +11 more
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Subclinical myocardial disease by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy in healthy HIV/Hepatitis C virus-coinfected persons. [PDF]
, 2017 Objective The contribution of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection to the risk of heart failure in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-coinfected persons is unknown.
Ambale-Venkatesh, Bharath +9 more
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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 +3 more
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Impact of incomplete ventricular coverage on diagnostic performance of myocardial perfusion imaging. [PDF]
, 2017 In the context of myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) with cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR), there is ongoing debate on the merits of using technically complex acquisition methods to achieve whole-heart spatial coverage, rather than conventional 3-slice ...
Arsanjani, Reza +8 more
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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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