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Prognostic value of echocardiographic indices of left atrial morphology and function in dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease [PDF]

, 2018
Background: The prognostic relevance of left atrial (LA) morphological and functional variables, including those derived from speckle tracking echocardiography (STE), has been little investigated in veterinary medicine.
Baron Toaldo, Marco, Cipone, Mario, Contiero, Barbara, Diana, Alessia, Guglielmini, Carlo, Pelle, Nazzareno G., Romito, Giovanni   +6 more
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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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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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COVID-19 pandemia and inherited cardiomyopathies and channelopathies: a short term and long term perspective

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2020
Inherited heart disease represent a very heterogenous group of cardiac disorders, characterized by inherited, acquired, and often rare disorders affecting the heart muscle (cardiomyopathies) or the cardiac electrical system (ion channel disease).
Giuseppe Limongelli, Lia Crotti
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Novel X-ray imaging technology enables significant patient dose reduction in interventional cardiology while maintaining diagnostic image quality [PDF]

, 2015
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to quantify the reduction in patient radiation dose during coronary angiography (CA) by a new X-ray technology, and to assess its impact on diagnostic image quality.
Bacher, Klaus, Buytaert, Dimitri, De Pooter, Jan, Drieghe, Benny, Eloot, Liesbeth, Gijs, Thomas, Lapere, Régine, Taeymans, Yvo, Thierens, Hubert, VAN PETEGHEM, SYLVIE   +9 more
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Validity and reliability of the Italian version of the cardiac quality of life questionnaire for pediatric patients with heart disease (PedsQLTM)

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2021
Background Congenital heart disease (CHD) accounts for nearly a third of all major congenital anomalies. Advances in pediatric cardiology shifted attention from mortality to morbidity and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of patients with CHD and ...
Teresa Grimaldi Capitello, Francesca Bevilacqua, Roberta Vallone, Anna Maria Dall’Oglio, Francesca Santato, Salvatore Giannico, Giulio Calcagni, Simone Piga, Marta Ciofi degli Atti, Simonetta Gentile, Angela Rossi   +10 more
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Aetiology of sudden cardiac death in sport: a histopathologist's perspective. [PDF]

, 2012
In the UK, when a young person dies suddenly, the coroner is responsible for establishing the cause of death. They will ask a consultant pathologist to carry out an autopsy in order to ascertain when, where and how that person died.
Sheppard, MN
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ST2 in Stable and Unstable Ischemic Heart Diseases [PDF]

, 2015
Circulating suppression of tumorigenicity 2 (ST2) predicts cardiovascular outcomes and mortality in ischemic heart disease (IHD). ST2 does not correlate with traditional risk indicators as closely as N-terminal pro–brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP ...
DI SOMMA, Salvatore, Mueller, T., Richards, Am   +2 more
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The acquired cardiac disease domain: the next 5 years [PDF]

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2012
At a recent in-house meeting at the European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery (EACTS) headquarters in Windsor, the Chairs of the four domains were asked by the President to present their perception of the next 5 years in their respective domains. This review represents a distillation of our discussions on adult cardiac surgery.
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