International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023 Objectives: To analyze the differences in short- and long-term prognosis and the predictors of survival between patients with community-acquired Legionella and Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia, diagnosed early by urinary antigen testing (UAT). Methods:
Leyre Serrano +9 more
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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 +2 more
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Sri Lanka Journal of Medicine, 2019 Background: Epidemiology of cardiac diseases among paediatric population remain largely undocumented in Sri Lanka. The objective of this study was to identify the pattern of heart diseases among patients referred to the Paediatric cardiology clinic at ...
S. Irugal Bandara +6 more
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Neonatal lupus erythematosus manifested as a complete heart block: A case report
Clinical Case Reports, 2023 Key Clinical Message Fetal bradycardia and congenital complete heart block could be the presentation of neonatal lupus. A high index of suspicion of this condition helps to identify an asymptomatic mother. Abstract Neonatal lupus erythematosus (NLE) is a
Siddinath Gyawali +4 more
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Novel electrocardiographic criteria for the diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy [PDF]
, 2015 Aims: In order to improve the electrocardiographic (ECG) diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), we evaluated novel quantitative parameters of the QRS complex and the value of bipolar chest leads (CF leads) computed from the ...
Bastiaenen, Rachel +6 more
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A novel closed-chest porcine model of chronic ischemic heart failure suitable for experimental research in cardiovascular disease [PDF]
, 2013 Cardiac pathologies are among the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in industrialized countries, with myocardial infarction (MI) representing one of the major conditions leading to heart failure (HF).
Antonio Amodeo +15 more
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Scientific Reports, 2022 Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) is a group of heterogeneous autoimmune systemic diseases, which not only involve skeletal muscle but also myocardium.
Lu Huang +6 more
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Methods of Assessment and Clinical Relevance of QT Dynamics [PDF]
, 2005 The dependence on heart rate of the QT interval has been investigated for many years and several mathematical formulae have been proposed to describe the QT interval/heart rate (or QT interval/RR interval) relationship. While the most popular is Bazett’s
Agata, Musialik-Lydka +4 more
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Urinary Neutrophil Gelatinase-associated Lipocalin as a Marker for Identification of Acute Kidney Injury and Recovery in Dogs with Gentamicin-induced Nephrotoxicity. [PDF]
, 2016 BackgroundAcute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with high mortality rates in dogs, which may be a consequence of late recognition using traditional diagnostic tests.
Cowgill, LD +6 more
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Research into the formation of a soccer curriculum in early childhood education Through the action research with students belonging to IPU’s soccer club and nursery school children [PDF]
, 2009 This six-month research examined the influence of playing soccer on the mental and physical development of 5 year old nursery school children under the corporation of students from IPU’s soccer club.
今泉 岳雄 +4 more
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