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Different Methods for Measurements and Estimation of Pulse Wave Velocity are not Interchangeable

open access: yesArtery Research
Background Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (c–f PWV) is a gold standard for the arterial stiffness measurement and important biomarker for the assessment of the cardiovascular (CV) risk.
Vladimir Prelević   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Essential Updates 2024/2025: History, Pathogenesis, Definition, Prevention, and Management of Small‐for‐Size Syndrome in Living‐Donor Liver Transplantation

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although living‐donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has become the standard treatment for end‐stage liver disease, one of its major challenges is small‐for‐size syndrome (SFSS). SFSS is characterized by severe icterus and intractable ascites, although the severity of the condition can vary.
Toru Ikegami   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterizing the Healthcare Utilization and Costs of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is the second‐most common inherited bleeding disorder worldwide, afflicting one in 4000–5000 people, and is the most morbid inherited bleeding disorder of women. HHT causes recurrent severe epistaxis, chronic gastrointestinal bleeding, heavy menstrual bleeding, and arteriovenous malformations in the ...
Hanny Al‐Samkari   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alterations in plasma proteome during acute COVID-19 and recovery

open access: yesMolecular Medicine
Background The severe course of COVID-19 causes cardiovascular injuries, although the mechanisms involved are still not fully recognized, linked, and understood.
Maciej Suski   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

CLINICAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

open access: yesПраці Наукового товариства імені Шевченка. Медичні науки, 2020
In the recent decades echocardiography has grown to the most widely used cardiac diagnostic tool for both cardiac and non-cardiac clinicians. It allows for comprehensive assessment of a heart, including either cardiac or valvular function as well as ...
Wiktoria Wojciechowska
doaj  

Pulmonary arterial hypertension outcomes upon endothelin-1 receptor antagonist switch to macitentan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Objectives: To assess whether switching patients with suboptimally controlled pulmonary arterial hypertension from bosentan or ambrisentan to macitentan would improve six-minute walk test (6MWT) distance and World Health Organization functional class ...
Gabbay, Eli   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Sickle Cell Diastolic Cardiomyopathy and Mortality Risk: A Novel Echocardiographic Framework for Prognostic Stratification

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cardiovascular complications are the leading cause of mortality in sickle cell anemia (SCA) patients. While extensive data have identified diastolic dysfunction (DD) to increase morbidity and mortality, the unique hemodynamic conditions inherent to SCA challenge the current recommendations to assess diastolic function. Thus, there is an urgent
Théo Simon   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

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