Anomalous pulmonary venus return: a report of a case diagnosed by ct pulmonary angiogram
Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return is a rare congenital cardiopathy that can progress to right heart failure in the absence of treatment. It can be associated with an intra-auricular communication.
Amal Moukhliss +10 more
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Swim training attenuates myocardial remodeling and the pulmonary congestion in wistar rats with secondary heart failure to myocardial infarction [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of swimming on pulmonary water content in animals with heart failure (HF) after myocardial infarction (MI). METHODS: After coronary occlusion, MI size 20% 40% of the LV large.
Portes, Leslie Andrews +1 more
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Atrial Fibrillation, Atrial Cardiopathy and Cryptogenic Strokes [PDF]
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Important abnormalities of bone mineral metabolism are present in patients with coronary artery disease with a mild decrease of the estimated glomerular filtration rate [PDF]
The final publication is avilable at: Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism 30.9 (2015): 1-34Chronic kidney disease (CKD)–mineral and bone disorder (MBD) is characterized by increased circulating levels of parathormone (PTH) and fibroblast growth factor
Aceña, Álvaro +16 more
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Active mitral ring for post-surgical remote correction of residual mitral regurgitation on the beating heart† [PDF]
OBJECTIVES Residual mitral regurgitation after valve repair worsens patients' clinical outcome. Postimplant adjustable mitral rings potentially address this issue, allowing the reshaping of the annulus on the beating heart under echocardiography control.
Ferrari, Enrico +6 more
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Update on obesity and obesity paradox in heart failure [PDF]
Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in most of the Westernized world. Overweightness and obesity adversely impact cardiac structure and function, including on both the right and, especially, left sides of the heart, with adverse affects on systolic ...
Alpert, Martin A. +6 more
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Characterization of Carotid Smooth Muscle Cells during Phenotypic Transition [PDF]
Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are central players in carotid atherosclerosis plaque development. Although the precise mechanisms involved in plaque destabilization are not completely understood, it is known that VSMC proliferation and migration ...
Alloza Moral, Iraide +7 more
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MULTISLICE THOMOGRAPHY EVALUATION IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE [PDF]
Conventional Coronary Angiography (CCA) is the diagnostic standard for identification and evaluation of coronary stenosis and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patency.
EVOLA, SALVATORE
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Universal structures of normal and pathological heart rate variability [PDF]
The circulatory system of living organisms is an autonomous mechanical system softly tuned with the respiratory system, and both developed by evolution as a response to the complex oxygen demand patterns associated with motion.
Fajardo-López, Juan +1 more
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GUCH POPULATION: CARDIOLOGIC AND SURGICAL DEMANDS [PDF]
To evaluate the cardiologic and surgical demands of the GUCH population followed up in our Department, a retrospective analysis of 709 hospital admissions (HA) of 536 pts (mean age 34?16, range 16-79 years), carried out from 1997 to 2002, has been ...
Ait Ali, Lamia +5 more
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