ROLE OF CARDIAC IMAGING IN EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF β-THALASSEMIA MAJOR’S IRON OVERLOAD CARDIOMYOPATHY [PDF]
, 2013 BACKGROUND: Iron overload cardiomyopathy (IOC) results from the accumulation of iron in the myocardium, and it is the leading cause of death in patients receiving chronic blood transfusion therapy like patients with thalassemia major (TM).
COZMA, ALEXANDRU RAZVAN ION
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Palliative Senning in the Treatment of Congenital Heart Disease with Severe Pulmonary Hypertension
Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2015 Background:Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) is the most common cyanotic cardiopathy, with an incidence ranging between 0.2 and 0.4 per 1000 live births. Many patients not treated in the first few months of life may progress with severe pulmonary
Juliano Gomes da Penha +9 more
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Coronary Arterial Circulation in the Bantu [PDF]
, 1982 Author Institution: Laboratory of Human Anatomy, Department of Normal Morphology, University of Luanda, AngolaHearts from 710 adult Bantus of either sex born in Angola and aged between 25 and 68 years were studied.
Castelo-Branco, Nuno +2 more
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Quantitative analysis of cardiac lesions in chronic canine chagasic cardiomyopathy
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2002 Lesions observed in chronic chagasic cardiopathy frequently produce electrocardiographic alterations and affect cardiac function. Through a computerized morphometrical analysis we quantified the areas occupied by cardiac muscle, connective and adipose ...
Marcelo Vidigal CALIARI +9 more
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Sudden Death in Indeterminate Chagas disease is Uncommon. A Systematic Review [PDF]
, 2014 La enfermedad de Chagas es un problema sanitario de gran magnitud en América Latina debido a su alta prevalencia, morbilidad y mortalidad. A su vez, las migraciones desde los países latinoamericanos hacia los Estados Unidos y Europa han dispersado a una ...
Ambrosio, Giuseppe +3 more
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MedicinaEmbolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) was proposed in 2014 as a clinical category to subgroup non-lacunar cryptogenic ischemic strokes that appear embolic but lack an identifiable cause despite thorough investigation.
Gabriela Dumachita Sargu +11 more
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Surgical and mechanical support of the failing heart [PDF]
, 2017 The surgical treatment of acute heart failure is limited to cases of pressure or volume overload. Acute valvular regurgitation due to active endocarditis or to prosthetic dysfunction is a classic example of failure which can be cured by restoring ...
Turina, M.
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Anthracycline-induced acute cardiotoxicity in adults treated for leukaemia: Analysis of the clinico-pathological aspects of documented acute anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity in patients treated for acute leukaemia at the University Hospital of Zürich, Switzerland, bet ween 1990 and 1996 [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Acute cardiotoxicity due to anthracyclines is a rare, but life-threatening event. Interindividual sensitivity to anthracyclines is highly variable and cannot be predicted for the individual patient.
Dazzi, H., Follath, F., Kaufmann, K.
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Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2001 OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the feasibility and safety of simultaneous catheterization and mapping of the 4 pulmonary veins for ablation of atrial fibrillation.
Rocha Neto Almino C. +2 more
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BMC NeurologyBackground Detection of atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) is important for the secondary prevention of stroke.
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