Características da morte súbita tida como não esperada na doença de Chagas [PDF]
Trinta e cinco indivíduos falecidos subitamente e de modo inesperado foram necropsiados em Serviços Médico-Legais em Uberaba e Uberlândia. A sorologia do líquido pericárdico e os achados anatomopatológicos estabeleceram o diagnóstico de doença de Chagas.
Chapadeiro, Edmundo +2 more
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Deficiency of Smad7 Enhances Cardiac Remodeling Induced by Angiotensin II Infusion in a Mouse Model of Hypertension [PDF]
Smad7 has been shown to negatively regulate fibrosis and inflammation, but its role in angiotensin II (Ang II)-induced hypertensive cardiac remodeling remains unknown.
Chen, Hai-Yong +8 more
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Overweight and sudden death increased ventricular ectopy in cardiopathy of obesity [PDF]
besity has been documented to be an independent risk factor for sudden death and other cardiovascular mortality. The present study was designed to monitor and quantify cardiac arrhythmias in obese subjects with and without eccentric left ventricular ...
Messerli, Franz H. +3 more
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The paper considers the epidemiology and general etiological characteristics of cryptogenic stroke (CS). It discusses the concept of embolic stroke with an unknown source of embolism.
A. A. Kulesh +2 more
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Effect of eplerenone on extracellular cardiac matrix biomarkers in patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction without heart failure: insights from the randomized double-blind REMINDER Study [PDF]
Objective: Aldosterone stimulates cardiac collagen synthesis. Circulating biomarkers of collagen turnover provide a useful tool for the assessment of cardiac remodeling in patients with an acute myocardial infarction (MI).
A Struthers +39 more
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This review presents a process‐oriented framework for vascularized cardiac tissue engineering, highlighting how the coordinated design of cells, biomaterials, and biofabrication strategies enables the functional development or vascularized myocardium for disease modelling and drug discovery.
Yang Liu +9 more
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OBJECTIVE: To access the incidence of diagnostic errors in the initial evaluation of children with cardiac murmurs. METHODS: We evaluated our 7-years of experience in a public pediatric cardiology outpatient clinic.
Fernando Amaral, João A. Granzotti
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Scarcity of atrial fibrillation in a traditional African population: a community-based study [PDF]
BACKGROUND: In western societies, atrial fibrillation is an increasingly common finding among the elderly. Established risk factors of atrial fibrillation include obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease. Atrial fibrillation has almost
David van Bodegom +3 more
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Recanalization of Thrombosed Atrial Flow Regulator in Failing Fontan: A Bridge to Transplant
ABSTRACT We report the case of a 10‐year‐old boy (41 kg, 133 cm) with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (mitral and aortic atresia), who underwent staged palliation: Norwood‐Sano at 6 days, Glenn at 7 months, and Fontan completion at 3 years using a 16 mm non‐fenestrated extracardiac Gore‐Tex conduit.
Raymond N. Haddad +3 more
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Tricuspid regurgitation: a hidden risk factor for atrial fibrillation related stroke?
Background and purposeTricuspid regurgitation (TR) is a common but overlooked valvular disease, and its association with the etiologic subtypes of ischemic stroke is unclear.
Yong Soo Kim +7 more
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