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Timing of discharge of pediatric patients post cardiac catheterization [PDF]
Annals of Saudi MedicineBACKGROUND: Same-day discharge after cardiac catheterization may be safe for some patients. This study aimed to review our experience with same-day discharge after pediatric cardiac catheterization following the implementation of a fast-track protocol ...
Ali A. Alakhfash +4 more
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JAMA, 2017 The purpose of cardiac catheterization in patients with congenital heart disease is to gain information about complex anatomy and haemodynamics, especially with respect to pulmonary artery pressure and vascular resistance. This chapter outlines indications for cardiac catheterization, precatheterization care, normal values and calculations, and ...
Ethan, Kosova, Mark, Ricciardi
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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2021 Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia with poorly understood mechanisms. We aimed to investigate the biological mechanism of AF and to discover feature genes by analyzing multi-omics data and by applying a machine learning ...
Yaozhong Liu +4 more
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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2020 Background Previous studies demonstrated impaired lipid metabolism and augmented aerobic glycolysis in AF. The authors aimed to investigate whether the use of metformin, an AMPK activator, could reverse this metabolic remodeling in chronic AF and to ...
Yaozhong Liu +10 more
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Lipids in Health and Disease, 2019 Background Atrial lipid metabolic remodeling is critical for the process of atrial fibrillation (AF). Abnormal Fatty acid (FA) metabolism in cardiomyocytes is involved in the pathogenesis of AF.
Fan Bai +9 more
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Coronary artery anomalies and their clinical relevance
Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2015 Coronary artery anomalies (CAAs) represent one of the most confusing topic in cardiology and affect approximately 1% of the general population. Altough some anomalies seem to be only anatomical curiosities, others may sometimes have fatal consequences ...
Leonardo Misuraca +6 more
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ESC Heart Failure, 2020 Aims Our purpose was to investigate the association between the B‐type natriuretic peptide (BNP) level at discharge, the occurrence of worsening renal function (WRF), and long‐term outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF).
Toshitaka Okabe +15 more
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Invasive hemodynamic assessment of patients with cardiomyopathies [PDF]
Българска кардиология, 2021 Invasive hemodynamic assessment of cardiac diseases has become an important diagnostic tool in recent decades. Non-invasive methods are the main techniques used to assess cardiac function, due to their wider availability.
Monika Shumkova +3 more
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Journal of Translational Medicine, 2019 Background Stem cell therapy is investigated as a treatment option for patients with ischemic heart disease. In this study, long-term safety and efficacy of autologous intra-myocardial injections of adipose-derived stromal cells (ASCs) was studied in ...
Abbas Ali Qayyum +6 more
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Transcarpal Cardiac Catheterization [PDF]
Deutsches Ärzteblatt international, 2009 Even though the performance of coronary diagnostic and therapeutic procedures through the distal forearm arteries has become a well-established practice, only a small minority of procedures employ transcarpal approach. The aim of this review is to describe the state of art in cardiac catheterization through distal forearm arteries, to point out the ...
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