Cardiac Complications in Marfan Syndrome: A Review
Cureus, 2022 Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a rare inherited disorder of the connective tissue with an autosomal dominant mode of inheritance which happens as a result of a mutation in the fibrillin-1 (FBN1) gene located on chromosome 15q21.1.
Jayant Singh, Anil Wanjari
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Risk of COVID-19 in Chagas Disease Patients: What Happen with Cardiac Affectations?
Biology, 2021 Background: Chagas disease is considered a neglected tropical disease. The acute phase of Chagas disease is characterized by several symptoms: fever, fatigue, body aches, headache and cardiopathy’s. Chronic phase could be asymptomatic or symptomatic with
Alejandro Diaz-Hernandez +5 more
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Cardiac Complications in Patients Hospitalised With COVID-19 in Australia
Heart, Lung and Circulation, 2021 Objectives Describe the incidence of cardiac complications in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 in Australia. Design Observational cohort study. Setting Twenty-one (21) Australian hospitals.
K. Bhatia +35 more
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Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 2021 We compared cardiovascular magnetic resonance segmental native T1 against T2* values for the detection of myocardial iron overload (MIO) in thalassaemia major and we evaluated the clinical correlates of native T1 measurements. We considered 146 patients (
A. Meloni +13 more
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The Cardiac Complications of Methamphetamines [PDF]
Heart, Lung and Circulation, 2016 Methamphetamines are increasingly popular drugs of abuse in Australia, and are rising in purity. The rising popularity and purity of methamphetamines has notably increased demands upon Australian medical services. Methamphetamines are sympathomimetic amines with a range of adverse effects upon multiple organ systems.
Elizabeth D, Paratz +2 more
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Cardiovascular complications of anorexia nervosa – a clinical case with transient left ventricular hypertrophy and obstruction in the ventricular outflow tract [PDF]
Българска кардиология, 2022 Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder with a multisystemic nature, affecting female adolescents predominantly. The disease is potentially fatal with cardiac complications being the leading cause.
Petar Shivachev +4 more
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Does the revised cardiac risk index predict cardiac complications following elective lung resection? [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Revised Cardiac Risk Index (RCRI) score and Thoracic Revised Cardiac Risk Index (ThRCRI) score were developed to predict the risks of postoperative major cardiac complications in generic surgical population and thoracic surgery respectively.
Pala Rajesh +19 more
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Cardiac complications in patients hospitalised with COVID-19
European heart journal. Acute cardiovascular care, 2020 Aims: To determine the frequency and pattern of cardiac complications in patients hospitalised with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Methods and results: CAPACITY-COVID is an international patient registry established to determine the role of ...
M. Linschoten +10 more
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Complications of white-coat hypertension compared to a normotensive and hypertensive population
Heart Views, 2021 Background: Accumulating evidence demonstrates that white-coat hypertension (WCH) are associated with several risks and complications. In this study, we aimed to investigate the adverse effects of WCH compared with hypertensive and normotensive patients.
Ziad Abdullah Taher +5 more
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The utility of B-type natriuretic peptide in predicting postoperative cardiac events and mortality in patients undergoing major emergency non-cardiac surgery [PDF]
, 2007 B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels predict cardiovascular risk in several settings. We hypothesized that they would identify individuals at increased risk of complications and mortality following major emergency non-cardiac surgery.Forty patients ...
Croal, Bernard L. +4 more
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