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ALS With and Without Upper Motor Neuron Signs: A Comparative Study Supporting the Gold Coast Criteria

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The Gold Coast criteria permit diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) even without upper motor neuron (UMN) signs. However, whether ALS patients with UMN signs (ALSwUMN) and those without (ALSwoUMN) share similar characteristics and prognoses remains unclear.
Hee‐Jae Jung   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conduction defects and arrhythmias in mdx mice are not associated with a degeneration of the cardiac Purkinje network

open access: yesFrontiers in Physiology
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe X-chromosomal disease characterised by progressive muscle weakness and degeneration. Cardiac involvement is inevitable in DMD patients and ventricular arrhythmias are a high-risk factor for mortality in these
Juliette Vahdat   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Conduction System Pacing for Heart Failure [PDF]

open access: yesTexas Heart Institute Journal
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Nathan R. Smith, MD   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lineages of the Cardiac Conduction System

open access: yesJournal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 2017
The cardiac conduction system (CCS) initiates and coordinately propagates the electrical impulse to orchestrate the heartbeat. It consists of a set of interconnected components with shared properties.
Rajiv A. Mohan   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Genetics update: monogenetics, polygene disorders and the quest for modifying genes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The genetic channelopathies are a broad collection of diseases. Many ion channel genes demonstrate wide phenotypic pleiotropy, but nonetheless concerted efforts have been made to characterise genotype-phenotype relationships.
Symonds, Joseph D., Zuberi, Sameer M.
core   +1 more source

Ultrasonography Compared With Computed Tomography in Identifying Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms in Patients With Giant Cell Arteritis

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The objectives of this study were to evaluate the correlation and agreement between ultrasonography and computed tomography (CT) in measuring ascending aorta diameter in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) and to investigate the development of new ascending aortic aneurysms in patients with newly diagnosed GCA.
Anne C. Bull Haaversen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determining the Health Problems of Alaska Military Youth Academy Participants [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Alaska Military Youth Academy is an accredited residential high school program that utilizes a quasi-military approach to teach life skills to at-risk youth.
Doughty, Mark W.
core  

Incidence and prognosis of cardiac conduction system diseases in hypertension: the STEP trial

open access: yesNature Aging
Patients with cardiac conduction system diseases (CSD) may have increased incidence and mortality of cardiovascular events. Here we report a post hoc analysis of the Strategy of Blood Pressure Intervention in the Elderly Hypertensive Patients (STEP) randomized clinical trial (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03015311) concerning the effect of intensive ...
Song Zhao   +6 more
openaire   +2 more sources

A Case Report of Systemic Sclerosis Complicated by Biventricular Heart Failure, Pulmonary Hypertension and Review of Literature [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune connective tissue disorder whose aetiology is not fully understood. Skin fibrosis and visceral organs involvement are the hallmarks, and the heart could be disproportionately or subtly involved ...
Akinboro AO   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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