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Global longitudinal strain as an Indicator of cardiac Iron overload in thalassemia patients

Cardiovascular Ultrasound, 2019
Background and objective Cardiac involvement due to iron overload is the most common cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with thalassemia, and many patients remain asymptomatic until the late stages.
Firoozeh Abtahi, Alireza Abdi, Saideh Jamshidi, Mehran Karimi, Mohammad Ali Babaei-Beigi, Armin Attar   +5 more
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Soluble ST2 levels and left ventricular structure and function in patients with metabolic syndrome [PDF]

, 2016
Background: A biomarker that is of great interest in relation to adverse cardiovascular events is soluble ST2 (sST2), a member of the interleukin family.
Beunza, Maite, Cardelli, Patrizia, Celic, Vera, Di Somma, Salvatore, Escribano, Elena, Floridi, Federico, Lopez-Andres, Natalia, Magrini, Laura, Majstorovic, Anka, Marino, Rossella, Melero, Amaia, Pencic-Popovic, Biljana, Roy, Ignacio, Salerno, Gerardo, Sljivic, Aleksandra   +14 more
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The clinical value of α-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase, cardiac troponin I, and B-type natriuretic peptide in perioperative diagnosis of heart failure in children with congenital heart disease

Frontiers in Pediatrics
ObjectiveThis study evaluates the clinical value of α-Hydroxybutyrate Dehydrogenase (α-HBDH), Cardiac Troponin I (cTnI), and B-Type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) in the perioperative diagnosis of heart failure in children with congenital heart disease (CHD ...
Jun Yin, Qingsong Wang, Shuqiong Xu, Junru Wang, Shihua Huang, Junhong Shen, Tao Yuan, Tongyong Luo, Xianmin Wang   +8 more
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Heart rate and heart rate variability of dairy cows with or without local anesthesia

JDS Communications
Heart rate variability analysis provides valuable insights into autonomic nervous system function but remains minimally explored in veterinary anesthesiology, particularly regarding its relationship with low-dose caudal epidural anesthesia in cattle ...
Zs. Bohák, H. Kiszlinger Nagyné, F. Hoffmann, L. Kern, L. Kovács   +4 more
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Correlation of serum homocysteine and cystatin C levels with prognosis in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction patients

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
Objective This study investigated the relationship of serum homocysteine (Hcy) and cystatin C (Cys C) levels with the prognosis of patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).
Zhi-Heng Chen, Xue-Tao Zhu, Ze-Ping Hu, Jun-Xi Ni, Hou-Liang Chen   +4 more
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Bifurcation analysis of a normal form for excitable media: Are stable dynamical alternans on a ring possible?

, 2008
We present a bifurcation analysis of a normal form for travelling waves in one-dimensional excitable media. The normal form which has been recently proposed on phenomenological grounds is given in form of a differential delay equation.
Georg A. Gottwald, Guevara M. R., Krasovskii N., Mines G. R., Verhulst F., Winfree A. T.   +5 more
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ENDOCARDIUM SEGMENTATION: AN APPROACH USING LOCAL CHAN VESE MODEL WITH RADIAL CHARGE FITTING CURVE [PDF]

ICTACT Journal on Image and Video Processing, 2016
Wall tracking and Endocardium segmentation in Echocardiography images is a prime requirement for the diagnosis of major cardiac diseases. To avoid manual procedures of wall tracing and to provide a quantitative aid in the diagnosis procedure to the ...
S. Nirmala, S. Rajalaxmi
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Isolated systolic hypertension and the J-curve of cardiovascular disease risk☆

Artery Research, 2010
Controversy persists regarding the presence and significance of blood pressure “J-curves” of increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk as they relate to older people with isolated systolic hypertension (ISH).
Stanley S. Franklin
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Exploration of mortality-associated creatinine thresholds for acute kidney injury in cardiac surgery patients with impaired kidney function: a single-center retrospective cohort study

BMC Anesthesiology
Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent and severe complication following cardiac surgery, particularly in patients with impaired kidney function.
Wuhua Jiang, Jiarui Xu, Zhe Luo, Xialian Xu, Xiaoqiang Ding, Yi Fang   +5 more
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The influencing factors of cognitive dysfunction in patients after cardiac surgery and the construction of a nomogram prediction model

European Journal of Medical Research
Background Early detection of cognitive dysfunction (POCD) in patients undergoing cardiac surgery may help improve the prognosis and quality of life.
Ani Zhao, Yanchun Peng, Lingyu Lin, Liangwan Chen, Yanjuan Lin   +4 more
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