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Cardiomyopathies: Temporal Review and Genetic Determination [PDF]

Biomedicines
Cardiomyopathies are a heterogeneous group of diseases of the myocardium associated with dysfunction, with or without a structural substrate. They are frequently genetically determined. The dysfunction may be mechanical, both of the systole and diastole,
Gaetano Thiene, Stefania Rizzo, Cristina Basso   +2 more
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Validation of the new American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines for the risk stratification of sudden cardiac death in a large Mediterranean cohort with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology, 2022
Background: The aim of our study was to assess the performance of the new American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) Guidelines, with respect to sudden cardiac death (SCD) prevention, in comparison with the established risk ...
Thomas Zegkos, Georgios Tziomalos, Despoina Parcharidou, Dimitris Ntelios, Christos A. Papanastasiou, Efstratios Karagiannidis, Thomas Gossios, Pavlos Rouskas, Sotiris Katranas, Stilianos Paraskevaidis, Haralambos Karvounis, Georgios Efthimiadis   +11 more
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Survival of patients with cardiomyopathies [PDF]

Българска кардиология, 2021
Cardiomyopathies are a heterogeneous group of diseases. The main pathogenetic mechanism is myocardial damage due to genetic mutations. Cardiomyopathies are one of the leading causes of heart failure, sudden cardiac death, and life-threatening arrhythmias.
Monika Shumkova, Kiril Karamfiloff, Raya Ivanova, Kristina Stoyanova, Dobrin Vassilev   +4 more
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Non Coding RNAs as Regulators of Wnt/β-Catenin and Hippo Pathways in Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy

Biomedicines, 2022
Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is an inherited cardiomyopathy histologically characterized by the replacement of myocardium by fibrofatty infiltration, cardiomyocyte loss, and inflammation.
Marina Piquer-Gil, Sofía Domenech-Dauder, Marta Sepúlveda-Gómez, Carla Machí-Camacho, Aitana Braza-Boïls, Esther Zorio   +5 more
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Re-Definition of the Epidemiology of Cardiac Amyloidosis

Biomedicines, 2022
The epidemiology of cardiac amyloidosis (CA), traditionally considered a rare and incurable disease, has changed drastically over the last ten years, particularly due to the advances in diagnostic methods and therapeutic options in the field of ...
Maddalena Rossi, Guerino Giuseppe Varrà, Aldostefano Porcari, Riccardo Saro, Linda Pagura, Andrea Lalario, Franca Dore, Rossana Bussani, Gianfranco Sinagra, Marco Merlo   +9 more
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Incidence and Characterization of Concealed Cardiac Amyloidosis Among Unselected Elderly Patients Undergoing Post-mortem Examination

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021
Background: The prevalence of cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is unknown.Aims and Methods: We sought to (a) determine the prevalence of CA in unselected patients ≥75 years undergoing autopsy, (b) characterize cardiological profiles of CA and non-CA patients by ...
Aldostefano Porcari, Rossana Bussani, Marco Merlo, Guerino Giuseppe Varrà, Linda Pagura, Davide Rozze, Gianfranco Sinagra   +6 more
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Clinical Characteristics for the Improvement of Cushing's Syndrome Complicated With Cardiomyopathy After Treatment With a Literature Review

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021
Background: Endogenous Cushing's syndrome (CS), also called hypercortisolism, leads to a significant increase in mortality due to excessive cortisol production, which is mainly due to cardiovascular disease. CS complicated with cardiomyopathies, which is
Sisi Miao, Sisi Miao, Lin Lu, Ling Li, Yining Wang, Zhaolin Lu, Huijuan Zhu, Linjie Wang, Lian Duan, Xiaoping Xing, Yong Yao, Ming Feng, Renzhi Wang   +12 more
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Lyme Carditis: From Pathophysiology to Clinical Management

Pathogens, 2022
Cardiac involvement is a rare but relevant manifestation of Lyme disease that frequently presents as atrioventricular block (AVB). Immune-mediated injury has been implicated in the pathogenesis of Lyme carditis due to possible cross-reaction between ...
Cinzia Radesich, Eva Del Mestre, Kristen Medo, Giancarlo Vitrella, Paolo Manca, Mario Chiatto, Matteo Castrichini, Gianfranco Sinagra   +7 more
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The Role of Quality Control in Targeted Next-generation Sequencing Library Preparation

Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics, 2016
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is getting routinely used in the diagnosis of hereditary diseases, such as human cardiomyopathies. Hence, it is of utter importance to secure high quality sequencing data, enabling the identification of disease-relevant ...
Rouven Nietsch, Jan Haas, Alan Lai, Daniel Oehler, Stefan Mester, Karen S. Frese, Farbod Sedaghat-Hamedani, Elham Kayvanpour, Andreas Keller, Benjamin Meder   +9 more
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Cardiomyopathies in China: A 2018–2019 state-of-the-art review

Chronic Diseases and Translational Medicine, 2020
Cardiomyopathies are diseases of the cardiac muscle and are often characterized by ventricular dilation, hypertrophy, and cardiac arrhythmia. Patients with cardiomyopathies often experience sudden death and cardiac failure and require cardiac ...
Tian-Rui Hua, Shu-Yang Zhang
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