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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 +11 more
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Non Coding RNAs as Regulators of Wnt/β-Catenin and Hippo Pathways in Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy
Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is an inherited cardiomyopathy histologically characterized by the replacement of myocardium by fibrofatty infiltration, cardiomyocyte loss, and inflammation.
Marina Piquer-Gil +5 more
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Re-Definition of the Epidemiology of Cardiac Amyloidosis
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 +9 more
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Cardiomyopathies are defined as a myocardial disorder with a structurally and functionally abnormal heart muscle in the absence of coronary artery disease, valvular disease, hypertension, and congenital heart disease.
Benz, Dominik C
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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 +6 more
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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 +12 more
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Genetic basis and molecular biology of cardiac arrhythmias in cardiomyopathies. [PDF]
Cardiac arrhythmias are common, often the first, and sometimes the life-threatening manifestations of hereditary cardiomyopathies. Pathogenic variants in several genes known to cause hereditary cardiac arrhythmias have also been identified in the ...
Asatryan, Babken +2 more
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Lyme Carditis: From Pathophysiology to Clinical Management
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 +7 more
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Stress Cardiomyopathy (Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy) [PDF]
Background Due to the rise in the number of reports of stress cardiomyopathy in the literature, awareness of this condition is increasing. Although different names have been used to describe this condition, the similarities in clinical, electrocardiographic, echocardiographic and angiographic features suggest ...
Samer Khouri, Naser Imran
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Cardiomyopathies include a wide variety of cardiac diseases. The value of MR imaging is not only to provide information about cardiac function, but also to detect the underlying cause of the disease.
J P, Laissy +3 more
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