Liver transplantation for type I and type IV glycogen storage disease [PDF]
Progressive liver failure or hepatic complications of the primary disease led to orthotopic liver transplantation in eight children with glycogen storage disease over a 9-year period.
A. G. Tzakis +37 more
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Atrial cardiopathy biomarkers and atrial fibrillation in the ARCADIA trial [PDF]
Hooman Kamel +2 more
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Added Value of Rotational Mechanics to Longitudinal Indices in the Risk Stratification of Patients With Left Ventricular Hypertrophy. [PDF]
The present study shows how 2D‐speckle tracking echocardiographic measures of myocardial rotational mechanics provide valuable information about the LVEF spectrum in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy. The primary outcome of interest is that rotational gradient (RG) is closely linked to global longitudinal strain (GLS).
Geraldo J +10 more
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Pyroptosis: A New Regulating Mechanism in Cardiovascular Disease
Nan Ji,1,2,* Zhongwen Qi,1,* Yueyao Wang,1 Xiaoya Yang,1 Zhipeng Yan,1 Meng Li,1 Qihui Ge,1 Junping Zhang1 1First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300183, People’s Republic of China; 2National ...
Ji N +7 more
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Clinical indicators of periodontal disease in patients with coronary heart disease : a 10 years longitudinal study [PDF]
Objectives: There is evidence about a possible relationship existing between periodontal diseases and coronary heart disease. The aim of the present longitudinal study was to investigate the changes in periodontal evolution after etiological ...
Bullón, Pedro +4 more
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Immune complexes in chronic Chagas disease patients are formed by exovesicles from Trypanosoma cruzi carrying the conserved MASP N-terminal region [PDF]
The exovesicles (EVs) are involved in pathologic host-parasite immune associations and have been recently used as biomarkers for diagnosis of infectious diseases.
De Pablos, Luis Miguel +5 more
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Correlation between hypertension cardiopathies and atherosclerosis in the aortic artery
Systemic arterial hypertension is a multifactorial disease, behaving as a triggering factor for cardiovascular diseases and atherosclerosis. The objective was to describe the association of age, gender, skin color and, the atherosclerosis level in the ...
Pedro Paulo de Mattos Moreno +5 more
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Modulation of oxidative stress and microinflammatory status by colloids in refractory dialytic hypotension [PDF]
Background Intradialytic hypotension may adversely affect the outcome of chronic hemodialysis. Therapeutic albumin has powerful anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.
Guy Rostoker +5 more
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Cantrell Syndrome. Case report of an adult [PDF]
Cantrell syndrome is characterized by defects that involve the diaphragm, abdominal wall, pericardium, heart, and lower region of the sternum. It is a rare entity, usually diagnosed at birth and accompanied by high mortality due to the complexity and ...
Falcão, João Luiz Alencar Araripe +4 more
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Cost of heart failure in the Unified Health System [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To describe the direct and indirect costs of ambulatory and in-patient treatments of heart failure during 2002, in the University Hospital Antônio Pedro, Niterói.
Araujo, Denizar Vianna +4 more
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