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Quality of life status determinants in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy as evaluated by the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2020
Purpose The present study evaluated how heart failure (HF) negatively impacts health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patients and explored the major clinical determinants associated with HRQoL impairment in this ...
Razvan Capota, Sebastian Militaru, Alin Alexandru Ionescu, Monica Rosca, Cristian Baicus, Bogdan Alexandru Popescu, Ruxandra Jurcut   +6 more
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Myths and misperceptions in pacemaker patients: a quasi experimental study to assess effect of an educational intervention

International Journal of Arrhythmia, 2021
Background Misconceptions regarding activities after pacemaker implantation can result in restrictions in daily life. This study aims at measuring the correction of misconceptions following an educational intervention utilizing a picture based brochure ...
Ghulam Kubra, Fariha Hasan, Faisal Qadir, Shazia Rasheed, Azam Shafquat   +4 more
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Cutaneous-Pericardial Fistula: Rare Complication of Transapical Aortic Valve Replacement—Case Report and Literature Review

Case Reports in Surgery, 2020
Cutaneous-pericardial fistula is a rare complication of transapical aortic valve replacement; only a few cases are reported in the literature. It is part of a wide range of surgical site infection manifestations that could emerge after surgery.
Andrei Tarus, Mihail Enache, Igor Nedelciuc, Iulian Rotaru, Alberto Emanuel Bacusca, Grigore Tinica   +5 more
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Safety and tolerability of Sacubitril/Valsartan in heart failure patient with reduced ejection fraction

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2023
Background Angiotensin receptor blocker and a neprilysin inhibitor (ARNI) has emerged as an innovative therapy for patients of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).
Muhammad Nauman Khan, Najia Aslam Soomro, Khalid Naseeb, Usman Hanif Bhatti, Rubina Rauf, Iram Jehan Balouch, Ali Moazzam, Sonia Bashir, Tariq Ashraf, Musa Karim   +9 more
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COPD and Cardiovascular Disease

Pulmonology, 2019
COPD is one of the major public health problems in people aged 40 years or above. It is currently the 4th leading cause of death in the world and projected to be the 3rd leading cause of death by 2020. COPD and cardiac comorbidities are frequently associated.
André, S., Conde, B., Fragoso, E., Boléo-Tomé, J.P., Areias, Vanda, Cardoso, J.   +5 more
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Lipoxidation in cardiovascular diseases

Redox Biology, 2019
Lipids can go through lipid peroxidation, an endogenous chain reaction that consists in the oxidative degradation of lipids leading to the generation of a wide variety of highly reactive carbonyl species (RCS), such as short-chain carbonyl derivatives and oxidized truncated phospholipids.
Gianazza, Erica, Brioschi, Maura, Fernandez, Alma Martinez, Banfi, Cristina   +3 more
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Dissecting myocardial mechanics in patients with severe aortic stenosis: 2-dimensional vs 3-dimensional-speckle tracking echocardiography

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2020
Background Aortic stenosis (AS) causes left ventricular (LV) pressure overload, leading to adverse LV remodeling and dysfunction. Identifying early subclinical markers of LV dysfunction in patients with significant AS is critical as this could provide ...
Xiaojun Bi, Darwin F. Yeung, Husam M. Salah, Maria C. Arciniegas Calle, Jeremy J. Thaden, Lara F. Nhola, Hartzell V. Schaff, Sorin V. Pislaru, Patricia A. Pellikka, Alberto Pochettino, Kevin L. Greason, Vuyisile T. Nkomo, Hector R. Villarraga   +12 more
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Possibilities of neurocognitive rehabilitation using the dual tasks method in patients in the early postoperative period of coronary bypass surgery [PDF]

КардиоСоматика, 2021
Background. Previously, it has been demonstrated that the use of the dual-task method (performance cognitive and motor tasks simultaneously) in cognitive rehabilitation provides sustainable improvements in cognitive and motor functions.
Irina D. Syrova, Irina V. Tarasova, Olga A. Trubnikova, Anastasia S. Sosnina, Olga A. Lozhkina, Ekaterina V. Belik, Yulia A. Dyleva, Tatiana B. Temnikova, Alexey V. Frolov, Olga V. Gruzdeva, Olga L. Barbarash   +10 more
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Pseudogenes in Cardiovascular Disease [PDF]

Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2021
Cardiovascular disease is the main disease that affects human life span. In recent years, the disease has been increasingly addressed at the molecular levels, for example, pseudogenes are now known to be involved in the pathogenesis and development of cardiovascular diseases.
Songtao An, Dongchang Chen, Xi Wang, Wenbo Li, Hua Meng, Yanyan Qi   +5 more
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Long‐Term Survival of Patients With Left Ventricular Noncompaction

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2021
Background The prognosis of left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) remains elusive despite its recognition as a clinical entity for >30 years. We sought to identify clinical and imaging characteristics and risk factors for mortality in patients with LVNC.
Vaibhav R. Vaidya, Melissa Lyle, William R. Miranda, Medhat Farwati, Ameesh Isath, Sri Harsha Patlolla, David O. Hodge, Samuel J. Asirvatham, Suraj Kapa, Abhishek J. Deshmukh, Thomas A. Foley, Hector I. Michelena, Heidi M. Connolly, Rowlens M. Melduni   +13 more
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