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Background Acute type A aortic dissection (AAD) and acute type A intramural hematoma (AIMH) are life‐threatening conditions with high mortality rates, and prognostic indicators are critical for guiding urgent treatment decisions.
Lingyue Qiu +21 more
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ABSTRACT Acute chest syndrome (ACS) is one of the most common severe complications of sickle cell disease (SCD). In recent years, a major role of inflammation and innate immunity has been evidenced, but ACS pathophysiology remains incompletely understood, and therapeutic options are limited.
Slimane Allali +14 more
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Background Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) face a significantly elevated risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, with left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction and heart failure (HF) being major contributors.
Qingkuan Li +10 more
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Do patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction without chest pain suffer a poor prognosis?
Objective: Previous studies have discussed acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients without chest pain, but have not focused on non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI).
Ding-Kuo Chien +5 more
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Genetic Contribution to Asthma Informs Acute Chest Syndrome Pathophysiology and Risk Stratification
ABSTRACT Acute chest syndrome (ACS) is a severe complication of sickle cell disease (SCD) occurring in ~50% of patients, some presenting frequent episodes. We lack tools to identify patients at high risk of ACS occurrence or frequent episodes. Epidemiological studies have found an association between asthma and ACS, but whether this link is causal is ...
Sara El Aouhel +10 more
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Health disparities in chronic liver disease
Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian +3 more
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Prevalence and characteristics of coronary microvascular dysfunction in post-percutaneous coronary intervention patients with recurrent chest pain [PDF]
Lijun Cui +6 more
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The Diagnosis That Arrived Decades Late: Living Without and Then With Myhre Syndrome
ABSTRACT Myhre syndrome (MIM #139210) is a rare multisystem disorder first described in 1981, characterized by short stature, neurodevelopmental delay, joint contractures, and cardiopulmonary complications. Its molecular basis, recurrent pathogenic variants in SMAD4, was not discovered until 2011. This narrative is based on a review of medical records,
Abdallah F. Elias
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Background Coronary artery aneurysm(CAA) represents a rare subset of coronary artery disease and is associated with heightened risks of cardiovascular mortality.
Cheng Li, Qingkuan Li, Qingwei Ji
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