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Abstract Congenital heart disease occurs in approximately 8/1000 live births. The most common lesion is a ventricular septal defect. Many are small and do not need surgery. Interventional catheterization has advanced considerably in the last two decades.
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Matrix metalloproteinases as candidate biomarkers in adults with congenital heart disease [PDF]
Context Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are associated with diastolic dysfunction and heart failure in acquired heart disease. Objective To investigate the role of MMPs as novel biomarkers in clinically stable adults with congenital heart disease ...
Baggen, V.J.M. (Vivan)+7 more
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BACKGROUND: The American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the National Institutes of Health, annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and cardiovascular risk factors, including core health behaviors ...
Seth S. Martin+42 more
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The Year in Congenital Heart Disease
This has been an exciting time in congenital heart disease (CHD) because more conditions are being palliated or repaired effectively and more adults are leading more active and productive lives because of their care by pediatric cardiologists and specialists in adult CHD. Koh et al.
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Background Deep learning algorithms are increasingly used for automatic medical imaging analysis and cardiac chamber segmentation. Especially in congenital heart disease, obtaining a sufficient number of training images and data anonymity issues remain ...
Gerhard-Paul Diller+11 more
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A review of congenital heart block [PDF]
Congenital heart block is a rare disorder. It has an incidence of about 1 in 22,000 live births. It may be associated with high mortality and morbidity.
Buyon, Jill P.+3 more
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The corona virus disease ‐2019 (COVID‐19) is a recently described infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 with significant cardiovascular implications.
T. Alsaied+9 more
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Exposure to common noxious agents (1), including allergens, pollutants, and micro‐nanoplastics, can cause epithelial barrier damage (2) in our body's protective linings. This may trigger an immune response to our microbiome (3). The epithelial barrier theory explains how this process can lead to chronic noncommunicable diseases (4) affecting organs ...
Can Zeyneloglu+17 more
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Application of the Boston Technical Performance Score to intraoperative echocardiography
Background: The Technical Performance Score (TPS) developed by Boston Children’s Hospital showed surgical outcomes correlate with adequacy of technical repair when implemented on pre-discharge echocardiograms.
Hannah R Bellsham-Revell+11 more
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A Multimodal Score Accurately Classifies Fontan Failure and Late Mortality in Adult Fontan Patients
ObjectivesDespite the outstanding success of the Fontan operation, it is a palliative procedure and a substantial number of patients experience late failure of the Fontan circulation. Clinical presentation and hemodynamic phenotypes of Fontan failure are
Peter Kramer+10 more
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