2D Echocardiographic features in low T3 syndrome in chronic heart failure
Background: Thyroid abnormalities are common in chronic heart failure. Severity of heart failure rises by several fold in patients with thyroid dysfunction.
Arun Kumar
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Selecting patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy for ICDs [PDF]
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Cleland, John G.F.+2 more
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Novel compound mutations in the mitochondrial translation elongation factor (TSFM) gene cause severe cardiomyopathy with myocardial fibro-adipose replacement [PDF]
Primary mitochondrial dysfunction is an under-appreciated cause of cardiomyopathy, especially when cardiac symptoms are the unique or prevalent manifestation of disease.
Bonnen, Penelope E+16 more
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In this paper the Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Disease proposes a revised definition of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in an attempt to bridge the gap between our recent understanding of the disease spectrum and its clinical presentation in ...
Y. Pinto+22 more
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Peripartum cardiomyopathy: diagnosis and management [PDF]
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Coats, Caroline J.+5 more
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Anticoagulation in Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Patients with dilated cardiomyopathy have multiple factors that predispose to thromboembolic events. However, reports of the incidence of thromboembolic events in this population vary widely. There has never been a controlled study of long-term anticoagulation among patients with congestive heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy. In this report we
Lauren S. Koniaris, Samuel Z. Goldhaber
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Sudden cardiac death in young athletes: Literature review of molecular basis [PDF]
Intense athletic training and competition can rarely result in sudden cardiac death (SCD). Despite the introduction of pre-participation cardiovascular screening, especially among young competitive athletes, sport-related SCD remains a debated issue ...
Barbara Lombardo+5 more
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Assessment of biventricular function by three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in adolescents and young adults with human immunodeficiency virus infection. a pilot study. [PDF]
Background. The purpose of the study was to assess biventricular parameters of wall deformation with three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (3DSTE) in adolescents and young adults with human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV) on ...
Ajassa, Camilla+12 more
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is associated with dilated sinus of Valsalva: A case-control study
Background: We aimed to test the hypothesis that there is an association between hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and dilated aorta in a case-control, matched-design fashion. Methods: Of 65,843 studies done from November 2011 to December 2015, we found, after
Ji Ae Yoon+6 more
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Apoptosis in Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Cardiomyopathy, a popular diagnosis that always obscures more than it reveals, nevertheless has several characteristic histological features. These prominently include widespread focal myocardial fibrosis and associated hypertrophy of surviving cardiac myocyte.
Bum-Kee Hong+10 more
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