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Non-invasive Early Prediction of Septic Acute Kidney Injury by Doppler-Based Renal Resistive Indexes Combined With Echocardiographic Parameters: An Experimental Study

Frontiers in Medicine, 2021
Non-invasive early prediction of septic acute kidney injury (S-AKI) is still urgent and challenging. Increased Doppler-based renal resistive index (RRI) has been shown to be associated with S-AKI, but its clinical use is limited, which may be explained ...
Ying Zhang, Ying Zhang, Jianing Zhu, Jianing Zhu, Chuyue Zhang, Chuyue Zhang, Jing Xiao, Jing Xiao, Chao Liu, Chao Liu, Chao Liu, Shuo Wang, Shuo Wang, Ping Zhao, Ping Zhao, Yaqiong Zhu, Li Wang, Qiuyang Li, Yukun Luo, Yukun Luo   +19 more
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Association Between Left Ventricle Diastolic Dysfunction and Unfavorable Prognostic Markers in Patients with Aortic Insufficiency [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017
Introduction: The presence of symptoms, systolic dysfunction and Left Ventricle (LV) dilation are considered unfavourable prognostic markers in Aortic Valve Insufficiency (AVI).
Meliza Goi Roscani, Juliana Da Cunha Duarte, Gustavo Nicolodi Augusto, Thaysa Rodrigues De Moraes Salgueiro, Mariana N Meireles, Juliana I.F. Gobbi, Katashi Okoshi, João Carlos Hueb   +7 more
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Anomalous origin of left coronary artery from pulmonary artery - Duped by 2D; saved by color Doppler: Echocardiographic lesson from two cases

Annals of Pediatric Cardiology, 2014
Echocardiography is an important first-line investigation for detection of anomalous origin of a coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA).
Tharakanatha R Yarrabolu, Nazire Ozcelik, Jose Quinones, Matthew D Brown, Duraisamy Balaguru   +4 more
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Prognostic value of serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels in patients with Chagas cardiomyopathy

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2018
BACKGROUND Serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels have been shown to be lower in patients with Chagas cardiomyopathy (ChC) than in patients with non-dilated chagasic cardiomyopathy.
Henrique S Costa, Marcia Maria O Lima, Pedro Henrique S Figueiredo, Patrícia M Martinelli, Elizabeth RS Camargos, Ana Thereza Chaves, Maria Carmo Pereira Nunes, Manoel Otavio C Rocha   +7 more
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Factors determining change in treatment for ambulatory children with pulmonary arterial hypertension: Implications for monitoring

Pulmonary Circulation, 2022
While care models adapt to the COVID‐19 pandemic with virtual and hybrid visits, clinical factors associated with treatment changes among ambulatory pediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients are not well characterized.
Paul J. Critser, Shane L. Collins, Eleni G. Elia, Julia McSweeney, Brienne Leary, Lynn A. Sleeper, Mary P. Mullen   +6 more
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Características clínicas associadas à evolução desfavorável na miocardiopatia periparto Clinical characteristics associated with unfavorable outcomes in peripartum myocardiopathy

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2005
OBJETIVOS: Avaliar as características clínicas de mulheres com diagnóstico prévio de miocardiopatia periparto e verificar as características associadas à evolução desfavorável.
Caroline da Costa Moreira, Silméia Garcia Zanati, Vera Therezinha Borges Medeiros, Cláudia Guimarães, Elaine Farah Simões, Beatriz Bojikian Matsubara   +5 more
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Native Valve Endocarditis Caused by Escherichia Coli [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017
Escherichia coli is a rare cause of infective endocarditis. This report describes a case of native valve endocarditis caused by Escherichia coli in a 58-year-old male renal transplant patient who had a concurrent urinary tract infection caused by the ...
Thangam Menon, Nandhakumar Balakrishnan, Shanmugasundaram Somasundaram, Prabu Dhandapani   +3 more
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Prospective Study of Prevalence and Clinical Determinants of Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis

Indian Journal of Kidney Diseases, 2023
Background and Objectives: This study was conducted to analyse the prevalence of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in maintenance haemodialysis patients, risk factors associated with it and the patient outcomes.
Jalal Ahmed, Mohammed Fahad Khan, Rohan Augustine, Vishwanath Siddini, Sudarshan Ballal   +4 more
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Efficacy of Empagliflozin in the Treatment of Experimental Myocardial Infarction

Разработка и регистрация лекарственных средств, 2023
Introduction. With the emergence of empagliflozin in the pharmaceutical market, there has been an increase in publications on the primary and secondary pharmacodynamics of the drug, and the list of potential indications for the use of this sodium-glucose
D. Yu. Ivkin, M. V. Krasnova, S. V. Okovity, A. A. Karpov, A. N. Kulikov, E. I. Yeletskaya   +5 more
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The “Lightbulb” Sign

JACC: Case Reports, 2023
We report a case of fulminant COVID-19–related myocarditis requiring venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation where the use of an ultrasound-enhancing agent demonstrated a previously undescribed echocardiographic finding, the “lightbulb” sign ...
Ayana Nanthakumar, Mali Worme, MD, MPH, Tahseen Rahman, MD, Juglans Alvarez, MD, MSc, Ghislaine Doufle, MD, Wendy Tsang, MD, Gillian Nesbitt, MD, Sharon L. Mulvagh, MD   +7 more
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