Heart rate reduction using ivabradine, a selective If channel blocker that purely decreases heart rate without affecting hemodynamics, improves clinical outcomes in patients with systolic heart failure.
Teruhiko Imamura, Koichiro Kinugawa
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Fast and accurate classification of echocardiograms using deep learning [PDF]
Echocardiography is essential to modern cardiology. However, human interpretation limits high throughput analysis, limiting echocardiography from reaching its full clinical and research potential for precision medicine.
Arnaout, Ramy +3 more
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INTRODUCTION: Pulmonary valve stenosis is the most common of the right ventricular outflow tract obstruction, BVP has been the treatment of choice in these subgroup of patients.
Nagehan Katipoğlu +5 more
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The multi-modality cardiac imaging approach to the Athlete's heart: an expert consensus of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging [PDF]
The term 'athlete's heart' refers to a clinical picture characterized by a slow heart rate and enlargement of the heart. A multi-modality imaging approach to the athlete's heart aims to differentiate physiological changes due to intensive training in the
Abergel +91 more
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Myocardial Function Maturation in Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants and Development of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia [PDF]
Background: Myocardial function in very-low-birth-weight infants (VLBWIs) develops during early postnatal life, but different patterns of temporal evolution that might be related to the development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) are not completely ...
Benavente Fernández, Isabel +3 more
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Hepatic endothelial Alk1 signaling protects from development of vascular malformations while maintaining organ‐specific endothelial differentiation and angiocrine portmanteau of the names Wingless and Int‐1 signaling. Abstract Background and Aims In hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), severe liver vascular malformations are associated with ...
Christian David Schmid +20 more
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Three-dimensional echocardiography and 2D-3D speckle tracking imaging in chronic pulmonary hypertension. diagnostic accuracy in detecting hemodynamic signs of RV failure [PDF]
Background and objective. Our aim was to compare three-dimensional (3D) and 2D and 3D speckle tracking (2D-STE, 3D-STE) echocardiographic parameters with conventional right ventricular (RV) indexes in patients with chronic pulmonary hypertension (PH ...
Alessia, Azzano +11 more
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New echocardiographic techniques in optimal patient selection for cardiac resynchronization therapy in the treatment of chronic heart failure [PDF]
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has important role in the contemporary treatment of heart failure, systolic dysfunction and mechanical disynchrony.
Petrović Milan +9 more
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Maternal Cardiovascular Impairment in Pregnancies Complicated by Severe Fetal Growth Restriction [PDF]
—Fetal growth restriction and preeclampsia are both conditions of placental etiology and associated to increased risk for the long-term development of cardiovascular disease in the mother. At presentation, preeclampsia is associated with maternal global
Liberati, M +3 more
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability of 64-slice multi-detector computed tomographic (MDCT) angiography in pre-operative assessment of coarctation of thoracic aorta of pediatric age groups using 64 multislice CT scanner ...
Mohamad Zakaryia Al-Azzazy +2 more
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