A heart set in stone: A case of extensive cardiac calcification
Heart Views, 2016 Massive endocardial calcification is a rare entity. We describe a rare disease endomyocardial fibrosis associated with massive calcification of the left ventricle suspected on a chest X-ray and confirmed by echocardiography and computed tomography in an ...
Roopali Khanna +2 more
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Immune cell dynamics in heart failure: implicated mechanisms and therapeutic targets
ESC Heart Failure, Volume 12, Issue 3, Page 1739-1758, June 2025.Abstract The relationship between heart failure (HF) and immune activation has garnered significant interest. Studies highlight the critical role of inflammation in HF, affecting cardiac structure and function. Despite promising anti‐inflammatory therapies, clinical trials have faced challenges, indicating an incomplete understanding of immune ...
Gen Li, Wu He, Dao Wen Wang
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Myocardial fibrosis in arterial hypertension [PDF]
, 2002 It is now accepted that, in addition to left ventricular hypertrophy, hypertensive heart disease is characterized by alterations in myocardial structure, leading to loss of tissue homogeneity and pathological remodelling. It is time to recognize that, in
Diez-Martinez, J. (Javier) +2 more
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“Burnt-Out” Endomyocardial Fibrosis—An Overview
, 2016 Tropical endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a public health problem affecting the children, young adults and elderly individuals in an epidemic fashion in the coastal districts of south India.
R. Muthiah
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Veterinary Record Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 2, June 2025.Abstract A 15‐year‐old, spayed, female Boxer dog presented to an emergency facility for collapsing episodes. Third‐degree atrioventricular block that was non‐responsive to atropine was diagnosed on electrocardiography. Initial diagnostics revealed a concurrent urinary tract infection and renal azotaemia.
Jacob Ryave +2 more
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Echocardiographic findings in endomyocardial fibrosis
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 1992 An 18-month-old infant diagnosed as having endomyocardial fibrosis by echocardiography is presented. Most patients with endomyocardial fibrosis reported in the literature are either older children or adults.
M Saraçlar +3 more
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Doughnut appearance of left ventricle in isolated left ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis
Indian Heart Journal, 2016 A 55-year-old female presented with worsening dyspnea secondary to left ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF). Obliteration of left ventricular apex and hypertrophied papillary muscle gave the classical appearance of a “doughnut” on left ventricular ...
Mahim Saran +1 more
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Molecular mechanisms behind progressing chronic inflammatory dilated cardiomyopathy [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Inflammatory dilated cardiomyopathy (iDCM) is a common debilitating disease with poor prognosis that often leads to heart failure and may require heart transplantation.
Bironaite, Daiva +10 more
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Adult heart transplantation under tacrolimus (FK506) immunosuppression: Histopathologic observations and comparison to a cyclosporine-based regimen with lympholytic (ATG) induction [PDF]
, 1997 Background: Tacrolimus (FK506) is an effective immunosuppressant for human heart transplantation, but information about its effects on cardiac allograft and nonallograft kidney and liver histopathologic study is limited.
Demetris, AJ +11 more
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Definition of Clinical and Immunological Phenotypes of Graft Dysfunction in Heart Transplant Recipients: Prognostic Implications and Role of Antibody Mediated Rejection [PDF]
, 2017 Background Despite its clinical relevance, there is a lack of consensus regarding the definition of graft dysfunction (GD) in heart transplant (HT).
Manfredini, Valentina <1984>
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