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Central Bank Digital Currencies, Financial Inclusion, and Privacy: A Normative Perspective

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are a digital form of a nation's money, issued by its central bank. As opposed to other forms of digital money, such as electronic bank balances or cryptocurrencies, they are centrally managed legal tender.
Andrew Allison, Alexander William Salter
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Does leaving native antegrade pulmonary blood flow at the time of the superior cavopulmonary connection impact long-term outcomes after the Fontan?Central MessagePerspective

JTCVS Open, 2023
Objectives: Antegrade pulmonary blood flow (APBF) may be left or eliminated at the time of the superior cavopulmonary connection (SCPC). Our aim was to assess the impact of leaving native APBF at the SCPC on long-term Fontan outcomes.
Hannah Davidson, MBBS, Diana Zannino, MSc, Yves d’Udekem, MD, PhD, Rachael Cordina, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, Yishay Orr, MBBS, PhD, FRACS, Igor E. Konstantinov, MD, PhD, FRACS, Robert Weintraub, MBBS, FRACP, Gavin Wheaton, MBBS, FRACP, Jelena Saundankar, MBBS, FRACP, Gananjay Salve, MS, MCh, Ajay Iyengar, MBBS, PhD, FRACS, Nelson Alphonso, MBBS, FRACS, Julian Ayer, MBBS, PhD, FRACP   +12 more
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The Weaponization of ESG Infrastructures and the Future of Green Finance

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The trillion‐dollar green finance industry faces growing pushbacks from a range of actors. While criticisms vary—from portraying ESG as part of a “woke” agenda to highlighting risks of greenwashing—we now see mass departures from climate–finance initiatives, with asset managers coming under fire from regulators over ESG policies and activist ...
Annika Stenström
wiley   +1 more source

COVID-19 in an adult with right isomerism and Fontan circulation: Successful management using risk stratification

Fujita Medical Journal
Reports regarding coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with Fontan circulation are limited. Most studies indicate a relatively good clinical outcome in which SARS-CoV-2 infection is abated; however, COVID-19 can still cause severe pneumonia, and some ...
Kazuyoshi Saito, Sayuri Yamabe, Arisa Kojima, Hidetoshi Uchida, Yuki Takigawa, Chihiro Nakashima, Meiko Hoshino, Kayoko Takada, Shigefumi Fukui, Tetsushi Yoshikawa, Hideo Izawa, Akira Yamada   +11 more
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Inhaled iloprost for the treatment of patient with Fontan circulation [PDF]

Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2014
Decreased exercise capacity after Fontan surgery is relatively common and the failure of the Fontan state gradually increases with age. However, there is no further treatment for patients with Fontan circulation.
Yong Hyun Kim, Moon Hee Chae, Deok Young Choi   +2 more
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Shaping the Flow: Impact of Blade Shape on Performance and Hemocompatibility in Rotodynamic Blood Pumps

Artificial Organs, EarlyView.
Blade shapes (leading‐edge geometry and thickness) in rotodynamic blood pumps were systematically evaluated. Thinner blades improve pump efficiency by reducing blockage effects, while neither blade thickness nor leading‐edge geometry shows clear hemocompatibility benefits. Overall, blade shape has a limited impact on hemocompatibility, indicating it is
Benjamin Torner, Simon Klocker, Niccolò Crescenti, Aldo J. Suria, Harald Reithofer, Michael Hübler, Daniel Zimpfer, Marcus Granegger   +7 more
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Transcatheter Fontan completion: Creation of an extracardiac Fontan

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
AbstractPatients with functionally univentricular hearts are usually palliated surgically. There have been several reports of successful attempts to complete the Fontan procedure without surgery. The pathways created at the time of the preconditioning were largely reminiscent of the lateral tunnel Fontan.
Younes Boudjemline, Ziyad M. Hijazi, Ahmad Sallehuddin, Olivier Ghez   +3 more
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Experience with the Fontan procedure

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 1984
From 1975 to the present, 45 patients have undergone modifications of the Fontan procedure for complex congenital heart disease. There were 30 males and 15 females ranging in age from 2 to 38 years (mean 13 years). Primary diagnoses were tricuspid atresia in 19, univentricular heart in 24, and pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum in two ...
H, Laks, J C, Milliken, J K, Perloff, W E, Hellenbrand, B L, George, A, Chin, T G, Di Sessa, R G, Williams   +7 more
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Fibrosis in Fontan physiology [PDF]

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2016
From the Departments of Pediatrics, Cardiothoracic Surgery, and the Abboud Cardiovascular Research Center, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. Disclosures: Authors have nothing to disclose with regard to commercial support. Received for publication Feb 1, 2016; accepted for publication Feb 2, 2016.
R Erik, Edens, Peter J, Gruber
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The complication of Fontan procedure using extracardiac conduit

International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease, 2021
Background: Recently, Fontan operation using extracardiac conduit (EC) has grown to be the most common procedure. However, as the existing history is relatively short, prevalence rates of complications have not been clarified.
Yoshihiko Kodama, Shinichiro Oda, Shintaro Umemoto, Ayako Kuraoka, Yuichi Ishikawa, Makoto Nakamura, Toshihide Nakano, Hideaki Kado, Ichiro Sakamoto, Kisho Ohtani, Tomomi Ide, Hiroyuki Tsutsui, Koichi Sagawa   +12 more
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