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Early diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases in workers: role of standard and advanced echocardiography [PDF]
, 2018 Cardiovascular disease (CVD) still remains the main cause of morbidity and mortality and consequently early diagnosis is of paramount importance. Working conditions can be regarded as an additional risk factor for CVD. Since different aspects of the job
Capotosto, Lidia +4 more
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Swiss Medical Weekly, 2016 Diseases associated with chronic hypoxaemia are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Western countries. Epidemiological data indicate that cardiovascular diseases contribute substantially to this problem, but the underlying mechanisms are ...
Emrush Rexhai +2 more
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Endocardial fibroelastosis [PDF]
, 1967 This is an article delivered at a meeting of the British Medical Association (Malta Branch) on the 7th March 1967. During the eleven-year period 1955-66 eight cases of endocardial fibroelastosis were diagnosed or confirmed at autopsy.
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Patent foramen ovale and thromboembolic complications [PDF]
, 2010 The foramen ovale, an atrial septal defect which is essential in the fetal circulation, remains patent through adulthood in approximately 25% of the general population and so it represents the most common persistent abnormality of fetal origin.
Barbaro, G +6 more
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Partial PFO Closure for Persistent Hypoxemia in a Patient with Ebstein Anomaly
Case Reports in Cardiology, 2015 Ebstein anomaly is characterized by deformities of the anterior leaflet of the tricuspid valve and atrialization of the right ventricle. Patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation are recommended to have tricuspid valve surgery with concomitant atrial ...
S. A. Zuberi +5 more
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Genetic profiling in acute myeloid leukemia [PDF]
, 2012 No abstract ...
Brewin, John +2 more
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Patent Foramen Ovale—A Not So Innocuous Septal Atrial Defect in Adults
Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 2021 Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a common congenital atrial septal defect with an incidence of 15–35% in the adult population. The development of the interatrial septum is a process that begins in the fourth gestational week and is completed only after ...
Veronica Romano +7 more
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Early recurrent ischemic lesions in patients with cryptogenic stroke and patent foramen ovale: an observational study [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Randomized controlled trials indicate that patent foramen ovate (PFO) closure reduces risk of stroke recurrence in patients with cryptogenic stroke and PFO. However, the optimal time point for PFO closure is unknown and depends on the risk of
Audebert, Heinrich J. +7 more
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Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2012 SummaryParadoxical embolism is a possible cause of ischemic stroke, particularly in younger patients without any other cause, i.e. cryptogenic stroke, and a patent foramen ovale is the most frequently assumed cause. The contrast transcranial Doppler monitoring mode has a sensitivity that is comparable to contrast transesophageal echocardiography for ...
Kutty, Shelby +2 more
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A Rare Presentation of Multi-Organ Embolism in a Multifactorial Hypercoagulable State: Case Report
Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2021 Paradoxical embolism is an uncommon phenomenon, accounting for only 2% of all cases of systemic arterial embolism. This condition suggests the presence of a patent foramen ovale, present in 20% - 25% of the adult population.
Eva Brysch +3 more
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