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An unusual cause of ventricular tachycardia: Port-A-Cath fracture and embolization into the pulmonary artery

Heart International, 2014
We describe the case of a patient with a previously placed Port-A-Cath who was admitted to hospital for new onset of non-flushing catheter and palpitations with ventricular tachycardia.
Anthony W.A. Wassef, Malek Kass, Gurpreet Parmar, Amir Ravandi   +3 more
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The immune deficiency and c-Jun N-terminal kinase pathways drive the functional integration of the immune and circulatory systems of mosquitoes

Open Biology, 2022
The immune and circulatory systems of animals are functionally integrated. In mammals, the spleen and lymph nodes filter and destroy microbes circulating in the blood and lymph, respectively. In insects, immune cells that surround the heart valves (ostia)
Yan Yan, Leah T. Sigle, David C. Rinker, Tania Y. Estévez-Lao, John A. Capra, Julián F. Hillyer   +5 more
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The double helix angiography of right coronary arteries: false lumen stenting of a type F right coronary artery spiral dissection with late recanalization of the true lumen and occlusion of the stented false lumen

Heart International, 2014
Guide catheter induced dissection of coronary arteries is an uncommon, but serious complication of coronary angioplasty. Treatment can include emergent coronary artery bypass grafting to the affected vessel or percutaneous intervention including wiring ...
Anthony W. Wassef, Iain Kirkpatrick, Kunal Minhas, Amrit Malik, Malek Kass, Farrukh Hussain   +5 more
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Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation in a Patient with Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm

The Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports, 2022
Background Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation after contained LV rupture (pseudoaneurysm) represents a difficult surgical problem. Case Description We describe the surgical approach for such a patient.
Dejan Radakovic, Kiril Penov, Gülmisal Güder, Ivan Aleksic   +3 more
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Differential effects of adrenergic antagonists (Carvedilol vs Metoprolol) on parasympathetic and sympathetic activity: a comparison of clinical results

Heart International, 2014
Background Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) is recognized as a significant health risk, correlating with risk of heart disease, silent myocardial ischemia or sudden cardiac death.
Heather L. Bloom, Aaron I. Vinik, Joe Colombo   +2 more
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Follow-up of patients with Ixodes tick-borne borrelioses caused by Borrelia miyamotoi or Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato [PDF]

Терапевтический архив, 2016
Ixodes tick-borne borrelioses (ITBB) are caused by two different spirochetes: Borrelia from the group of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, the agents of the classic Lyme borreliosis (LB), and Borrelia miyamotoi that belongs to the group of Borrelia ...
L I Bagautdinova, A E Platonov, D S Sarksyan, O V Stukolova, G A Shipulin, V V Maleev, M V Dudarev   +6 more
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A new perspective on HIV: effects of HIV on brain-heart axis

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection can cause damage to multiple systems within the body, and the interaction among these various organ systems means that pathological changes in one system can have repercussions on the functions of other ...
Honghua Shao, Sijun Li
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Nuclear stress perfusion imaging versus computed tomography coronary angiography for identifying patients with obstructive coronary artery disease as defined by conventional angiography: insights from the CorE-64 multicenter study

Heart International, 2014
We investigated the diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography angiography (CTA) versus myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) for detecting obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) as defined by conventional quantitative coronary angiography (QCA).
Yutaka Tanami, Julie M. Miller, Andrea L. Vavere, Carlos E. Rochitte, Marc Dewey, Hiroyuki Niinuma, Melvin E. Clouse, Christopher Cox, Jeffrey Brinker, Joao A. C. Lima, Armin Arbab-Zadeh   +10 more
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A Robust Interpretable Deep Learning Classifier for Heart Anomaly Detection Without Segmentation

, 2020
Traditionally, abnormal heart sound classification is framed as a three-stage process. The first stage involves segmenting the phonocardiogram to detect fundamental heart sounds; after which features are extracted and classification is performed.
Denman, Simon, Dissanayake, Theekshana, Fernando, Tharindu, Fookes, Clinton, Ghaemmaghami, Houman, Sridharan, Sridha   +5 more
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Mihai Gheorghiade, MD-Life and Concepts [PDF]

, 2018
How do you capture an idea, shape it, and then bring it into the world? Of his many talents, this ability was a fundamental characteristic of Mihai Gheorghiade.
Butler, Javed, Chioncel, Ovidiu, Collins, Sean P., Pang, Peter S.   +3 more
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