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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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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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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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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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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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SA Heart Congress 2016 Announcement

, 2017
The 17th Annual Congress of the South African Heart Association.
Heart, SA
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Erratum to: Conservative management of chronic aortic dissection with underlying aortic aneurysm, by Yusuf Beebeejaun M et al, Heart Int. 2013 Mar 15;8(1):e4

Heart International, 2016
Erratum to: Heart Int. 2013 Mar 15;8(1):e4. Conservative management of chronic aortic dissection with underlying aortic aneurysm. Yusuf Beebeejaun M, Malec A, Gupta R. doi: 10.4081/hi.2013.e4. PubMed PMID: 24179638; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3805168.
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Marked prolongation of QRS duration after initiation of dronedarone therapy

Heart International, 2014
Dronedarone is a relatively new antiarrhythmic drug and is held to be less proarrhythmic than comparable compounds, although its proarrhythmia potential in humans has not been sufficiently evaluated.
Conrad Genz, Hans D. Esperer, Alexander Schmeisser, Ruediger C. Braun-Dullaeus, Samir M. Said   +4 more
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Intravenous sildenafil in right ventricular dysfunction with pulmonary hypertension following a heart transplant

Heart International, 2014
The objective of the present work is to describe the experience with intravenous (IV) sildenafil in heart transplant (HT) patients with reactive pulmonary hypertension (PH) who developed right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) in the immediate postoperative ...
Luis Almenar Bonet, Rosario Vicente Guillén, Ignacio Sánchez Lázaro, Carmen de la Fuente, Faisa Osseyran, Luis Martínez Dolz, Mónica Montero Hernández, Manuel Portolés Sanz, Miguel Rivera Otero, Antonio Salvador Sanz   +9 more
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