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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is associated with an increased risk of heart block in hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
Recent studies suggested that nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with an increased risk of cardiac tachyarrhythmias (mainly atrial fibrillation) in patients with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus.
A. Mantovani   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Amplatzer Septal Occluder-induced Transient Complete Atrioventricular Block

open access: yesJournal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2007
Percutaneous transcatheter atrial septal defect (ASD) closure is a widely used technique that has replaced open-heart surgical closure in many centers. The most common implant is the Amplatzer septal occluder which seems to be a highly effective and safe
Shan-Miao Lin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A suicide attempt by ingestion of oleander leaves and treatment with digoxin-specific Fab antibody fragments

open access: yesArhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju, 2023
Natural cardiac glycosides have positive inotropic heart effects but at high, toxic doses they can cause life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias. Here we present the first Croatian case of a 16-year-old girl who attempted suicide by eating dried oleander ...
Kovačević Tanja   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Micro-RNAs of the miR-15 family modulate cardiomyocyte survival and cardiac repair [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
A family of microRNAs, called the miR-15 family, which includes miR-195, are shown to be up-regulated during pathological cardiac remodeling and repress the expression of mRNAs required for cell proliferation and survival, with consequent loss of ...
Olson, Eric N., van Rooij, Eva
core   +1 more source

Congenital heart block [PDF]

open access: yesThe American Journal of Medicine, 1956
Abstract 1.1. Studies of eight cases of congenital heart block, including the first published case of mitral atresia with congenital heart block, are presented. 2.2. Review of the literature revealed that of the seventeen cases of congenital heart block reported with postmortem findings interventricular septal defect, with or without other ...
Eugene Braunwald   +3 more
openaire   +6 more sources

Pacing in children

open access: yesAnnals of Pediatric Cardiology, 2013
The implantation of cardiac pacing devices in children and young adults can be challenging and different from the adult population due to their smaller size, their longer life expectancy, and anatomical variations associated with congenital heart defects.
Harinder R Singh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A rare case of native mitral valve infective endocarditis presenting with complete heart block and intermittent atrial flutter

open access: yesJournal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2021
Mitral valve infective endocarditis, without aortic involvement, is a rare cause of complete heart block. It is thought that infections placed close to the conductive system of the heart may drive a conduction block. We found six cases in the literature,
Pravin Thomas   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence and incidence of cognitive impairment and dementia in heart failure – A systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression

open access: yesHellenic Journal of Cardiology, 2022
Introduction: The burden of cognitive impairment in heart failure (HF) patients is significant and leads to longer hospital stay, higher readmission rates, and increased mortality.
Nicole Li Xian Yap   +18 more
doaj  

Fatal heart block from intentional yew tree (Taxus baccata) ingestion: a case report [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org ...
Chan, Mark   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Atrioventricular node dysfunction in pressure overload-induced heart failure—Involvement of the immune system and transcriptomic remodelling

open access: yesFrontiers in Pharmacology, 2023
Heart failure is associated with atrioventricular (AV) node dysfunction, and AV node dysfunction in the setting of heart failure is associated with an increased risk of mortality and heart failure hospitalisation. This study aims to understand the causes
Claire Wilson   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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