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Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 1999 Chagas’ disease is a protozoan infection caused by Trypanosoma cruzi and is mainly acquired by vectorial transmission in endemic areas, when infected excreta of Triatominae bugs are inoculated into the sting site or neighbouring mucous membranes of the victim.
Marin-Neto, José Antonio +2 more
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Heart, 1973 Sarcoid heart disease has had slow recognition but it is now being increasingly diagnosed in life and at necropsy. Recognition is important as energetic treatment may greatly improve the prognosis. Although patients with 'classical' sarcoidosis may be found to have cardiac involvement, most of the clinically important cases present with cardiac ...
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Thyroid Disease and the Heart [PDF]
Current Problems in Cardiology, 2007 The cardiovascular signs and symptoms of thyroid disease are some of the most profound and clinically relevant findings that accompany both hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism. On the basis of the understanding of the cellular mechanisms of thyroid hormone action on the heart and cardiovascular system, it is possible to explain the changes in cardiac ...
Irwin Klein, Sara Danzi
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CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE: Heart disease and pregnancy [PDF]
Heart, 2001 Pregnancy in most women with heart disease has a favourable maternal and fetal outcome. With the exception of patients with Eisenmenger syndrome, pulmonary vascular obstructive disease, and Marfan syndrome with aortopathy, maternal death during pregnancy in women with heart disease is rare.1-4 However, pregnant women with heart disease do remain at ...
Jack M. Colman, Samuel C. Siu
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International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology, 2005 Heart disease is a frequent and often severe feature of systemic sclerosis (scleroderma). Cardiomyopathy, with ventricular diastolic dysfunction and arrhythmias, is the most important form, since it is associated with a very poor prognosis. The current challenge is to define its pattern and identify individuals at risk, but evaluation in vivo may be ...
B. Marasini, M. Massarotti, R. Cossutta
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Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2010 ![Figure][1] [![Graphic][3] ][3][![Graphic][4] ][4][![Graphic][5] ][5] A 26-year-old man with a history of carcinoid and small-bowel resection presented with shortness of breath.
Susie N. Hong +2 more
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On Fatty Diseases of the Heart [PDF]
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Surgical Clinics of North America, 1957 Pregnancy imposes a significant and predictable circulatory burden which reaches a peak late in the second trimester. Heart failure is the major cause of maternal death in cardiac subjects, and the onset of decompensation and time of death are related to the hemodynamic burden of pregnancy.
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Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology, 2005 Includes index. ; Bibliography: p. 377-393. ; Mode of access: Internet.
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