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Carcinoid heart disease: [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Heart Journal, 2015
A 72-year-old gentleman presented with right heart failure (RHF) from tricuspid insufficiency. He also noted episodes of diarrhoea and flushing. Echocardiogram showed severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) with thickened tricuspid leaflets ( Panel A ).
Dashwood, Alexander   +2 more
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Prognostic significance of positive family history in outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting: Do we need to update our assumptions?

open access: yesJournal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2022
Background Recent research suggests a protective role for positive family history of premature cardiovascular disease (FHpCVD) in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. We aimed to further investigate this unlikely association.
Hamed Tavolinejad   +12 more
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Efficacy and tolerability of lamivudine plus dolutegravir compared with lamivudine plus boosted PIs in HIV-1 positive individuals with virologic suppression: a retrospective study from the clinical practice

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Direct comparisons between lamivudine plus bPIs and lamivudine plus dolutegravir as maintenance strategies in virologically-suppressed HIV positive patients are lacking.
Alberto Borghetti   +12 more
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Thyroid Disease and the Heart [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent 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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CULPRIT ARTERY CHARACTERISTICS AND SEVERITY OF ANGIOGRAPHIC THROMBUS BURDEN IN PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IN PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

open access: yesPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2022
Objective: The purpose of study was to characterize culprit artery characteristics in terms of presence of thrombus burden in patients with acute myocardial infarction using prevalent parameters of thrombus estimation. Study design: Descriptive study.
Abdul Hameed Siddiqui   +8 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Scleroderma Heart Disease

open access: yesInternational 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
openaire   +3 more sources

Safety, Feasibility of Controllable Decrease of Vena Cava Pressure by Doraya Catheter in Heart Failure

open access: yesJACC: Basic to Translational Science, 2023
Summary: Lowering elevated central venous pressure may reduce renal dysfunction in acute heart failure (AHF) patients. The Doraya catheter lowers renal venous pressure by creating a gradient in the inferior vena cava below the renal veins.
Robert Zymliński, MD, PhD   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cilia: Organelles at the Heart of Heart Disease [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent Biology, 2015
Genetic disorders, such as heterotaxy, first provided a link between cilia and developmental heart defects. Now, a genetic screen in mice shows that ciliary dysfunction may indeed be the major contributing factor in the etiology of congenital heart disease.
Narasimhan, Vijay, Roy, Sudipto
openaire   +2 more sources

Sex-stratified patterns of emergency cardiovascular admissions prior and during the COVID-19 pandemic

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on global public health, with long-term consequences that are still largely unknown. This study aimed to assess the data regarding acute cardiovascular hospital admissions in five European centers before
Piotr Gajewski   +23 more
doaj   +1 more source

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