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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

The multi-modality cardiac imaging approach to the Athlete's heart: an expert consensus of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
peer reviewedThe term 'athlete's heart' refers to a clinical picture characterized by a slow heart rate and enlargement of the heart. A multi-modality imaging approach to the athlete's heart aims to differentiate physiological changes due to intensive ...
Galderisi, Maurizio   +34 more
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MicroRNAs as therapeutic targets in heart diseases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Heart failure represents the common end-point of a wide range of heart diseases. We are still far from having a complete understanding of which molecular mechanisms lead to distinct forms of heart failure.
Raso, Andrea
core   +1 more source

Modifiable lifestyle factors and heart failure: A Mendelian randomization study

open access: yes, 2020
Background: Lifestyle factors may be important targets in the prevention of heart failure. The current knowledge on the relationship between lifestyle factors and heart failure originates mostly from observational studies. The objective of this study was
Handoko, M. Louis   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Segmental and global longitudinal strain measurement by 2-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in severe rheumatic mitral stenosis

open access: yesBMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2023
Background The present study aimed to detect subtle left ventricular (LV) dysfunction in patients with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis (MS) by measuring global and segmental longitudinal strain with a two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography ...
Samira Mehrabi-Pari   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dying, death and bereavement: a qualitative study of the views of carers of people with heart failure in the UK [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
BACKGROUND: This paper explores carers' views of dying, death and bereavement for family members who had recently died with heart failure adding to a growing literature on end of life experiences for people with conditions other than cancer ...
Seamark David   +28 more
core   +1 more source

Brain MRI and EEG overemployment in patients with vasovagal syncope: results from a tertiary syncope unit

open access: yesBMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2023
Background The diagnosis of vasovagal syncope (VVS) is mainly based on history-taking and physical examination. However, brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Electroencephalogram (EEG) are commonly used in the diagnostic course of VVS, despite not ...
Masih Tajdini   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

High-fructose feeding does not induce steatosis or non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in pigs

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an increasingly prevalent condition that has been linked to high-fructose corn syrup consumption with induction of hepatic de novo lipogenesis (DNL) as the suggested central mechanism.
Nikolaj H. Schmidt   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Carcinoid heart disease: the winking heart [PDF]

open access: yesHeart Asia, 2013
A 70-year-old woman with a metastatic neuroendocrine tumour presented with heart failure. A 2D transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) showed thickened, retracted and fixed tricuspid valve (TV) leaflets with free-flowing tricuspid regurgitation (figure 1A, online supplementary videos 1 and 2), and thickened and retracted pulmonary valve (PV) cusps with ...
Ana, García Martín   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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