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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   +35 more
core   +1 more source

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

Computerized screening of children congenital heart diseases

open access: yes, 2008
In this paper, we propose a method for automated screening of congenital heart diseases in children through heart sound analysis techniques. Our method relies on categorizing the pathological murmurs based on the heart sections initiating them.
Kiani, A.,   +5 more
core   +1 more source

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

Congenital Heart Diseases in Pregnancy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
This research aims to shed light into congenital heart diseases, the pathophysiology, and the ultrasonographic findings of congenital heart diseases. Congenital heart diseases are a major health concern, affecting 1.35 million children born every year ...
Benedictus Wicaksono Widodo   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo   +9 more
wiley   +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

Impact of Radiation Therapy on Physical and Psychosocial Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: A Joint Report From the Children's Oncology Group AYA and Radiation Oncology Committees

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rates of cancer among adolescents and young adults (AYA), age 15–39 years, are increasing. Consequently, radiation oncologists are treating more AYAs who have diagnoses spanning both pediatric and adult practices. Compared to pediatric and older adult patients, AYAs face a unique set of challenges.
Hesham Elhalawani   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rheumatic heart disease in the heart of Himalayas

open access: yesAnnals of Medicine & Surgery, 2022
Rheumatic heart disease results from the damage to heart valves caused by one or more episodes of rheumatic fever leading to a variety of cardiac complications. Although less common in developed parts of the world, it is one of the most common acquired heart diseases in low- and middle-income countries including Nepal, affecting children and young ...
Lamichhane, Saral   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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