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3D printing in medicine of congenital heart diseases
Congenital heart diseases causing significant hemodynamic and functional consequences require surgical repair. Understanding of the precise surgical anatomy is often challenging and can be inadequate or wrong.
S. Yoo+8 more
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High-fructose feeding does not induce steatosis or non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in pigs
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
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CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE: Heart disease and pregnancy [PDF]
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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Lumped parameter model for hemodynamic simulation of congenital heart diseases
The recent development of computer technology has made it possible to simulate the hemodynamics of congenital heart diseases on a desktop computer. However, multi-scale modeling of the cardiovascular system based on computed tomographic and magnetic ...
Shuji Shimizu+6 more
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Mercury Exposure and Heart Diseases
Environmental contamination has exposed humans to various metal agents, including mercury. It has been determined that mercury is not only harmful to the health of vulnerable populations such as pregnant women and children, but is also toxic to ordinary ...
G. Genchi+4 more
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Background Cardiac remodeling following myocardial infarction is a pathological process. We aimed to examine the effect of early short-term minocycline on the left ventricular function following ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated by the primary ...
Alireza Nasiri+5 more
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Epidemiological aspects of heart diseases
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the main cause of mortality in heart patients following stroke, rheumatic heart disease and myocardial infarctions.
Aimin Shi, Ziqi Tao, P. Wei, J. Zhao
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Aims Weight excess and insulin resistance predispose to heart failure. High sodium consumption may contribute to the development of cardiac impairment in insulin‐resistant individuals by promoting inadequate skeletal muscle microvascular perfusion ...
Michelle A. Keske+6 more
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Effects of paraoxonase 1 gene polymorphisms on heart diseases
Background:Associations between paraoxonase 1 (PON1) gene polymorphisms and heart diseases (HD) risk remain inconsistent. In order to obtain address this issue we performed a meta-analysis to assess the association between the L55M and Q192R ...
Yazmín Hernández-Díaz+7 more
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Aims Patients with acute heart failure (AHF) are included into clinical trials regardless of differences in baseline clinical characteristics. The aim of this study was to assess patients with AHF according to the presence of central and/or peripheral ...
Justyna Maria Sokolska+10 more
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