Beyond Barker: Infant Mortality at Birth and Ischaemic Heart Disease in Older Age [PDF]
Adverse conditions in early life can have consequential impacts on individuals' health in older age. In one of the first papers on this topic, Barker and Osmond 1986 show a strong positive relationship between infant mortality rates in the 1920s and ischaemic heart disease in the 1970s.
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Exploratory study into the awareness of heart diseases among Emirati women (UAE) and their health seeking behaviour- a qualitative study [PDF]
© 2016 The Author(s). Background: Cardiovascular diseases were the leading cause of death in women in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2010. The UAE is expected to experience a tripling of heart diseases in the next two decades as risk factors for heart
Al Suwaidi, Meera+3 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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Early Prediction of Heart Disease Using PCA and Hybrid Genetic Algorithm with k-Means [PDF]
Worldwide research shows that millions of lives lost per year because of heart disease. The healthcare sector produces massive volumes of data on heart disease that are sadly not used to locate secret knowledge for successful decision making. One of the most important aspects at this moment is detecting heart disease at an early stage. Researchers have
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Medical Genetic Counseling Of Women With Congenital Heart Diseases Of Fetus [PDF]
Aim of the work. Determine the effectiveness of prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart defects in the fetus and the informativeness of different markers used in the medical-genetic counseling of pregnant women..Materials and methods.
Helner, N. (Nadiya)+3 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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A Nonseparable Multivariate Space-Time Model for Analyzing County-Level Heart Disease Death Rates by Race and Gender [PDF]
While death rates due to diseases of the heart have experienced a sharp decline over the past 50 years, these diseases continue to be the leading cause of death in the United States, and the rate of decline varies by geographic location, race, and gender.
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Isolated major aortopulmonary collateral as the sole pulmonary blood supply to an entire lung segment [PDF]
Congenital systemic-to-pulmonary collateral arteries or major aortopulmonary collaterals are associated with cyanotic congenital heart disease with decreased pulmonary blood flow.
Grady, R. Mark+2 more
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Analyzing the impact of feature selection on the accuracy of heart disease prediction [PDF]
Heart Disease has become one of the most serious diseases that has a significant impact on human life. It has emerged as one of the leading causes of mortality among the people across the globe during the last decade. In order to prevent patients from further damage, an accurate diagnosis of heart disease on time is an essential factor.
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Development of a Device for Remote Monitoring of Heart Rate and Body Temperature
We present a new integrated, portable device to provide a convenient solution for remote monitoring heart rate at the fingertip and body temperature using Ethernet technology and widely spreading internet.
Barai, Atanu+3 more
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