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Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) remains a leading cause of graft failure after heart transplantation, yet an early, non-invasive risk stratification tool is not available.
Andrea Muniz +8 more
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Distinct Systemic Sclerosis Phenotypes Related to Ethnicity: An Opportunity to Personalize Care?
Objective The objective is to describe and compare demographic, clinical, and serological characteristics of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) according to ethnic background. Methods Participants enrolled in the Canadian Scleroderma Research Group cohort who self‐identified to a single ethnicity group were included.
Danick Goulet +11 more
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Aims The aim of this study is to investigate the prognostic impact of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) in heart failure (HF) and its association to age, sex, left ventricular ejection fraction (EF), and HF duration, and furthermore, to evaluate if the ...
Dahlström, Ulf +19 more
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Objective JAK inhibitors (JAKi) have shown promising effects in early‐phase studies of systemic sclerosis (SSc). We aimed to assess the safety and explore the effectiveness of JAKi compared to conventional immunosuppressants in SSc. Methods A longitudinal retrospective study of the European Scleroderma Trials and Research Group (EUSTAR) cohort was ...
Stefano Di Donato +27 more
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Predictors of Health-related Quality of Life of Adults with Heart Failure [PDF]
Background: Heart failure patients experience low health-related quality of life and poor health outcomes. Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine interrelationships among and predictors of health-related quality of life of adults with heart
Simms, Susan
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Physical Activity and Heart Failure Risk in a Prospective Study of Men
OBJECTIVES This study investigated if total physical activity, as well as different types of physical activity, were associated with heart failure risk. BACKGROUND Physical activity has shown to be associated with reduced risks of coronary heart disease ...
Orsini, Nicola, +7 more
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The Lupus Damage Index Revision Program: Results From the Item Generation and Reduction Phases
Objective A data‐driven and expert/patient consensus‐based project to develop a revised Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC)/American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Damage Index (SDI) is under way supported by SLICC, ACR, and the Lupus Foundation of America. Our objective is to report the item generation and reduction phase results
Burak Kundakci +25 more
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This article refers to 'Prevention of the development of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction by the phosphodiesterase-5A inhibitor vardenafil in rats with type 2 diabetes,' by C.Matyas et al., published in this issue on pages 326 ...
Paulus, Walter J. +8 more
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Objective Gastrointestinal (GI) involvement can lead to malnutrition in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Body mass index (BMI) remains the most widely used marker to screen nutritional status. We aimed to identify predictors of lower BMI in patients with SSc. Methods Patients with SSc from a prospective US cohort meeting 2013 American College of
Ali Y. Ayla +8 more
wiley +1 more source
Mismatch between mRNA cardiac expression of BNP and CNP in pacing-induced heart failure [PDF]
Purpose: It has been recently demonstrated in an animal model of heart failure (HF) that the high-frequency pacing of the left ventricle (LV) free wall causes a dyssynchronous pattern of contraction that leads to progressive cardiac failure with ...
Giannessi, Daniela +13 more
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