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THE QUEST OF A HEART FUNCTION TEST [PDF]

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1919
Early in the war, Sir James Mackenzie 1 proposed that in the examination of the hearts of applicants for military service more stress be laid on how the heart responds to effort. He says that if the applicant can undergo severe bodily exertion without distress, it is fairly safe to assume that any irregularity or systolic murmur present is without ...
Helen Conrad
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Liver function tests in patients with acute heart failure [PDF]

Polish Archives of Internal Medicine, 2012
Acute heart failure (AHF) is associated with multiorgan dysfunction, which may unfavorably affect prognosis.We investigated the prevalence, clinical determinants, and prognostic consequences of abnormal liver function tests (LFTs) in population with AHF.We conducted a retrospective analysis of patients with AHF, in whom the following LFTs were ...
Jan, Biegus, Robert, Zymliński, Mateusz, Sokolski, Sylwia, Nawrocka, Paweł, Siwołowski, Joanna, Szachniewicz, Ewa A, Jankowska, Waldemar, Banasiak, Piotr, Ponikowski   +8 more
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"CONGENTIAL PANHYPOPITUITARISM ASSOCIATED WITH IMPAIRED LIVER FUNCTION TESTS AND CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE" [PDF]

Acta Medica Iranica, 2006
The term congenital hypopituitarism defines deficiency of all of the pituitary hormones. Hypoglycemia and microphallus (in males) are common findings, and some infants have shown evidence of the neonatal hepatitis syndrome. We report a case of congenital
Z. Khalili-Matinzadeh
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Should routine pulmonary function tests be performed in patients with left ventricular dysfunction and/or congestive heart failure undergoing cardiac surgery? [PDF]

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Background It is controversial whether pulmonary function testing should be performed routinely in cardiac surgery patients. The aim of our study was to focus on patients who have congestive heart failure, caused by left ventricular dysfunction or left ...
Turki B. Albacker, Abdulaziz M. Alhothali, Amr A. Arafat, Khaled D. Algarni, Ahmed Eldemerdash, Hanan Albackr, Faisal K. AlGhamdi, Bakir Bakir   +7 more
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Heart transplant rejection pathology [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2022
Background/Aim. Heart transplantation is the most effective way to treat patients in the terminal stage of heart failure. Endomyocardial biopsy has proven to be a safe and appropriate technique, with little sampling error, and remains, to this day, one ...
Stojićević Andrea, Jovanović Milena, Matković Miloš, Nestorović Emilija, Stanojević Nemanja, Dožić Branko, Glumac Sofija   +6 more
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Comparison of Custodiol® and modified St. Thomas cardioplegia for myocardial protection in coronary artery bypass grafting [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2020
Background/Aim. Custodiol® is a hyperpolarizing cardioplegic solution which has been used in our national cardiac surgical practice exclusively for the heart transplant surgery.
Cvetković Dragan, Kočica Mladen, Šoškić Ljiljana, Vučićević Filip, Petrović Olga, Jovanović Ivana, Jovičić Snežana, Trifković Jelena, Kostovski Saša, Miličić Biljana, Karadžić Milica, Ristić Arsen, Savić Dragutin   +12 more
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Changes in respiratory and cardiac functions of mandibular deficient patients after treatment with a removable functional appliance [PDF]

Journal of Oral Health and Oral Epidemiology, 2020
Background: There is no study on respiratory or cardiac function of mandibular deficient patients before or after treatment. This preliminary trial was conducted for the first time to assess respiratory/cardiac parameters of such patients before and ...
Sayed Mohammad Mousavi, Majid Ravanbakhsh, Ebrahim Eini, Fatemeh Shahsanaei, Vahid Rakhshan   +4 more
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Association between aortic stenosis severity and contractile reserve measured by two-dimensional strain under low-dose dobutamine testing [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2013
Background/Aim. Early detection of left ventricle (LV) systolic dysfunction could be a clue for surgical treatment in patients with significant aortic stenosis (AS).
Banović Marko, Vujisić-Tešić Bosiljka, Kujačić Vuk, Obradović Slobodan, Crkvenac Zdenko, Ostojić Miodrag   +5 more
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Cardiac function, myocardial fat deposition, and lipid profile in young smokers: a cross-sectional study

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023
BackgroundThere is a possibility that cardiac morphometric characteristics are associated with the lipid profile, that is, the composition and concentration of triglycerides, total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, and others lipoproteins in young smokers without ...
Ana Natália Ribeiro Batista, Thaís Garcia, Robson Prudente, Maurício F. Barbosa, Pamela Modesto, Estefânia Franco, Irma de Godoy, Sergio Paiva, Paula Azevedo, Suzana Erico Tanni   +9 more
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Impact of dexmedetomidine on hemodynamics in rabbits [PDF]

Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira, 2018
Purpose: To evaluate the effects of single intravenous administration of Dexmedetomidine (DEX) on hemodynamics in rabbits. Methods: A total of 32 New Zealand white rabbits were randomly divided into the control group (Group C), Group D1 (2.75 μg/kg ...
Jianjun Ren, Changfa Li, Shuxian Ma, Jiangli Wu, Yanjie Yang   +4 more
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