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Lifestyle Behaviors and Cardiotoxic Treatment Risks in Adult Childhood Cancer Survivors

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Higher doses of anthracyclines and heart‐relevant radiotherapy increase cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. This study assessed CVD and CVD risk factors among adult childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) across cardiotoxic treatment risk groups and examined associations between lifestyle behaviors and treatment risks.
Ruijie Li, Raquel Revuelta Iniesta, Alan R. Barker, Dimitris Vlachopoulos, Tomáš Sláma, Christina Schindera, Fabiën N. Belle   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Heart-Lung Transplantation

Investigative Radiology, 1989
Since the successful clinical reintroduction of heart and lung transplantation in 1981, more than 350 of these procedures have been performed worldwide. Although survival following this operation is less than that reported for heart transplantation, the results are improving. It is clear that the increased technical difficulty of the procedure combined
R S, Bonser, L S, Fragomeni, S W, Jamieson   +2 more
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Advent of severe mitral regurgitation in surgical ventricular restoration and ventricular septal rupture repair

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2023
Background Per-procedural severe mitral regurgitation is a rare complication in concomitant surgical ventricular restoration and postinfarction ventricular septal rupture repair.
Yihua Liu, Laura Filippetti, Pan Dan, Elodie Phamisith, Valério Sanesi, Damien Mandry, Giuseppe Lauria, Juan Pablo Maureira   +7 more
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The Choice of Tactics for Surgical Treatment of Acute De Bakey Type I Aortic Dissection in a Multidisciplinary Surgical Hospital

Неотложная медицинская помощь, 2023
BACKGROUND Acute proximal aortic dissection (Stanford type A) remains the most common fatal pathology of the thoracic aorta. Despite the improvement of surgical technologies, hospital mortality after emergency surgical interventions is 17–25%, in ...
A. V. Redkoborody, V. S. Selyaev, N. V. Rubtsov, L. S. Kokov, R. Sh. Muslimov, I. E. Popova, K. M. Torshkhoyev, L. G. Khutsishvili   +7 more
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Prolonged Corrected QT Interval as an Early Electrocardiographic Marker of Cyclophosphamide‐Induced Cardiotoxicity in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Patients

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cyclophosphamide (CY) is associated with potentially fatal cardiotoxicity, yet no electrocardiographic indices have been established for early detection of CY‐induced cardiomyopathy. This study aimed to determine whether corrected QT interval (QTc) prolongation can predict early onset of CY‐related cardiac dysfunction in pediatric ...
Junpei Kawamura, Kentaro Ueno, Takuro Nishikawa, Yoshihiro Takahashi, Koji Nakae, Yasuhiro Okamoto   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Heart Transplantation

Circulation Journal, 2009
A total of 59 heart transplantations (HTx) have been performed in Japan as of September, 2008, since the Organ Transplantation Law was settled in October 1997. The majority of recipients were suffered from dilated cardiomyopathy and waiting condition of all recipients were status 1. The mean waiting time was 777 day; 50 patients (85%) were supported by
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Characterizing Parental Concerns About Lasting Impacts of Treatment in Children With B‐Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background B‐acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B‐ALL) is the most common pediatric cancer, and while most children in high‐resource settings are cured, therapy carries risks for long‐term toxicities. Understanding parents’ concerns about these late effects is essential to guide anticipatory support and inform evolving therapeutic approaches ...
Kellee N. Parker, Sarah W. Alexander, Lisa M. Jacola, Kimberly A. Buff, Kyobin Hwang, Elham Hashemi, Gregory Stoddard, Lindsay A. Jibb   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biomarkers Beyond the Natriuretic Peptides for Chronic Heart Failure: Galectin-3 and Soluble ST2. [PDF]

, 2012
B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and NT-proBNP are widely used plasma biomarkers for the diagnosis of acute decompensated heart failure and prognosis for future cardiac disease.
Wu, Alan HB
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The XIIIth Banff Conference on Allograft Pathology: The Banff 2015 Heart Meeting Report: Improving Antibody-Mediated Rejection Diagnostics: Strengths, Unmet Needs, and Future Directions. [PDF]

, 2017
The 13th Banff Conference on Allograft Pathology was held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from October 5 to 10, 2015. The cardiac session was devoted to current diagnostic issues in heart transplantation with a focus on antibody-mediated rejection
Angelini, A, Berry, GJ, Bruneval, P, Dragun, D, Duong Van Huyen, JP, Fedrigo, M, Haas, M, Loupy, A, Mengel, M, Miller, D, Potena, L, Reed, EF, Reinsmoen, N, Revelo, P, Smith, RN, Tebutt, S, Thum, T, West, L, Zeevi, A   +18 more
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Pediatric heart transplantation

Journal of thoracic disease, 2015
Pediatric heart transplantation (pHTx) represents a small (14%) but very important and particular part in the field of cardiac transplantation. This treatment has lifelong impact on children. To achieve the best short and especially long-term survival with adequate quality of life, which is of crucial importance for this young patient population, one ...
Schweiger, Martin, Stiasny, Brian, Dave, Hitendu, Cavigelli-Brunner, Anna, Balmer, Christian, Kretschmar, Oliver, Bürki, Christoph, Klauwer, Dietrich, Hübler, Michael   +8 more
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