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Drug Therapy for Heart Valve Diseases. [PDF]

Circulation, 2015
Valvular heart diseases (VHDs) are among the most predictable causes of heart failure and sudden cardiac death.1 Observational studies suggest that a relatively high proportion of asymptomatic subjects manifest hemodynamically apparent VHDs varying from mild to severe.1 VHDs comprise 2 overarching groups: primary, involving intrinsic abnormalities of ...
Borer JS, Sharma A.
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Cost of illness of Heart Valve Diseases (HVDs): A real-world analysis in Italy [PDF]

Global & Regional Health Technology Assessment
Introduction: Heart valve diseases constitute a significant public health challenge with substantial clinical and economic implications. The ageing population, coupled with advancements in surgical techniques, has led to increased hospitalizations for ...
Paolo Sciattella, Matteo Scortichini
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Usefulness of FRAIL Scale in Heart Valve Diseases [PDF]

Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2020
Piotr Duchnowski,1 Piotr Szymański,1 Mariusz Kuśmierczyk,2 Tomasz Hryniewiecki1 1Institute of Cardiology, Department of Acquired Cardiac Defects, Warsaw, Poland; 2Institute of Cardiology, Department of Cardiosurgery and Transplantology, Warsaw ...
Duchnowski P, Szymański P, Kuśmierczyk M, Hryniewiecki T   +3 more
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Hypothermia-induced accelerated idioventricular rhythm after cardiac surgery; a case report

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2023
Background Accelerated idioventricular rhythm (AIVR) is a slow ventricular arrhythmia, commonly due to myocardial ischemia in coronary artery disease.
Saeid Hosseini, Soheila Salari, Sepideh Banar, Yousef Rezaei, Atieh Tajik, Ali Zahedmehr, Zahra Emkanjoo   +6 more
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Guided Tissue Regeneration in Heart Valve Replacement: From Preclinical Research to First-in-Human Trials [PDF]

, 2015
Heart valve tissue-guided regeneration aims to offer a functional and viable alternative to current prosthetic replacements. Not requiring previous cell seeding and conditioning in bioreactors, such exceptional tissue engineering approach is a very ...
Gerosa, Gino, Iop, Laura
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Prognostic value of residual vegetation after antibiotic treatment for infective endocarditis: A retrospective cohort study

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background: The prognostic impact of residual vegetation (RV) after medical treatment for endocarditis remains unknown. Methods: 134 consecutive patients hospitalized for infective endocarditis, not surgically treated, with the presence of vegetation at ...
Valérie Houard, Lydie Porte, Clémence Delon, Didier Carrié, Pierre Delobel, Michel Galinier, Olivier Lairez, Yoan Lavie-Badie   +7 more
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Non-toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae infective endocarditis with embolic events: a case report

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Corynebacterium diphtheriae (C. diphtheriae) infections, usually related to upper airways involvement, could be highly invasive. Especially in developing countries, non-toxigenic C.
Antonio de Santis, Rinaldo Focaccia Siciliano, Roney Orismar Sampaio, Masahiko Akamine, Elinthon T. Veronese, Francisco Monteiro de Almeida Magalhaes, Maria Rita Elmor Araújo, Flavia Rossi, Marcelo M. C. Magri, Ana Catharina Nastri, Tarso A. D. Accorsi, Vitor E. E. Rosa, David Provenzale Titinger, Guilherme S. Spina, Flavio Tarasoutchi   +14 more
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Mixed Valvular Disease Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Quantification and Systematic Differentiation Using Clinical Measurements and Image-Based Patient‐Specific In Silico Modeling [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Mixed valvular disease (MVD), mitral regurgitation (MR) from pre‐existing disease in conjunction with paravalvular leak (PVL) following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), is one of the most important stimuli for left ventricle (LV)
Amrute, Junedh M., Ben-Assa, Eyal, Blanke, Philipp, Brown, Jonathan, de la Torre Hernandez, Jose M., Edelman, Elazer R., Garcia Camarero, Tamara, Keshavarz-Motamed, Zahra, Khodaei, Seyedvahid, Lee, Suk Joon, Leipsic, Jonathon, Rikhtegar Nezami, Farhad, Ruano Calvo, Javier, Sellers, Stephanie   +13 more
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Eigenhearts for diagnosis of congestive heart failure (CHF) [PDF]

, 2006
Common cardiac diseases such as cardio-myopathy, coronary artery diseases, and valve diseases, result in abnormal myocardial movement, which could eventually lead to heart failure, also called congestive heart failure (CHF). CHF is a disease in which the
Ahanathapillai, Vijayalakshmi, Hamilton, David   +1 more
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New Insights into Valve Hemodynamics

Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal, 2020
Heart valve diseases are common disorders with five million annual diagnoses being made in the United States alone. All heart valve disorders alter cardiac hemodynamic performance; therefore, treatments aim to restore normal flow.
Gil Marom, Shmuel Einav
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