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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 ...
Jeffrey Borer, Abhishek Sharma
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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
doaj   +2 more sources

Surgery for valvular heart disease: a population-based study in a Brazilian urban center. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
BACKGROUND:In middle income countries, the burden of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remains high, but the prevalence of other heart valve diseases may rise as the population life expectancy increases.
Guilherme S Ribeiro, Sara Y Tartof, Dalton W S Oliveira, Aldalice C S Guedes, Mitermayer G Reis, Lee W Riley, Albert I Ko   +6 more
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An Overview of Sport Participation and Exercise Prescription in Mitral Valve Disease [PDF]

Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 2023
The incidence of heart valve disease (HVD) has been rising over the last few decades, mainly due to the increasing average age of the general population, and mitral valve (MV) disease is the second most prevalent HVD after calcific aortic stenosis, but ...
Francesco Perone, Mariangela Peruzzi, Edoardo Conte, Luigi Sciarra, Giacomo Frati, Elena Cavarretta, Annachiara Pingitore   +6 more
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Natriuretic peptides in heart valve disease [PDF]

Heart, 2005
Synthesis and release of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) are increased in heart failure, and plasma concentrations provide important therapeutic and prognostic information. Recent studies have shown that BNP concentrations are also increased with disease of the mitral and aortic valves.
SG Ray
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Natural biomaterials in the management of the aortic valve pathology. Biomedical and clinical aspects: A review [PDF]

Biomolecules & Biomedicine
Heart valve diseases are a prevalent cardiovascular pathology worldwide, affecting nearly 2.5% of the population. Degenerative aortic stenosis is the most common form of heart valve disease.
Igor Mokryk, Illia Nechai, Christoph Schmitz, Ihor Stetsyuk, Oleksandr Talalaiev, Borys Todurov   +5 more
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Computational fluid dynamics modelling of left valvular heart diseases during atrial fibrillation [PDF]

PeerJ, 4: e2240, 2016, 2016
Although atrial fibrillation (AF), a common arrhythmia, frequently presents in patients with underlying valvular disease, its hemodynamic contributions are not fully understood. The present work aimed to computationally study how physical conditions imposed by pathologic valvular anatomy act on AF hemodynamics.
Anselmino, Matteo, Gaita, Fiorenzo, Ridolfi, Luca, Saglietto, Andrea, Scarsoglio, Stefania   +4 more
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A chronological history of heart valve prostheses to offer perspectives of their limitations [PDF]

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Prosthetic heart valves (PHV) have been studied for around 70 years. They are the best alternative to save the life of patients with cardiac valve diseases. However, current PHVs may still cause significant disadvantages to patients.
Raquel Ahnert Aguiar Evangelista, Ana Luiza Resende Pires, Breno Valentim Nogueira, Breno Valentim Nogueira   +3 more
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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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A coupled mitral valve -- left ventricle model with fluid-structure interaction [PDF]

arXiv, 2017
Understanding the interaction between the valves and walls of the heart is important in assessing and subsequently treating heart dysfunction. With advancements in cardiac imaging, nonlinear mechanics and computational techniques, it is now possible to explore the mechanics of valve-heart interactions using anatomically and physiologically realistic ...
Berry, Colin, Feng, Liuyang, Gao, Hao, Griffith, Boyce E., Luo, Xiaoyu, Qi, Nan   +5 more
arxiv   +4 more sources