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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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Usefulness of FRAIL Scale in Heart Valve Diseases. [PDF]
Clin Interv Aging, 2020 Background The frailty syndrome is a serious health problem for an aging population. The occurrence of frailty in the group of symptomatic patients undergoing heart valve surgery may have additional clinical implications.
Duchnowski P +3 more
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Assisting Heart Valve Diseases Diagnosis via Transformer-Based Classification of Heart Sound Signals [PDF]
Electronics, 2023 Background: In computer-aided medical diagnosis or prognosis, the automatic classification of heart valve diseases based on heart sound signals is of great importance since the heart sound signal contains a wealth of information that can reflect the ...
Dongru Yang +8 more
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Cost of illness of Heart Valve Diseases (HVDs): A real-world analysis in Italy. [PDF]
Glob Reg Health Technol AssessIntroduction: 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 ...
Sciattella P, Scortichini M.
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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2018 Background Valvular heart disease is a leading cause of cardiovascular mortality, especially in China. More than a half of valvular heart diseases are caused by acute rheumatic fever. microRNA is involved in many physiological and pathological processes.
Qiyu Lu +6 more
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The Scientific World Journal, 2011 Recent studies have suggested an important role for periostin and transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ) and bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) ligands in heart valve formation and valvular heart diseases.
Simon J. Conway +2 more
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Serotonin and catecholamines in the development and progression of heart valve diseases. [PDF]
Cardiovasc Res, 2017 Goldberg E +5 more
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Altered Hemodynamics in the Embryonic Heart Affects Outflow Valve Development
Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 2015 Cardiac valve structure and function are primarily determined during early development. Consequently, abnormally-formed heart valves are the most common type of congenital heart defects.
Vinal Menon +3 more
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A zebrafish model of chronic heart failure caused by protein aggregation in heart valves. [PDF]
Commun BiolWe previously developed a unique zebrafish, tomato, expressing the red fluorescent protein DsRed under the control of the tph2 promoter. Unexpectedly, the tomato fish showed cardiac dilation and symptoms resembling those of chronic heart failure ...
Li Y +5 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 +6 more
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