Rheumatic Heart Disease and Myxomatous Degeneration: Differences and Similarities of Valve Damage Resulting from Autoimmune Reactions and Matrix Disorganization. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Autoimmune inflammatory reactions leading to rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) result from untreated Streptococcus pyogenes throat infections in individuals who exhibit genetic susceptibility.
Carlo de Oliveira Martins +9 more
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Incidence of Bacterial Endocarditis after Heart Valves Replacement Surgery in Mashhad (from 2012 to 2016) [PDF]
Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine, 2022 Introduction: Bacterial endocarditis is one of the high mortality complications after the valve surgery. Despite the medical advancements, the mortality rate of Bacterial Endocarditis has not been decreased.
Atefeh Ghorbanzadeh +6 more
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View, 2021 Heart diseases caused by structure and function degradation is troubling millions of people all over the world. With the extension of human lifespan, the demand for heart valve replacement is rapidly increasing.
Ziyu Shao +10 more
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Electrcardiographic Changes in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Part 2. Frequency of Electrocardiographic Changes in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Other Diseases [PDF]
, 1963 As reported in Part 1 of this paper, the author observed a variety of electrocardiographic aberrations in 27 patients with rheumatoid arthritis. This report will compare the frequency of electrocardiographic aberrations in 45 such cases with the ...
Kitayama, Minoru
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Differentiation and Distribution of Marrow Stem Cells in Flex-Flow Environments Demonstrate Support of the Valvular Phenotype [PDF]
, 2015 For treatment of critical heart valve diseases, prosthetic valves perform fairly well in most adults; however, for pediatric patients, there is the added requirement that the replacement valve grows with the child, thus extremely limiting current ...
Ramaswamy, Sharan +3 more
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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 +6 more
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Update to the study protocol, including statistical analysis plan for a randomized clinical trial comparing comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation after heart valve surgery with control: the CopenHeartVR trial [PDF]
, 2017 Comparative StudyRandomized Controlled TrialThis is the final version of the article. Available from BioMed Central via the DOI in this record.BACKGROUND: Heart valve diseases are common with an estimated prevalence of 2.5% in the Western world.
Berg, SK +12 more
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Editorial: Women in heart valve disease
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023 Published by Frontiers Media ...
Veulemans, Verena +4 more
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Marine Drugs, 2021 Cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis and aortic valve sclerosis involve inflammatory reactions triggered by various stimuli, causing increased oxidative stress.
Yi-Fen Chiang +11 more
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Reliability of Early Fetal Echocardiography for Congenital Heart Disease Detection: A Preliminary Experience and Outcome Analysis of 102 Fetuses to Demonstrate the Value of a Clinical Flow-Chart Designed for At-Risk Pregnancy Management [PDF]
, 2016 Early fetal echocardiography (EFEC) is a fetal cardiac ultrasound analysis performed between the 12th and 16th week of pregnancy (compared with the usual 18-22 weeks).
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