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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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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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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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Valvular heart diseases in women
The Egyptian Heart Journal, 2021 Background Valvular heart disease is a common health problem affecting both sexes and all age groups. Almost all guidelines are based on studies that mainly involved male patients.
Ghada Youssef
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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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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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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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Mechanisms of heart valve development and disease [PDF]
Development, 2020 ABSTRACT The valves of the heart are crucial for ensuring that blood flows in one direction from the heart, through the lungs and back to the rest of the body. Heart valve development is regulated by complex interactions between different cardiac cell types and is subject to blood flow-driven forces.
Anna O'Donnell +3 more
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ABO AND RH BLOOD GROUPS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, FROM IRAN [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 1992 ABO and Rh blood groups were studied in a total of 1680 patients with cardiovascular diseases (congenital n=547, valvular n=887 and coronary n=246). Statistical analysis (X2and Woolf’s Test) showed significant excess of B/O in mitral valve, aortic valve ...
"D.D. Farhud +3 more
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Trans-catheter Bioprosthetic Heart Valve Implantation in Iran (Tehran Heart Centre Experience)
Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ’Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Shahīd Ṣadūqī Yazd, 2021 Introduction: With the development of interventional cardiology in the world, in addition to coronary and aortic diseases, the treatment of heart valve diseases through catheters has recently begun.
Ali Mohammad Haji Zeinali
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