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Comparative study of wall shear stress at the ascending aorta for different mechanical heart valve prostheses [PDF]

, 2019
An experimental study is reported which investigates the wall shear stress (WSS) distribution in a transparent model of the human aorta comparing a bileaflet mechanical heart valve (BMHV) with a trileaflet mechanical heart valve (TMHV) in physiological ...
Bruecker, C., Li, Q.
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An Overview of Sport Participation and Exercise Prescription in Mitral Valve Disease

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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Interdisciplinary three-step strategy to treat aortic stenosis and coronary artery disease in a patient with end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Valvular aortic stenosis is a common disease in the elderly, often in multimorbid patients. It is often associated with coronary artery disease and peripheral artery disease.
Beiras Fernández, Andrés, Bigdeli, Amir K., Kaczmarek, Ingo, Michel, Sebastian, Schmitz, Christoph, Sodian, Ralf, Wolf, Manuel   +6 more
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Prediction of hospital mortality in patients with left-sided infective endocarditis using a score in the first hours of admission

Scientific Reports
Infective endocarditis is an infection of the endocardium, associated with high morbidity and mortality, particularly when the left heart chambers are involved. Timely diagnosis and appropriate intervention can attenuate these outcomes.
Milena R. Paixão, Bruno A. M. P. Besen, Marilia F. Felicio, Lucas Z. Pocebon, Remo H. M. Furtado, Pedro G. M. de Barros e Silva, Danielle M. Gualandro, Marcio S. Bittencourt, Tânia M. V. Strabelli, Roney O. Sampaio, Flávio Tarasoutchi, Rinaldo F. Siciliano   +11 more
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Hemodynamic Effects of Subaortic Stenosis on Blood Flow Characteristics of a Mechanical Heart Valve Based on OpenFOAM Simulation

Bioengineering, 2023
Subaortic stenosis (SAS) is a common congenital heart disease that can cause significant morbidity and mortality if not treated promptly. Patients with heart valve disease are prone to complications after replacement surgery, and the existence of SAS can
Aolin Chen, Adi Azriff Basri, Norzian Bin Ismail, Kamarul Arifin Ahmad   +3 more
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Clinical case of acute chord rupture of the mitral valve posterior leaflet in older patient with comorbidities [PDF]

, 2015
The article describes the etiologic role of various factors such as chronic rheumatic heart disease, bacterial endocarditis, aortic valve stenosis, hypertension, coronary heart disease, including acute myocardial infarction, degenerative disease of the ...
Kramarenko, I. A., Kuznetsov, I. V., Lopin, D. O., Lopina, N. A., Zhuravlyova, L. V.   +4 more
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Ease of sutureless aortic valve replacement in a patient with unexpected ochronosis: a case report

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Background Alkaptonuria is a rare congenital metabolic disorder characterized by homogentisic acid accumulation in body cartilage and connective tissues due to a deficient homogentisic acid dioxygenase enzyme.
Saeid Hosseini, Soheila Salari, Mohammad Javad Alemzadeh Ansari, Mahshid Hesami, Sepideh Banar, Mohammad Amin Shojaei   +5 more
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The Inter-Relationship of Periostin, TGFβ, and BMP in Heart Valve Development and Valvular Heart Diseases

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, Thomas Doetschman, Mohamad Azhar   +2 more
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Tricuspid valve dysplasia in dogs [PDF]

, 2018
A general overview of tricuspid valve dysplasia in dogs is presented in this review. This congenital disease has been described in numerous large dog breeds but especially the Labrador retriever is predisposed.
Bavegems, Valérie, Broeckx, Bart, De Rooster, Hilde, Favril, Sophie, Peelman, Luc, Smets, Pascale   +5 more
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Recommendations for the management of MPS IVA: systematic evidence- and consensus-based guidance. [PDF]

, 2019
IntroductionMucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) IVA or Morquio A syndrome is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder (LSD) caused by deficiency of the N-acetylgalactosamine-6-sulfatase (GALNS) enzyme, which impairs lysosomal degradation of keratan ...
Akyol, Mehmet Umut, Alden, Tord D, Amartino, Hernan, Ashworth, Jane, Belani, Kumar, Berger, Kenneth I, Borgo, Andrea, Braunlin, Elizabeth, Eto, Yoshikatsu, Giugliani, Roberto, Gold, Jeffrey I, Harmatz, Paul, Hendriksz, Christian, Jester, Andrea, Jones, Simon A, Karsli, Cengiz, Mackenzie, William, Marinho, Diane Ruschel, McFadyen, Andrew, McGill, Jim, Mitchell, John J, MPS Consensus Programme Co-Chairs, MPS Consensus Programme Steering Committee, Muenzer, Joseph, Okuyama, Torayuki, Orchard, Paul J, Scarpa, Maurizio, Stevens, Bob, Thomas, Sophie, Walker, Robert, Wynn, Robert   +30 more
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