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Nitric oxide synthase-3 promotes embryonic development of atrioventricular valves. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Nitric oxide synthase-3 (NOS3) has recently been shown to promote endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EndMT) in the developing atrioventricular (AV) canal.
Yin Liu +4 more
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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021 Secondary prophylaxis of rheumatic heart diseases is efficient in reducing disease recurrence, heart damage, and cardiac impairment. We aimed to monitor the clinical evolution of a large Brazilian cohort of rheumatic patients under prolonged secondary ...
Renato Pedro de Almeida Torres +11 more
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Combined mitral valve repair and heart transplantation
Clinical Case Reports, 2018 Key Clinical MessageIn times of donor organ shortage, organs with extended allocation criteria, for example, valve pathologies, have to be taken into consideration for transplantation. The donor pool can be extended to hearts with mitral valve insufficiency.
Anke Sprengel +5 more
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'Edge-to-edge' mitral valve repair: the ace of hearts [PDF]
European Heart Journal, 2006 A 32-year-old man underwent a successful surgical correction of a severe mitral regurgitation. The surgical procedure consisted of an ‘edge-to-edge’ repair of the valve, connecting the mid-portion of the anterior and posterior leaflets, associated with implantation of a mitral annuloplasty ring (Sovering O 38 mm; …
ZACÀ V. +3 more
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Vascular Abnormalities in Hypermobile Ehlers–Danlos Syndrome: A Retrospective Cohort Study
American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Hypermobile Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (hEDS), while generally free from severe vascular complications, may occasionally present with cardiac and vascular abnormalities that warrant specific investigation. While studies have been conducted on the prevalence of cardiac involvement, none have focused on vascular aspects. This retrospective study was
Thomas Gehin +4 more
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Structure-function relationships in the aortic valve [PDF]
, 2012 PhDGlobally, heart valve dysfunction constitutes a large portion of the cardiovascular disease load, causing high rates of mortality in European and industrialized countries.
Anssari-Benam, Afshin
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Intraleaflet hemorrhages are a common finding in symptomatic aortic and mitral valves
, 2017 Introduction: Intraleaflet hemorrhage (ILH) has been reported to occur in calcified degenerated aortic valves. At present, no such information is available for mitral valves or for other types of valvular disease.
Daemen, Mat J. A. P. +4 more
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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.ABSTRACT U2 small nuclear RNA auxiliary factor 2 (U2AF2) is an essential pre‐mRNA splicing factor involved in the early stages of pre‐mRNA splicing. To date, multiple individuals have been reported with predominantly heterozygous missense variants presenting intellectual disability, speech and motor delays, seizures, hypotonia, and thin or hypoplastic ...
Amanda Toledo +3 more
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Real-time three-dimensional ultrasound : a valuable new tool in preoperative assessment of complex congenital cardiac disease [PDF]
, 2003 Evaluating complex cardiac defects in small children preoperatively requires multiple diagnostic procedures including echocardiography, and also invasive methods such as cardiac catheterisation, computer-tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.
Dalla Pozza, Robert +3 more
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, 1997 Objective To investigate the relation of hyperlipidaemia to calcific aortic valve stenosis. Design A case-control study designed to detect a clinically relevant difference in the fasting plasma concentrations of total cholesterol between the groups at ...
Stevenson, R N +3 more
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