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The evaluation of epicardial adipose tissue and carotid intima-media thickness in patients with Behçet’s disease [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2022 Background/Aim. Epidemiological studies indicate that cardiovascular disease (CVD) is common in almost all patients diagnosed with autoimmune disease. This study aimed to examine whether epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) thickness (EATT) and carotid intima-
Sağlam Gonca +2 more
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Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2019 Background Pericardium tissue allograft can be used for surgical repair in several procedures. One of the tissue engineering strategies is the process of decellularization.
Luciana C. Wollmann +7 more
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Tuberculous Pericardial Abscess: A Case Report
Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2005 We present the case of a 71-year-old diabetic man who came to us complaining of dyspnea for 1 month. Chest X-ray showed cardiomegaly and bilateral pleural effusion.
Tsung-Hsien Lin +2 more
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Mesothelioma and thymic tumors: Treatment challenges in (outside) a network setting [PDF]
, 2019 The management of patients with mesothelioma and thymic malignancy requires continuous multidisciplinary expertise at any step of the disease. A dramatic improvement in our knowledge has occurred in the last few years, through the development of ...
Girard, N +4 more
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A formal theory for spatial representation and reasoning in biomedical ontologies [PDF]
, 2006 Objective: The objective of this paper is to demonstrate how a formal spatial theory can be used as an important tool for disambiguating the spatial information embodied in biomedical ontologies and for enhancing their automatic reasoning capabilities ...
Bittner, Thomas +2 more
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Modification of human pericardium by chemical crosslinking.
Physiological Research, 2019 Autologous and allogenic human pericardia used as biomaterials for cardiovascular surgery are traditionally crosslinked with glutaraldehyde. In this work, we have evaluated the resistivity to collagenase digestion and the cytotoxicity of human ...
E. Filová +10 more
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Sudden ventricular fibrillation due to absence of pericardium in left upper lobectomy -a case report- [PDF]
Korean Journal of AnesthesiologyBackground Congenital absence of the pericardium (CAP) is a rare cardiac abnormality. As pericardial defects are usually asymptomatic, most cases are diagnosed during surgery or on autopsy.
Guo-Cao Wang +3 more
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Effect of prednisolone on inflammatory markers in pericardial tuberculosis: A pilot study [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Pericardial disorders are a common cause of heart disease, and the most common cause of pericarditis in developing countries is tuberculous (TB) pericarditis.
Lai, RP +6 more
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European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2003 A 65-year-old retired professional boxer presented with progressively worsening shortness of breath, peripheral oedema and mild abdominal swelling over a period of 6 months. His only past medical history was hypertension. Subsequent investigations revealed chylous ascites, pericardial constriction and bilateral chylothorax.
Samer A.M. Nashef +3 more
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Secondary cytotoxicity of (crosslinked) dermal sheep collagen during repeated exposure to human fibroblasts [PDF]
, 1992 We investigated commercially available dermal sheep collagen either cross-linked with hexamethylenediisocyanate, or cross-linked with glutaraldehyde. In previous in vitro studies we could discriminate primary, i.e. extractable, and secondary cytotoxicity,
Dijkstra, P.J. +5 more
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