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Understanding the current status of patients with pulmonary hypertension during COVID-19 outbreak: a small-scale national survey from China

Pulmonary Circulation, 2020
Pulmonary hypertension is a chronic disease developing progressively with high mortality. Pulmonary hypertension patients need persistent medical care; however, limited reports focused on them when there was an outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 in ...
Hongmei Zhou, Gangcheng Zhang, Xiaoxian Deng, Bowen Jin, Qiu Qiu, Menghuan Yan, Xi Wang, Xuan Zheng   +7 more
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Pregnancy in a Patient With Tetralogy of Fallot and Borderline Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

JACC: Case Reports, 2020
Management of pregnancy in patients with complex congenital heart disease and pulmonary arterial hypertension has always been a challenge. We are presenting a patient with complex congenital heart disease and borderline pulmonary arterial hypertension ...
Alexandra A. Frogoudaki, MD, PhD, Sotiria Liori, MD, Penelope Rafouli-Stergiou, MD, PhD, Olga Boleti, MD, Maria Kalantzi, MD, Ignatios Ikonomidis, MD, PhD, John Parissis, MD, PhD   +6 more
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Pulmonary hypertension in adolescents with sickle cell disease [PDF]

, 2016
Sickle cell disease consists of a group of disorders that have a similar mutation in at least one of the beta-globin chains of hemoglobin. This results in a change of the hemoglobin to sickle shaped cells when in the deoxygenated state.
Akinyemi, Katherine
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Super‐Refractory Status Epilepticus (SRSE) in a Patient With Compound Heterozygous OPA1 Variants: Case Report and Literature Review

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Super‐Refractory Status Epilepticus (SRSE) is a rare, life‐threatening neurological emergency with unclear etiology in many cases. Mitochondrial dysfunction, often due to disease‐causing genetic variants, is increasingly recognized as a cause, with each gene producing distinct pathophysiological mechanisms.
Pouria Mohammadi, Lara Basovic, Christopher Michael McGraw   +2 more
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Infective endocarditis: Awareness, knowledge gaps and behaviours amongst adults with congenital heart disease

International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease
Background: Adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) have an increased risk of infective endocarditis (IE), associated with significant morbidity and mortality.
S. Haider, K. Krishanthasan, I. Olakorede, A. Constantine, I. Rafiq, K. Dimopoulos   +5 more
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Right heart catheterization for pulmonary hypertension during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic

Pulmonary Circulation, 2020
Right heart catheterization is an essential diagnostic modality in the evaluation of pulmonary hypertension. The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has resulted in deferral of elective procedures including right heart catheterization.
Kanza N. Qaiser, James E Lane, Adriano R. Tonelli   +2 more
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Anomalous right pulmonary artery from the aorta [PDF]

, 2006
Anomalous origin of the right pulmonary artery is a rare form of congenital heart disease. It usually presents in early infancy with heart failure and rapid development of pulmonary hypertension. There are about 131 cases reported in the literature and
Mokhtar, S.A.I., Rasool, Aida Hanum Ghulam, Wong, Abdul Rahim   +2 more
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Assessment of pulmonary edema: principles and practice [PDF]

, 2018
Pulmonary edema increasingly is recognized as a perioperative complication affecting outcome. Several risk factors have been identified, including those of cardiogenic origin, such as heart failure or excessive fluid administration, and those related to ...
Assaad, Sherif, Friedman, Malcolm B., Kratzert, Wolf B., Perrino, Albert, Shelley, Benjamin   +4 more
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Remote Monitoring in Myasthenia Gravis: Exploring Symptom Variability

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a rare, autoimmune disorder characterized by fluctuating muscle weakness and potential life‐threatening crises. While continuous specialized care is essential, access barriers often delay timely interventions. To address this, we developed MyaLink, a telemedical platform for MG patients.
Maike Stein, Maximilian Mönch, Meret Herdick, Frauke Stascheit, Sarah Hoffmann, Hannah Preßler, Philipp Mergenthaler, Carla Dusemund, Paolo Doksani, Haoqi Sun, Pushpa Narayanaswami, Andreas Meisel, Lea Gerischer, Sophie Lehnerer   +13 more
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Severe pulmonary hypertension and reduced right ventricle systolic function associated with maternal mortality in pregnant uncorrected congenital heart diseases

Pulmonary Circulation, 2019
Background Pregnant uncorrected congenital heart disease patients, especially those who already developed pulmonary hypertension, have increased risk for maternal mortality.
Anggoro B. Hartopo, Dyah W. Anggrahini, Detty S. Nurdiati, Noriaki Emoto, Lucia K. Dinarti   +4 more
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