Inhibition of Autophagy Signaling via 3-methyladenine Rescued Nicotine-Mediated Cardiac Pathological Effects and Heart Dysfunctions. [PDF]
, 2020 Rationale: Cigarette smoking is a well-established risk factor for myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death. The deleterious effects are mainly due to nicotine, but the mechanisms involved and theranostics remain unclear.
Fu, Yingjie +7 more
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Potential role of coronary computed tomography angiogram in cardiac preoperative evaluation
Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia, 2011 Preoperative assessment of the cardiac patients before noncardiac surgery is concern in the clinical practice of anesthesiologist, surgeon, and medical consultant.
Ahmed Fathala
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Three-dimensional echocardiography and 2D-3D speckle tracking imaging in chronic pulmonary hypertension. diagnostic accuracy in detecting hemodynamic signs of RV failure [PDF]
, 2015 Background and objective. Our aim was to compare three-dimensional (3D) and 2D and 3D speckle tracking (2D-STE, 3D-STE) echocardiographic parameters with conventional right ventricular (RV) indexes in patients with chronic pulmonary hypertension (PH ...
Alessia, Azzano +11 more
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Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2005 OBJETIVO: Estudar um grupo de pacientes com lesão significativa em apenas uma artéria coronária e demonstrar se a ecocardiografia de estresse com dobutamina (EED) tem boa sensibilidade e especificidade na avaliação de viabilidade miocárdica nesse grupo ...
Márcia Bueno Castier +5 more
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Myocardial dysfunction after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: predictors and prognostic implications. [PDF]
, 2018 We aim to determine the incidence of early myocardial dysfunction after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, risk factors associated with its development, and association with outcome.
Gaieski, David Foster +5 more
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Cats with thermal burn injuries from California wildfires show echocardiographic evidence of myocardial thickening and intracardiac thrombi. [PDF]
, 2020 Recent increases in the prevalence and severity of wildfires in some regions have resulted in an increased frequency of veterinary burn patients. Few studies exist regarding diagnostics and management of burn wounds in veterinary patients and current ...
Epstein, Steven E +4 more
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Brain natriuretic peptide and NT-proBNP levels reflect pulmonary artery systolic pressure in trekkers at high altitude. [PDF]
, 2013 Our objective was to evaluate the utility of the natriuretic peptides BNP (brain natriuretic peptide) and NT-proBNP as markers of pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP) in trekkers ascending to high altitude (HA). 20 participants had BNP and NT-proBNP
Begley, J +9 more
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VERTICAL VELOERGOMETRY AND TRANSOESOPHAGEAL STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
Российский кардиологический журнал, 2011 Transoesophageal (TE) assess in stress echocardiography (EchoCG) enables us to overcome the principal limitation of the method – poor visualization quality in patients with “non-diagnostic windows”.
A. B. Trivozhenko
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Echocardiography curriculum development for physician assistants using entrustable professional activities [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: With the projected increase of cardiovascular disease in the aging population, a higher demand for echocardiography use is predicted. However, there is a shortage in the supply of cardiologists, to the point that a 2009 American College of ...
Moon, Saemyi
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Right Atrial Size and Function in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Disorders of respiratory System or Hypoxemia [PDF]
, 2007 Cioffi G +4 more
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