Preoperative Echocardiographic Unknown Valvopathy Evaluation in Elderly Patients Undergoing Neuraxial Anesthesia during Major Orthopedic Surgery: A Mono-Centric Retrospective Study [PDF]
J Clin Med: Background: The assessment of cardiac risk is challenging for elderly patients undergoing major orthopedic surgery with preoperative functional limitations.
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A Case of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in a Patient with Severe Anorexia Nervosa [PDF]
Case Reports in Cardiology, 2021 There are a variety of cardiac complications of anorexia nervosa including arrythmias, valvopathies, and myopathies. Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) has not been widely reported among this patient population.
Jessica O’Neil +3 more
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Tratamento cirúrgico das valvopatias: parte 1 Valvopathies: surgical treatment. Part 1
Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 1994 Este assunto, de amplo aspecto, será abordado em três partes. O presente trabalho trata-se do histórico, indicação cirúrgica, conduta pré-operatória e próteses valvulares cardíacas.
Domingo M. Braile +3 more
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Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 1994 O estudo objetivou avaliar resultados imediatos e tardios da cirurgia das reoperações em pacientes portadores de valvopatias, analisando o seguimento do paciente e não da prótese empregada. Foram analisados retrospectivamente 697 (419 fem.
Carlos Alberto Mussel Barrozo +10 more
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Idiopathic Dilatation of the Right Atrium: Diagnosis and Management. [PDF]
Tex Heart Inst J, 2023 Idiopathic dilatation of the right atrium is a rare condition with an unknown etiology. It is characterized by a significant enlargement of the right atrium without the presence of other valvopathies, intracardiac shunts, or pulmonary hypertension.
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Risk factors for depresion and anxiety in the patient with aortic valve stenosis [PDF]
Mexican Journal of Medical Research ICSA, 2023 Anxiety disorders and depression are common along with negative effects in different areas of the patient such as lower quality of life, lower adherence to treatment, negative perception of oneself along with underlying comorbidities and mortality, which
Emmanuel M. Téllez-Girón
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Circulating Levels of Ferritin, RDW, PTLs as Predictive Biomarkers of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation Risk after Cardiac Surgery in Extracorporeal Circulation. [PDF]
Int J Mol Sci, 2022 Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is the most common arrhythmia after cardiac surgery in conventional extracorporeal circulation (CECC), with an incidence of 15-50%. The POAF pathophysiology is not known, and no blood biomarkers exist. However, an
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A review of fenfluramine for the treatment of Dravet syndrome patients [PDF]
Current Research in Pharmacology and Drug Discovery, 2022 Introduction: Dravet Syndrome (DS) is a rare epileptiform disorder typically presenting within the first year of life of a normally developing infant. It is characterized by several prolonged seizures that are often resistant to current anti-epileptic ...
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Emerging and Re-Emerging Pathogens in Valvular Infective Endocarditis: A Review [PDF]
PathogensInfective endocarditis (IE) is a microbial infection of the endocardial surface, most commonly affecting native and prosthetic valves of the heart. The epidemiology and etiology of the disease have evolved significantly over the last decades.
Maximilian Reisinger +2 more
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Which breathlessness dimensions associate most strongly with fatigue?-The population-based VASCOL study of elderly men. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2023 BACKGROUND: Breathlessness and fatigue are common symptoms in older people. We aimed to evaluate how different breathlessness dimensions (overall intensity, unpleasantness, sensory descriptors, emotional responses) were associated with fatigue in elderly
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