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Prevalence of coronary artery disease and preoperative assessment in patients with valvopathy.

Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia, 2009
Coronary angiography has been indicated in the preoperative phase for patients with valvopathy over 35 years of age. However, the actual prevalence of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) in this population has been little studied.To assess the prevalence of and the risk factors for CAD in candidates for valve surgery in Brazil.Coronary ...
Roney Orismar, Sampaio, Vívian Masutti, Jonke, João L, Falcão, Sandra, Falcão, Guilherme S, Spina, Flávio, Tarasoutchi, Max, Grinberg   +6 more
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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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A review of fenfluramine for the treatment of Dravet syndrome patients

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 ...
Kayla Simon, Hunter Sheckley, Christopher L. Anderson, Zhao Liu, Paul R. Carney   +4 more
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A Case of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in a Patient with Severe Anorexia Nervosa

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, Soumyaa Mazumder, Danita Yoerger Sanborn, Samantha Wu   +3 more
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The Assessment of Antimicrobial Resistance in Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive Infective Endocarditis: A Multicentric Retrospective Analysis

Medicina, 2023
Background and Objectives: Multidrug-resistant microorganisms have made treating bacterial infections challenging. Resistance to antibiotics is expected to overcome efforts to produce new, effective antibacterial medication that is lifesaving in many ...
Camelia Melania Budea, Marius Pricop, Ion Cristian Mot, Florin George Horhat, Kakarla Hemaswini, Raja Akshay, Rodica Anamaria Negrean, Andrada Licinia Oprisoni, Cosmin Citu, Bogdan Andrei Bumbu, Abduljabar Adi, Ibrahim Khan, Adelina Mavrea, Iulia Bogdan, Adrian Vasile Bota, Roxana Manuela Fericean, Iosif Marincu   +16 more
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Preoperative Echocardiographic Unknown Valvopathy Evaluation in Elderly Patients Undergoing Neuraxial Anesthesia during Major Orthopedic Surgery: A Mono-Centric Retrospective Study [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Medicine
Background: The assessment of cardiac risk is challenging for elderly patients undergoing major orthopedic surgery with preoperative functional limitations. Currently, no specific cardiac risk scores are available for these critical patients. Echocardiography may be a reliable and safe instrument for assessing cardiac risks in this population.
Antonio Coviello, Dario Cirillo, Maria Vargas, Andrea Uriel de Siena, Maria Silvia Barone, Francesco Esposito, Antonio Izzo, Pasquale Buonanno, Serena Volpe, Andrea Gabriele Stingone, Carmine Iacovazzo   +10 more
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Distinct Mitral Valve Proteomic Profiles in Rheumatic Heart Disease and Myxomatous Degeneration

Clinical Medicine Insights: Cardiology, 2014
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) affects heart-valve tissue and is the most serious consequence of group A Streptococcus infection. Myxomatous degeneration (MXD) is the most frequent valvopathy in the western world.
Carlo De Oliveira Martins, Keity Souza Santos, Frederico Moraes Ferreira, Priscila Camillo Teixeira, Pablo Maria Alberto Pomerantzeff, Carlos M. A. Brandão, Roney Orismar Sampaio, Guilherme S. Spina, Jorge Kalil, Luiza Guilherme, Edecio Cunha-Neto   +10 more
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Pressão de pulso obtida por monitorização residencial da pressão arterial e sua relação com o índice de massa do ventrículo esquerdo Pulse pressure measured by home blood pressure monitoring and its correlation to left ventricular mass index

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2007
OBJETIVO: Medir as pressões arteriais sistólica (PAS), diastólica (PAD) e de pulso (PP) por monitorização residencial da pressão arterial (MRPA) e correlacionar os seus valores com o do índice de massa do ventrículo esquerdo (IMVE).
André De Marco, Audes Magalhães Feitosa, Marco Mota Gomes, Giordano Bruno Parente, Edgar Guimarães Victor   +4 more
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The Prognostic Role of the Neutrophil-to-Lymphocytes Ratio in the Most Frequent Cardiovascular Diseases: An Update

Life
Given the continuous changes in the world, with an increasing trend of unhealthy lifestyles, metabolic comorbidities, and increased susceptibility to cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), researchers change their attention to improve not only the therapeutic ...
Evelina Maria Gosav, Daniela Maria Tanase, Oana Nicoleta Buliga-Finis, Ioana-Irina Rezuș, Paula Cristina Morariu, Mariana Floria, Ciprian Rezus   +6 more
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Emerging and Re-Emerging Pathogens in Valvular Infective Endocarditis: A Review

Pathogens
Infective 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, Mateusz Kachel, Isaac George   +2 more
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