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Isolated giant aortic arch aneurysm repair in a 13-year-old girl: a case report

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2023
Background Aortic arch aneurysm is a very rare condition in children. Surgery is the life saving procedure but it performing might be challenging due to the complex anatomy.
Volodymyr Vashkeba, Vasyl Karpenko, Oleh Zelenchuk, Sudakevych Serhii, Stepan Maruniak, Justyna Swol, Borys Todurov, Vitaly Demyanchuk   +7 more
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Matrix metalloproteinase 7 in diagnosis and differentiation of pulmonary arterial hypertension

Pulmonary Circulation, 2019
Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a severe disease for which diagnosis often is delayed. Matrix metalloproteinases have been suggested to play a role in vascular remodeling and pulmonary hypertension development. Our aim was therefore to investigate the
Mattias Arvidsson, Abdulla Ahmed, Habib Bouzina, Göran Rådegran   +3 more
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Valvular Heart Disease

Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2003
Timely and appropriate diagnosis and treatment of valvular heart disease is an important skill for family physicians. Excessive consultation and diagnostic testing of patients who present with murmurs creates unnecessary anxiety and cost. Yet the failure to make a timely diagnosis of valvular heart disease, or to refer when appropriate, can lead to ...
Bashore, Thomas M, Gardner, Timothy J
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Valvular heart disease in pregnancy [PDF]

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa, 2016
Valvular heart disease may be a pre-existing complication of pregnancy or it may be diagnosed for the first time during pregnancy. Accurate diagnosis, tailored therapy and an understanding of the physiology and pathophysiology of pregnancy are necessary components of management, best achieved through the use of multidisciplinary clinics.
John Anthony, Mahmoud U Sani, Ayesha Osman   +2 more
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Surgery for valvular heart disease: a population-based study in a Brazilian urban center. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
BACKGROUND:In middle income countries, the burden of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remains high, but the prevalence of other heart valve diseases may rise as the population life expectancy increases.
Guilherme S Ribeiro, Sara Y Tartof, Dalton W S Oliveira, Aldalice C S Guedes, Mitermayer G Reis, Lee W Riley, Albert I Ko   +6 more
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First-in-human Results of the Novel Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair System for Severe Mitral Regurgitation

Cardiology Discovery
Objective:. To evaluate the feasibility, safety, and effectiveness of a novel edge-to-edge mitral valve repair system (the NovoClasp system) in patients with severe mitral regurgitation. Methods:.
Zhi-Nan Lu, Yutong Ke, Yingnan Bian, Jing He, Wenhui Wu, Xinmin Liu, Yang Li, Ran Liu, Taiyang Luo, Xunan Guo, Guangyuan Song   +10 more
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Investigations in valvular heart disease [PDF]

Clinical Medicine, 2010
#### Key Points Transthoracic echocardiography should be considered in all patients with potential valve disease Cardiac magnetic resonance provides accurate assessment of valvular function, particularly quantification of regurgitation, and accurate left ventricular mass and volumes ...
D'Arcy, J, Myerson, S
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Evaluation of the safety and efficacy of a novel Anatomical classification and dUal anchoRing theory to Optimize the tavR strategy for pure severe Aortic regurgitation (AURORA): a prospective cohort study

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2022
Background Success rate of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in aortic regurgitation (AR) patients is relatively low on account of the absence of calcified anchoring structures.
Jing Yao, Zhi-Nan Lu, Thomas Modine, Hasan Jilaihawi, Nicolo Piazza, Yi-Da Tang, Ji-Zhe Xu, Xiao-Ping Peng, Hai-Ping Wang, Chuan-Bao Li, Hui Chen, Chang-Fu Liu, Zheng-Ming Jiang, Jie Li, Fei-Cheng Yu, Ke Han, Sheng Wang, Hui Huang, Guang-Yuan Song   +18 more
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Sudden cardiac death in adults with congenital heart disease: Lessons to Learn from the ATROPOS registry

International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease, 2022
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is one of the most frequent causes of death in adult patients with congenital heart disease (ACHD). Despite the rare frequency of its occurrence, the incident appears often when unexpected, and many affected patients had not ...
Alicia Jeanette Fischer, Ulrike MM. Bauer, Michael Frey, Jens Beudt, Helmut Baumgartner, Gerhard-Paul Diller   +5 more
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Successful Triple Valve Surgery in an Undernourished Patient: What to Prepare?

Qanun Medika: Jurnal Kedokteran Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya, 2021
Valvular heart disease accountsfor 10% to 20% of all cardiac surgical procedures in the United States. The decision to intervene, as well as the type of intervention for a patient with severe valvular heart disease, should be based on an individual risk ...
Dian Paramita Kartikasari, Esti Hindariati   +1 more
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