A proposed role for sepsis in the pathogenesis of myocardial calcification [PDF]
, 2017 Myocardial calcification is a rare and life-threatening condition that is a recognised complication of ischaemic heart disease, cardiac surgery, rheumatic fever and myocarditis.
AROMATARIO, MARIAROSARIA +7 more
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Calcificación del corazón izquierdo: anillo mitral coraliforme y aorta en porcelana
Archivos de Cardiología de México, 2021 We present the case of a 70-year-old woman with coralliform mitral annular calcification (MAC) and porcelain aorta with multimodality approach of the mitral disease as shown in Figure 1.
Luis A. Moreno-Ruiz +10 more
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The Global Burden of Valvular Heart Disease: From Clinical Epidemiology to Management
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2023 Valvular heart disease is a leading cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality and a major contributor of symptoms and functional disability. Knowledge of valvular heart disease epidemiology and a deep comprehension of the geographical and temporal ...
G. Santangelo +8 more
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Cardiac papillary fibroelastomas: A 10-year single-center surgical experience and long-term echocardiographic follow-up study [PDF]
, 2020 Aims. Limited contemporary data are available on the clinical and echocardiographic outcomes after surgery for cardiac papillary fibroelastoma (CPF). The aim of this study was to review the clinical manifestations, pathological characteristics, surgical ...
Brát, Radim +3 more
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Circulation, 2005 Aortic regurgitation (AR) is characterized by diastolic reflux of blood from the aorta into the left ventricle (LV). Acute AR typically causes severe pulmonary edema and hypotension and is a surgical emergency. Chronic severe AR causes combined LV volume and pressure overload.
Raffi, Bekeredjian, Paul A, Grayburn
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Modelling mitral valvular dynamics–current trend and future directions [PDF]
, 2017 Dysfunction of mitral valve causes morbidity and premature mortality and remains a leading medical problem worldwide. Computational modelling aims to understand the biomechanics of human mitral valve and could lead to the development of new treatment ...
Berry, Colin +6 more
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Impact of the indexed effective orifice area on mid-term cardiac-related mortality after aortic valve replacement [PDF]
, 2010 Background There has been ongoing controversy as to whether prosthesis-patient mismatch (PPM, defined as indexed effective orifice area (EOAI)
Akdere, Deniz +8 more
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Artificial intelligence for the echocardiographic assessment of valvular heart disease
Heart, 2022 Developments in artificial intelligence (AI) have led to an explosion of studies exploring its application to cardiovascular medicine. Due to the need for training and expertise, one area where AI could be impactful would be in the diagnosis and ...
Rashmi Nedadur, Bo Wang, W. Tsang
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JHLT Open, 2023 Background: Inflammation and tyrosine-kinases are known mediators in the pathobiology of cardiovascular disease. Plasma biomarkers reflecting these systems may provide a noninvasive complement reflecting hemodynamics, aiding in clinical decision-making ...
Salaheldin Ahmed, MD +3 more
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Introduction to morphological and functional evaluation of the heart and coronary arteries [PDF]
, 2016 In the last years, the number of clinical indications for the evaluation of the heart – with both computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) – exponentially grew.
Carbone, Iacopo +4 more
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