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A native mitral valve mass beyond imagination

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2023
The authors report a case of a patient with a history of IgA nephropathy that, during the admission for pneumonia, was found to have an incidental finding of a huge mitral valve (MV) mass on transthoracic echocardiography. The differential diagnosis was
Fisal Alamri, Abdalla Eltayeb, Alaa Hamad, Soaad Alamri, Sultan Alamri, Wassima Kaidali, Loay Tashkandi, Lana Arbili, Valeria Pergola, Hani Al Sergani   +9 more
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In vivo virulence of Staphylococcus aureus in native versus prosthetic left-sided valve endocarditisCentral MessagePerspective [PDF]

JTCVS Open
Objectives: Staphylococcus aureus infective endocarditis is commonly associated with invasive pathology and is worse in prosthetic valve endocarditis. In this study, we aim to examine S. aureus virulence and pathological features of native and prosthetic
Haytham Elgharably, MD, Jan Claesen, PhD, Naseer Sangwan, PhD, Muhammad Etiwy, MD, Penny Houghtaling, MS, Gary W. Procop, MD, MS, Nabin K. Shrestha, MD, Brian Griffin, MD, Jose L. Navia, MD, Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD, Daniel J. Wozniak, PhD, Gosta B. Pettersson, MD, PhD   +11 more
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Pulmonary valve endocarditis in the setting of a patent ductus arteriosus: A rare clinical case [PDF]

Radiology Case Reports
Isolated pulmonary valve (PV) endocarditis is an exceedingly rare entity, accounting for less than 2% of all infective endocarditis cases. Its diagnosis is often delayed due to nonspecific clinical features and the inherent difficulty in visualizing the ...
Lamassab Nour El Houda, Noha El Ouafi, Nabila Ismaili   +2 more
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The grassland carbon cycle: Mechanisms, responses to global changes, and potential contribution to carbon neutrality

Fundamental Research, 2023
Grassland is one of the largest terrestrial biomes, providing critical ecosystem services such as food production, biodiversity conservation, and climate change mitigation.
Lingli Liu, Emma J. Sayer, Meifeng Deng, Ping Li, Weixing Liu, Xin Wang, Sen Yang, Junsheng Huang, Jie Luo, Yanjun Su, José M. Grünzweig, Lin Jiang, Shuijin Hu, Shilong Piao   +13 more
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The genome of a wild Medicago species provides insights into the tolerant mechanisms of legume forage to environmental stress

BMC Biology, 2021
Background Medicago ruthenica, a wild and perennial legume forage widely distributed in semi-arid grasslands, is distinguished by its outstanding tolerance to environmental stress. It is a close relative of commonly cultivated forage of alfalfa (Medicago
Tianzuo Wang, Lifei Ren, Caihong Li, Di Zhang, Xiuxiu Zhang, Gang Zhou, Dan Gao, Rujin Chen, Yuhui Chen, Zhaolan Wang, Fengling Shi, Andrew D. Farmer, Yansu Li, Mengyan Zhou, Nevin D. Young, Wen-Hao Zhang   +15 more
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The Australian 2019/2020 Black Summer Bushfires: Analysis of the Pathology, Treatment Strategies and Decision Making About Burnt Livestock

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022
In 2019/2020, Australia experienced a severe bushfire event, with many tens of thousands of livestock killed or euthanized. Little systematic research has occurred to understand livestock bushfire injuries, risk factors for injury, or how to make ...
Brendan D. Cowled, Brendan D. Cowled, Melanie Bannister-Tyrrell, Mark Doyle, Henry Clutterbuck, Jeff Cave, Alison Hillman, Karren Plain, Caitlin Pfeiffer, Michael Laurence, Michael P. Ward   +10 more
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One of the causes of adenoid hypertrophy in preschool children, allergic rhinitis

Medicine Science, 2022
Adenoid hypertrophy is one of the most common causes of upper airway obstruction in childhood. Chronic inflammation around the adenoid tissue is thought to play an important role in adenoid hypertrophy.
Bilge Kurnaz Kaplan, Fatih Kaplan
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Photosynthetic Pigments and Biochemical Response of Zucchini (Cucurbita pepo L.) to Plant-Derived Extracts, Microbial, and Potassium Silicate as Biostimulants Under Greenhouse Conditions

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
There are many technological innovations in the field of agriculture to improve the sustainability of farmed products by reducing the chemicals used. Uses of biostimulants such as plant extracts or microorganisms are a promising process that increases ...
Doaa Y. Abd-Elkader, Abeer A. Mohamed, Mostafa N. Feleafel, Asma A. Al-Huqail, Mohamed Z. M. Salem, Hayssam M. Ali, Hanaa S. Hassan   +6 more
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Angiostrongylus vasorum in Domestic Dogs in Castilla y León, Iberian Peninsula, Spain

Animals, 2021
Angiostrongylus vasorum is the causative agent of canine angiostrongylosis, a disease affecting domestic and wild canids. In Europe, it is an emerging disease, mainly reported in red foxes.
Rodrigo Morchón, José Alberto Montoya-Alonso, José Ángel Sánchez-Agudo, Juan de Vicente-Bengochea, Xiomara Murcia-Martínez, Elena Carretón   +5 more
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A fatal case of acute pulmonary embolism caused by right ventricular masses of acute lymphoblastic lymphoma-leukemia in a 13 year old girl [PDF]

Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2012
We report a case of a 13-year-old girl with acute lymphoblastic lymphoma-leukemia, who presented with a cardiac metastasis in the right ventricle, resulting in a pulmonary embolism.
Yu Mi Ko, Soo Hyun Lee, June Huh, Hong Hoe Koo, Ji Hyuk Yang   +4 more
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