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Open AccessU-shaped association between serum calcium and in-hospital mortality in diabetes patients with congestive heart failure: a cohort study
Previous studies have reported that the significant association between serum calcium and mortality substantially in patients, especially among those with intensive care unit (ICU). And In diabetes mellitus, c...
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Open AccessNovel hybrid treatment for extensive aortic arch aneurysms, a case report
The treatment for extensive aortic arch aneurysms involving the aortic arch and descending aorta is challenging for most cardiovascular surgeons. The surgical treatment is associated with a very high mortality...
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Open AccessThe role of miR-711 in cardiac cells in response to oxidative stress and its biogenesis: a study on H9C2 cells
Oxidative stress results in cell apoptosis/death and plays a detrimental role in disease development and progression. Stressors alter the miRNA expression profile and miRNAs play a role in the cell response to...
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Open AccessLarge left atrial cavernous hemangioma, a case report
Cardiac cavernous hemangiomas are extremely rare and usually difficult to be diagnosed for being asymptomatic.
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Open AccessA large left atrial lipoma combined with coronary artery disease
Primary benign tumors of the heart are extremely rare and usually difficult to diagnose for their asymptomatic signs.
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Open AccessGrowth Differentiation Factor-15 Deficiency Augments Inflammatory Response and Exacerbates Septic Heart and Renal Injury Induced by Lipopolysaccharide
Septic acute kidney injury (AKI) and myocardial dysfunction are leading causes of mortality with no accepted method of therapy. In this study we demonstrate the role of growth differentiating factor 15 (GDF15)...
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Open AccessGemella morbillorum endocarditis of pulmonary valve:a case report
Pulmonary valve infective endocarditis is a rare finding for endocarditis. Infective endocarditis caused by Gemella morbillorum remains a scanty occurrence.
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Open AccessThe application of homemade Neosinocalamus affinis AC in electrokinetic removal technology on heavy metal removal from the MSWI fly ash
This present paper was focused on the manufacture of activated carbon (AC) and its application in the electrokinetic remediation (EKR) technology on removal of the heavy metals (HMs) from the municipal solid w...
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Open AccessUndifferentiated sarcoma originating from the mitral valve: a case report
Primary cardiac sarcomas are quite uncommon. Among them, sarcomas originating from the mitral valve are exceedingly rare. They are often misdiagnosed due to non-specific symptoms. The prognosis of cardiac sarc...
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Open AccessGiant aneurysm of the left main coronary artery with fistulous communication to the right atrium
The giant coronary artery aneurysm combined with coronary artery fistula is extremely uncommon. In our case, there was a giant aneurysm of the left main coronary artery with fistulous communication to the righ...
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Open AccessCardiac lipoma in the interventricular septum: a case report
Primary cardiac tumors are rare. The cardiac lipoma cases have been sparsely reported. We report a case of interventricular septal lipoma complicated with mild tricuspid regurgitation in a 65-year-old Chinese ...
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Open AccessSurgical approach for the treatment of aortoesophageal fistula combined with dual aortic aneurysms: a case report
Aortoesophageal fistula is a rare disease with a high mortality rate. The disease is with high mortality due to aneurysm rupture, and thus successfully managed cases are rarely reported. Here, we report a case...
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Open AccessPreventing intimal thickening of vein grafts in vein artery bypass using STAT-3 siRNA
Proliferation and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) play a key role in neointimal formation which leads to restenosis of vein graft in venous bypass. STAT-3 is a transcription factor associated...
