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The percutaneous treatment of Patent Foramen Ovale, an effective and safe therapeutic choice
The aim of our study is to evaluate the feasibility, safety and efficacy of the percutaneous closure of PFO (abnormal communication between the right and left atrium).
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4.18 Utility of Multi-Slice Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography to Evaluate Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Patency
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4.30 Impact of Diabetes and Impaired Glucose Tolerance (IGT) on Complications and Hospitalisation in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome
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4.19 40 Slices MDCT Non-Invasive Diagnostic Approach to Coronary Artery Disease
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On the Existence of Weak Solutions to the Steady Compressible Navier–Stokes Equations in Domains with Conical Outlets
We investigate the steady compressible Navier–Stokes system of equations in the isentropic regime in a domain with several conical outlets and with prescribed pressure drops. Existence of weak solutions is pro...
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Right Ventricular Pacing: Is It Really That Bad?
As discussed above, the more frequently the RV apex is paced, the more likely cardiac performance will be compromised. This explains why, although maintenance of AV synchrony afforded by conventional DDDR is i...
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Cardiac arrhythmias as correlated with the circadian rhythm of arterial pressure in hypertensive subjects with and without left ventricular hypertrophy
To evaluate the relationship among supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias with blood pressure and heart rate (HR) values, we studied 2 groups of 20 hypertensive men with (group I) and without (group II) ...
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Platelet Activity in Relation to Smoke and Exercise in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: Effects of Platelet Antiaggregating Drugs
Lung tissue is involved in the synthesis and/or metabolism of many vasoactive substances such as histamine, serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine, bradikinin, angiotensin II and prostaglandins (1).
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Platelet Function Changes in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Whether the thrombotic component of myocardial infarction is primary or secondary in a given patient, platelet function alterations can influence many mechanisms — operating at the microenvi-ronmental level — ...
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Platelet Activity and Blood Lipid Changes in Diabetes Mellitus
An altered platelet function can often be found in diabetes mellitus (2, 3, 4, 10, 13, 16, 17, 23, 24). Several studies have pointed towards an increased sensitivity of platelets to ADP induced aggregation (3,...
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Factor VIII and Antithrombin III in Atherosclerosis Obliterans of the Lower Limbs
In the multifactorial pathogenesis of atherosclerosis (the W.H.O. gives a list of about forty risk factors) recent acquisitions have allowed to determine in part the role carried out by the term “haemocoagulat...
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Platelet Aggregation, Coagulation and Fibrinolysis at Rest and after Bicycle Ergometer Test in CHD
Several observers have suggested that a dysfunction of dynamic balance between platelet aggregation, coagulation and fibrinolysis may be a factor in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. This dysfunction, presu...
