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Neuraxial Anesthesia in High-Risk Cardiac Patients
Purpose of ReviewThis review of neuraxial anesthesia in high-risk cardiac patients aims to delineate current best practices and highlight emerging...
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Assessment of Cardiac Risk in Women with Autoimmune Disease
Purpose of ReviewThe purpose of our review was to evaluate current standards in clinical practice in determining overall cardiac risk in female...
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Pregnancy risk and contraception among reproductive-age women with rheumatic heart disease attending care at a tertiary cardiac center in Tanzania: a hospital-based cross-sectional study
BackgroundRheumatic heart disease (RHD) remains prevalent in the develo** world and reproductive-age women are disproportionately affected. It is...
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Mode of delivery among women with maternal cardiac disease
ObjectiveTo determine if maternal cardiac disease affects delivery mode and to investigate maternal morbidity.
Study designRetrospective cohort...
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Assisted Reproductive Technology and Cardiovascular Risk in Women
Purpose of ReviewTo summarize what is currently known regarding the impact of assisted reproductive technology (ART) on the cardiovascular health of...
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Coronary Artery Disease in Women—Review of Risk Factors and Emerging Concepts
Purpose of ReviewCoronary artery disease (CAD) in women is an evolving area of interest in cardiovascular medicine. This review seeks to provide a...
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Gestational diabetes mellitus and risk of long-term all-cause and cardiac mortality: a prospective cohort study
BackgroundTo investigate the association between gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) without subsequent overt diabetes and long-term all-cause and...
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Development of cardiac risk prediction model in patients with HER-2 positive breast cancer on trastuzumab therapy
Background25% of all breast cancer patients have HER-2 overexpression. Breast Cancer patients with HER-2 overexpression are typically treated with...
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Ten-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk trajectories among women veteran cancer patients
Despite a higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events in women cancer survivors than their male counterparts, importance of female sex has...
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Prognostic value of extended cardiac risk assessment before elective open abdominal aortic surgery
BackgroundMajor vascular surgery is associated with a high perioperative risk and significant mortality. Despite advances in risk stratification,...
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Ten reasons to screen women at risk of lung cancer
This opinion piece reviews major reasons for promoting lung cancer screening in at-risk women who are smokers or ex-smokers, from the age of 50. The...
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Comparison of Different Ultrasonic Screening Methods and Analysis of High Risk Factors for Fetal Cardiac Malformation in Second Trimester of Pregnancy
Current study aims to compare the application of two-dimensional (2D) color doppler ultrasound (CDU) and four-dimensional (4D) ultrasound...
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Disparities in polysomnography referral in a high-risk cardiac population
PurposeObstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with metabolic, cardiovascular, and cerebrovascular comorbidities. Appropriate diagnosis and...
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Quality of life and mental health of women who had cardiac disease in pregnancy and postpartum
PurposeCardiac disease is a leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality yet there is limited research on women’s experiences and quality of...
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An ECG-based artificial intelligence model for assessment of sudden cardiac death risk
BackgroundConventional ECG-based algorithms could contribute to sudden cardiac death (SCD) risk stratification but demonstrate moderate predictive...
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Two-dimensional and four-dimensional ultrasound in the diagnosis of non-cardiac fetal congenital anomalies in high risk pregnancies: a comparative study
BackgroundThe high incidence of non-cardiac congenital anomalies in high-risk pregnancies is a major worldwide health problem. Congenital deformities...
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Maternal left ventricular function and adverse neonatal outcomes in women with cardiac disease
PurposeTo evaluate the relationship between maternal left ventricular systolic function, utero-placental circulation, and risk of adverse neonatal...
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Self-measured home blood pressure highlights cardiovascular risk in women: the HOMED-BP study
No studies examined sex differences in relation to the prognostic significance of self-measured home blood pressure (HBP). We compared the predictive...
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EuroSCORE II for Risk Evaluation and Predicting Cardiac Intensive Care Length of Stay in Indian Patients Undergoing Adult Cardiac Surgery
BackgroundHigher EuroSCORE II values are usually associated with increased postoperative morbidity and longer durations of Cardiac intensive care...
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Prediction of Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Risk Among Women with Medical Disorders Presenting to Emergency Obstetric care (EMOC): A Prospective Observational Study
IntroductionMedical disorders complicating pregnancy have recently emerged as the most common cause for maternal morbidity and mortality and it is...
