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Open AccessLong-term outcome of a patient with Transcobalamin deficiency caused by the homozygous c.1115_1116delCA mutation in TCN2 gene: a case report
Transcobalamin deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive inborn error of cobalamin transport (prevalence: < 1/1000000) which clinically manifests in early infancy.
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A Threefold Deformation Decomposition in Shape Analysis for Medical Imaging: Spherical, Deviatoric and Non Affine Components
Statistical Shape Analysis, that includes classic Geometric Morphometrics (GM), is often based on landmarks and frequently used to describe shape and shapes changes in biological studies. In this context chang...
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Open AccessMorphologically normalized left ventricular motion indicators from MRI feature tracking characterize myocardial infarction
We characterized motion attributes arising from LV spatio-temporal analysis of motion distributions in myocardial infarction. Time-varying 3D finite element shape models were obtained in 300 Controls and 300 p...
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The TPS Direct Transport: A New Method for Transporting Deformations in the Size-and-Shape Space
Modern shape analysis allows the fine comparison of shape changes occurring between different objects. Very often the classic machineries of generalized Procrustes analysis and principal component analysis are...
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Open AccessHomeostatic Left Heart integration and disintegration links atrio-ventricular covariation’s dyshomeostasis in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Left ventricle and left atrium are and have been practically always analyzed separately in common clinically and non-clinically oriented cardiovascular investigations. Both classic and speckle tracking echocar...
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Open AccessLeft Atrial trajectory impairment in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy disclosed by Geometric Morphometrics and Parallel Transport
The analysis of full Left Atrium (LA) deformation and whole LA deformational trajectory in time has been poorly investigated and, to the best of our knowledge, seldom discussed in patients with Hypertrophic Ca...
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Ivabradine in Patients with ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock: A Preliminary Randomized Prospective Study
An elevated heart rate (HR) is an independent risk factor for mortality and morbidity in patients with acute heart failure (HF). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of ivabradine, a selective ...
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Systo-Diastolic LV Shape Analysis by Geometric Morphometrics and Parallel Transport Highly Discriminates Myocardial Infarction
We present a procedure that detects myocardial infarction by analyzing left ventricular shapes recorded at end-diastole and end-systole, involving both shape and statistical analyses. In the framework of Geome...
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A Clinician’s View of Next-Generation Remote Healthcare System
There are few critical questions to answer in relation to remote healthcare systems and the pertinent technologies implied in transferring surveillance and care next to the patients: (1) will they help reducin...
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Does cirrhotic cardiomyopathy exist? 50 years of uncertainty
Subtle abnormalities of cardiac structure or function are often identified in patients with liver cirrhosis and have been termed cirrhotic cardiomyopathy. However, in the absence of a precise definition, its d...
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A Clinical Observational Study in the CHIRON Project: Rationale and Expected Results
Remote monitoring of congestive heart failure and acute coronary disease (CHF/ACD) using automated monitoring devices and bespoke care pathways/protocols to give early warning of deterioration and facilitate p...
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Effects of rosuvastatin on platelet inhibition by clopidogrel in cardiovascular patients
Statin interference has been suggested among the mechanisms of reduction of the antiplatelet effect of clopidogrel. We thus sought to assess the influence of rosuvastatin on clopidogrel antiplatelet action in ...
