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Left atrial strain time integral evaluated by two-dimensional speckle tracking predicts left atrial appendage dysfunction in patients with acute ischemic stroke
Cardioembolic stroke is a serious disease with poor prognosis, whose main embolic source is the left atrial appendage (LAA). Left atrial (LA) strain evaluated by the two-dimensional (2D) speckle tracking techn...
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Impact of estimated plasma volume status on clinical outcomes in patients with lower extremity artery disease who underwent endovascular therapy
Lower extremity artery disease (LEAD) is an arterial occlusive disease associated with high morbidity and mortality. Estimated plasma volume status (ePVS), a marker of plasma volume expansion and contraction, ...
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Albumin-to-globulin ratio predicts clinical outcomes of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in women
Despite advances in medicine, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) remains an increasing health concern associated with a high mortality rate. Research has shown sex-based differences in the ...
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Open AccessAssociation of malnutrition with renal dysfunction and clinical outcome in patients with heart failure
Malnutrition, glomerular damage (GD), and renal tubular damage (RTD) are common morbidities associated with poor clinical outcomes in heart failure (HF) patients. However, the association between malnutrition ...
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Association between thrombolysis in myocardial infarction grade and clinical outcome after emergent percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute myocardial infarction who have suffered out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: the Yamagata AMI registry
Despite improvements in the survival rate of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) due to AMI is still a devastating condition. Thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) g...
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Prognostic significance of the controlling nutritional (CONUT) score in patients with acute coronary syndrome
Malnutrition is an independent predictor of adverse outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndrome. The controlling nutritional (CONUT) score has been applied to assess nutritional status, and has been repo...
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Impact of pre-operative coronary artery disease on the clinical outcomes of patients with aortic aneurysms
Aortic aneurysm is an increasingly important public health problem with high morbidity and mortality. It is associated with coronary artery disease (CAD), which is a comorbidity of high incidence that is repor...
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The impact of kidney dysfunction categorized by urinary to serum creatinine ratio on clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure
Kidney dysfunction (KD) is closely associated with poor clinical outcome in patients with heart failure (HF). KD is classified as intrinsic and pre-renal KD. However, the impact of each KD on the clinical outc...
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Left atrial remodeling index is a feasible predictor of poor prognosis in patients with acute ischemic stroke
Left atrial (LA) functional remodeling as well as LA structural remodeling are associated with incident LA appendage (LAA) thrombus formation. This study aimed to elucidate whether combined assessment of LA fu...
