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Bile acid predicts congenital portosystemic venous shunt in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension
The etiology of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is complex, especially the investigation of rare pathogeny is difficult. Congenital...
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Cardiovascular Effects of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: More Than Just Myocarditis
Purpose of ReviewImmune checkpoint inhibitors have reshaped the treatment of cancer, but they are characterized by peculiar toxicity consisting of...
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The optimal QTc selection in patients of acute myocardial infarction with poor perioperative prognosis
BackgroundThe predictive utility of QTc values, calculated through various correction formulas for the incidence of postoperative major adverse...
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Prenatally Diagnosed Congenital Ventricular Outpouchings: An Institutional Experience and Review of the Literature
Congenital ventricular outpouchings (CVOs) are rare congenital heart defects with limited data regarding prognosis and outcomes. We aimed to describe...
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Effect and safety of treatment with ACE-inhibitor Enalapril and β-blocker metoprolol on the onset of left ventricular dysfunction in Duchenne muscular dystrophy - a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
BackgroundX-linked Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), the most frequent human hereditary skeletal muscle myopathy, inevitably leads to progressive...
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Predictive biomarkers for the early detection and management of heart failure
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a serious public health concern whose incidence has been on a rise and is projected by the World Health Organization...
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Left ventricular dyssynchrony and abnormalities in wall motion, assessed by gated-SPECT as ischemic auxiliary markers
IntroductionLeft ventricular dyssynchrony (LVD) quantified by gated myocardial perfusion studies (MPS), through phase analysis (PA), has shown...
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Depressed systemic arterial compliance and impaired left ventricular midwall performance in aortic stenosis with concomitant type 2 diabetes: a retrospective cross-sectional study
BackgroundDegenerative aortic stenosis (AS), a disease of the elderly, frequently coexists with concomitant diseases, including type 2 diabetes...
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The Short-Term Effects of Isolated Traumatic Brain Injury on the Heart in Experimental Healthy Rats
BackgroundTo date, cardiac dysfunction after traumatic brain injury (TBI) has not been consistent. In this study, we hypothesized that TBI may play a...
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Bioimpedance based determination of cardiac index does not show enough trueness for point of care use in patients with systolic heart failure
Cardiac output (CO) is a key parameter in diagnostics and therapy of heart failure (HF). The thermodilution method (TD) as gold standard for CO...
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Echocardiography and biomarkers for the diagnosis of cardiotoxicity
As a result of better treatment options for malignant cancer, the cardiovascular side effects of such therapies have increasingly come into focus in...
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Genome-wide association study of dilated cardiomyopathy-induced heart failure associated with renal insufficiency in a Chinese population
BackgroundAs it is unclear whether there is genetic susceptibility to cardiorenal syndrome (CRS), we conducted a genome-wide association study of...
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Role of Arterial Hypertension and Hypertension-Mediated Organ Damage in Cardiotoxicity of Anticancer Therapies
Purpose of the ReviewArterial hypertension (AH) is the most common cardiovascular (CV) risk factor in the community and in oncologic patients. It...
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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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Cardio-oncology: Implications for Clinical Practice for Women
Purpose of ReviewClinical cardio-oncology considerations specific to women span across many areas and are particularly relevant for management of...
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Health-related quality of life of people with heart failure in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
PurposeHeart failure is a global health concern and associated with poor health-related quality of life and increased mortality. There is a...
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Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibition: Beyond Blood Pressure Control—The Role of Zofenopril
The extensive use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) as antihypertensive agents and the huge amount of data collected in clinical...
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Application of machine learning in screening for congenital heart diseases using fetal echocardiography
There is a growing body of literature supporting the utilization of machine learning (ML) to improve diagnosis and prognosis tools of cardiovascular...
