Low Resolution Limits and Inaccurate Algorithms Decrease Significantly the Value of Late Loss in Current Drug-Eluting Stent Trials by Johannes B. Dahm, Frank van Buuren

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Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Isolated Calf Vein Thrombosis in a Large Teaching Hospital by Santin Brian, B. Fries Richard, Satiani Bhagwan

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Neurocardiogenic Syncope and Supraventricular Tachycardia in Association with a Rare Congenital Aortic Valve Abnormality by Yashwant Agrawal, Jagadeesh K. Kalavakunta, Vishal Gupta, William Lapenna

“…Computed tomographic angiography of heart and coronary arteries showed the QAV with equal size of all aortic cusps and normal coronary arteries. …”
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Postcoital Haemoptysis: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature by Emeka B. Kesieme, Browne C. Okonkwo, Peter O. Okokhere, Georgi Prisadov, Eghosa Aigbe, Christopher Affusim

“…We present a 53-year-old Nigerian, known hypertensive diabetic woman with background ischaemic heart disease who presented with postcoital haemoptysis of one-year duration. …”
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Cardiomyopathy Classification: Ongoing Debate in the Genomics Era by Charles McCartan, Robert Mason, S. R. Jayasinghe, Lyn R. Griffiths

“…Cardiomyopathies represent a group of diseases of the myocardium of the heart and include diseases both primarily of the cardiac muscle and systemic diseases leading to adverse effects on the heart muscle size, shape, and function. …”
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Baroreflex Activation Therapy for the Treatment of Drug-Resistant Hypertension: New Developments by Teba Alnima, Peter W. de Leeuw, Abraham A. Kroon

“…In addition, this field is still evolving with promising results in the reduction of blood pressure and heart rate. This overview addresses the latest developments in BAT for the treatment of drug-resistant hypertension. …”
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Left Ventricle Pseudoaneurysm: Contribution of Multimodality Imaging to the Diagnosis by Ellenga Mbolla Bertrand Fikahem, Okemba-Okombi Franck Hardain, Mongo-Ngamami Flore Solange, Kouala Landa Christian Michel, Gombet Thierry Raoul, Kimbally-Kaky Suzy-Gisèle

“…The patient is waiting for heart surgery.…”
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The Genetic and Imaging Key to Understanding Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease by Vaneeza Moosa, Julio Garcia

“…Bicuspid Aortic Valve (BAV) is a prevalent congenital heart defect, characterized by the presence of two cusps instead of three, leading to significant clinical implications such as aortic stenosis, regurgitation, and aneurysms. …”
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Treatment of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (dysplasia) by M.Т. Vatutin, G.S. Smyrnova, Y.V. Yeshchenko, G.E. Degtiarova, V.S. Kolesnikov, Y.P. Gritsenko

“…Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (dysplasia) is an inheritable heart muscle disease predisposing to ventricular arrhythmias and increasing risk of sudden cardiac death. …”
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Indocyanine Green Lymphography-guided Ligation to Treat ECMO-related Groin Lymphocele by Albert Lamas Llopis, Sergi Barrantes, Laura Torrano Romero, Silvia de la Torre González, Luís Martínez-Sapiña, JA Palacín Porté, Anna López Ojeda

“…Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) placement in heart transplant patients can lead to the development of a groin lymphocele. …”
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Galectin-3 Is a Potential Mediator for Atherosclerosis by Ziyu Gao, Zhongni Liu, Rui Wang, Yinghong Zheng, Hong Li, Liming Yang

“…Atherosclerosis is a multifactorial chronic inflammatory arterial disease forming the pathological basis of many cardiovascular diseases such as coronary heart disease, heart failure, and stroke. Numerous studies have implicated inflammation as a key player in the initiation and progression of atherosclerosis. …”
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Probiotics, metabolism and the functional condition of cardio-vascular system by Ye. A. Kashukh, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Obtained data demonstrate that intake of certain probiotic strains may be applied as a successful treatment of atherosclerosis, systemic hypertension, metabolic syndrome and heart failure. Conclusion. Microbiome may be involved in development of cardio-vascular diseases and atherosclerosis due to metabolic symbiosis with the host. …”
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Real-world safety profile of therapy with ibrutinib or acalabrutinib in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma by Ramsay Hafer, Francesco Iadevaia, Thomas Z. Rohan, Teresa Duong, Maria Poluch, Gina Keiffer, Michael Li, Andres Ferber, Luca Laurenti, Alan S. Khoo, Pierluigi Porcu

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Mitochondrial Dysfunction as a Therapeutic Target in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy: Progress and Prospects by Feng Zhang, Zhuqing Li, Yanxin Wang, Chao Li, Chengzhi Lu

“…Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a specific type of cardiomyopathy that is independent of hypertension and coronary artery disease, and is closely associated with the high incidence and mortality of heart failure in people with diabetes. DCM causes microvascular disease, myocardial metabolic disorder, and myocardial fibrosis, thereby leading to left ventricular remodeling, diastolic and/or systolic dysfunction, and eventually progressing to congestive heart failure. …”
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Microgravity and Cardiovascular Health in Astronauts: A Narrative Review by John Azariah, Umberto Terranova

“…We identify some clear patterns, such as loss of ventricular mass and increased QT intervals (corrected for heart rate) indicating increased risk of arrhythmias. …”
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SDNN/RMSSD as a Surrogate for LF/HF: A Revised Investigation by Hui-Min Wang, Sheng-Chieh Huang

“…Thousands of papers involved in heart rate variability (HRV). However, little was known about one important measure of HRV, the root mean square of successive heartbeat interval differences (RMSSDs). …”
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Intermediate-High Risk Pulmonary Embolism: The Use of Riociguat and Inferior Vena Cava Filter in a Situation of Recurrent Embolism following Insufficient Anticoagulation and Fibrin... by Anh Khoi Vo, Håkon Reikvam, Helga Midtbø, Jan Ludvig Wirsching, Øyvind Bruserud, Øystein Wendelbo

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Is Single-View Fluoroscopy Sufficient in Guiding Cardiac Ablation Procedures? by Pascal Fallavollita

“…The CARTO XP ablation system provides real-time data on 3D, color-coded maps of the electrical activity of the heart; however, it is expensive and can only use a dedicated costly magnetic catheter per patient intervention. …”
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Catheter-Related Right Atrial Thrombus and Pulmonary Embolism: A Case Report and Systematic Review of the Literature by Karen EA Burns, Andrew McLaren

“…It also underscores the important role of transesophageal echocardiography and thrombolysis in the diagnosis and management, respectively, of right heart thromboemboli with associated pulmonary embolism.…”
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Hemoglobin Sunshine Seth: A Case Report of Low-Oxygen-Affinity Hemoglobinopathy by Leah S. Heidenreich, Jennifer L. Oliveira, Peter J. Holmberg, Vilmarie Rodriguez

“…Pulse oximetry is routinely used in the newborn nursery for clinical monitoring and to detect critical congenital heart disease. The differential diagnoses for reduced peripheral oxygen saturation in an infant include congenital heart disease, respiratory distress syndrome, transient tachypnea of the newborn, persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn, meconium aspiration syndrome, pneumonia, pneumothorax, and sepsis. …”
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