Early mortality, epidemiological and clinical factors in seriously ill patients treated in Intermediate Care Units by Osmani Pérez Ortiz, Angel Antonio Urbay Ruíz, Elaine Teresa Gutiérrez Pérez, Lis Marlyn Rodríguez García, Ivette Irene Molina Linares, Ernesto Conyedo Vergel

“…Patients with septic shock were six times more likely to die, those diagnosed with out-of-hospital bronchopneumonia five times more likely, and those with ischemic stroke, exacerbated respiratory disease, or decompensated heart failure four times more likely, respectively. …”
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Pain-Related Behavior and Pain Perception Associated with Intraosseous Local Anesthesia (QuickSleeper 5^®) in Pediatric Patients: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial by Zeyad A. AlRaddadi, Latifa A. AlHowaish, Ayman M. Sulimany

“…Results: This study found no statistically significant differences between traditional local anesthesia and intraosseous local anesthesia with QuickSleeper 5 regarding pain perception, heart rate, or pain-related behaviors, indicating that both techniques are effective at minimizing discomfort. …”
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Prenatal Diagnosis and Postnatal Findings of Bronchogenic Cyst by Livia Teresa Moreira Rios, Edward Araujo Júnior, Luciano Marcondes Machado Nardozza, Antonio Fernandes Moron, Marília da Glória Martins

“…The prenatal percutaneous aspiration can reduce the risk of heart compression and permit better respiratory conditions to newborn. …”
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Ranolazine Induced Bradycardia, Renal Failure, and Hyperkalemia: A BRASH Syndrome Variant by Syed Arsalan Akhter Zaidi, Danial Shaikh, Muhammad Saad, Timothy J. Vittorio

“…After 48 hours from presentation, potassium and renal function returned to baseline and her heart rate improved to a range of 60–100 bpm. She was discharged with an outpatient cardiology follow-up. …”
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Risk factors related to COVID-19. Turcios Lima Polyclinic. Pinar del Rio, 2020-2021 by Jorge Félix Rodríguez Ramos, Gema Chávez Ivizate, Raquel Piloto González

“…<br /><strong>Results</strong>: the most frequent risk factors were: male sex (X2=8.5900; p&lt;0.001), urban residence (X2=509.03; p&lt;0.001) and occupation as a student or worker (X2=199 .93, p&lt;0.001); as well as personal medical history of diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension, ischemic heart disease, bronchial asthma, heart failure, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.…”
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Hyperlactatemia and the Outcome of Type 2 Diabetic Patients Suffering Acute Myocardial Infarction by Jovanovic Aleksandar, Peric Vladan, Snezana Markovic-Jovanovic, Radojica Stolic, Jadranka Mitic, Tanja Smilic

“…The rise in blood lactate concentration in diabetics with AMI was associated with increased incidence of heart failure, severe arrhythmias, cardiogenic shock, and high mortality rate.…”
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Evaluating Adult Cystic Fibrosis Care in BC: Disparities in Access to a Multidisciplinary Treatment Centre by James M. Roberts, Pearce G. Wilcox, Bradley S. Quon

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Sleep behaviour and cardiorespiratory fitness in patients after percutaneous coronary intervention during cardiac rehabilitation: protocol for a longitudinal study by Jie Zhou, Jing Wu, Lan Huang, Yiyan Wang, Husheng Li, Xubo Wu

“…Introduction Most patients with coronary heart disease experience sleep disturbances and low cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), but their relationship during cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is still unclear. …”
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Xenon Anesthesia Improves Respiratory Gas Exchanges in Morbidly Obese Patients by Antonio Abramo, Claudio Di Salvo, Francesca Foltran, Francesco Forfori, Marco Anselmino, Francesco Giunta

“…Differences in intraoperative and postoperative data including heart rate, systolic and diastolic pressure, oxygen saturation, plateau pressure, eyes opening and extubation time, Aldrete score on arrival to the PACU were compared by the Mann-Whitney test and were considered as secondary aims. …”
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AI Innovations in rPPG Systems for Driver Monitoring: Comprehensive Systematic Review and Future Prospects by Soha G. Ahmed, Katrien Verbert, Nazar Zaki, Ashraf Khalil, Hamad Aljassmi, Fady Alnajjar

“…Advanced technologies, notably camera-based systems using remote photoplethysmography (rPPG), are increasingly used in automotive safety to non-invasively monitor driver well-being and fatigue by measuring physiological metrics like heart and respiration rates. This review examines recent advancements in machine learning algorithms and signal processing for rPPG in driver monitoring. …”
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Characteristics and Clinical Course of Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction and ST-segment Elevation with and without Interatrial Block by Francisco de Jesús Valladares Carvajal, Verónica Mercedes Carretero Acosta, Raimundo Carmona Puerta, Aymara Marcia Hernández Cardoso, Ernesto Julio Bernal Valladares

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> 52.17 % of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction with interatrial block developed heart failure, vs 29.45 % among patients without block with statistical significance (p = 0.03). …”
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Editorial: Vascular- and immuno-metabolism as drivers of cardiovascular disease: insights obtained from omics approaches by Emiel P. C. van der Vorst, Emiel P. C. van der Vorst, Emiel P. C. van der Vorst, Emiel P. C. van der Vorst, Jeffrey Kroon, Jeffrey Kroon, Jeffrey Kroon, Jeffrey Kroon, Raquel Guillamat-Prats, Raquel Guillamat-Prats, Raquel Guillamat-Prats, Yvonne Döring, Yvonne Döring, Yvonne Döring, Yvonne Döring

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Automatic Continuous CRT Optimization to Improve Hemodynamic Response: An Italian Single-Center Experience by Gregorio Covino, Mario Volpicelli, Paolo Capogrosso

“…In this Italian single-center experience, we investigated the rate of hemodynamic and clinical response in heart failure patients treated with continuously and automatically optimized CRT. …”
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Assessing brain-muscle networks during motor imagery to detect covert command-following by Emilia Fló, Daniel Fraiman, Jacobo Diego Sitt

“…The full-feature classifiers successfully distinguished between motor imagery and resting state for all participants, and brain-muscle functional networks did not contribute to the overall classification. Nevertheless, heart activity and cortical power were crucial to detect when a participant was mentally rehearsing a movement. …”
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Exploring Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A2 Levels in Iraqi Patients with Stable Angina: Insights from Coronary Angiography Diagnosis by Aseel Ghassan Daoud, Wassan Abdul Kareem Abbas, Ahmed Yousif Hasan, Maha N. Abu Hajleh

“… Stable angina is a prevalent heart disease which can be defined as a clinical syndrome of stable coronary artery disease (CAD) that refers to the presence of myocardial ischemia. …”
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Mutation-Specific Phenotypes in hiPSC-Derived Cardiomyocytes Carrying Either Myosin-Binding Protein C Or α-Tropomyosin Mutation for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy by Marisa Ojala, Chandra Prajapati, Risto-Pekka Pölönen, Kristiina Rajala, Mari Pekkanen-Mattila, Jyrki Rasku, Kim Larsson, Katriina Aalto-Setälä

“…Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetic cardiac disease, which affects the structure of heart muscle tissue. The clinical symptoms include arrhythmias, progressive heart failure, and even sudden cardiac death but the mutation carrier can also be totally asymptomatic. …”
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Effect of Rho-Kinase and Autophagy on Remote Ischemic Conditioning-Induced Cardioprotection in Rat Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury Model by Jie Gao, Feng Min, Shasha Wang, Heng Lv, Huan Liang, Ben Cai, Xianjie Jia, Qin Gao, Ying Yu

“…Throughout the experiment, mean arterial pressure and heart rate were continuously monitored. Histopathology and ultrastructure and myocardial enzymes’ expression were evaluated to determine the degree of cardiac injury. …”
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Gambaran Fungsi Ginjal pada Pasien Gagal Jantung dengan Fraksi Ejeksi Menurun dan Fraksi Ejeksi Normal di RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang by Annisa Rahmi Adriyanti, Eka Fithra Elfi, Hardisman Hardisman

“…Gagal jantung dapat dikelompokkan menjadi HF-REF (Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction) dan HF- PEF (Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction). …”
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Effects of age and circadian rhythm on vital parameters and erythrocyte osmotic fragility of donkeys during seasonal changes. by Moses Ayo-Opemipo Olorunfemi, Abdulhakeem Binhambali, Victor Olusegun Sinkalu, Mohammed Babashani, Felix Uchenna Samuel, Joseph Olusegun Ayo

“…Also, rectal temperatures were higher in young donkeys during the hot-dry season compared to adults, while heart rates showed significant elevation across all age groups during the rainy season. …”
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Sex Differences in the Effect of Type 2 Diabetes on Major Cardiovascular Diseases: Results from a Population-Based Study in Italy by Paola Ballotari, Francesco Venturelli, Marina Greci, Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Valeria Manicardi

“…The aim of the study is to assess sex difference in association between type 2 diabetes and incidence of major cardiovascular events, that is, myocardial infarction, stroke, and heart failure, using information retrieved by diabetes register. …”
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