Comparative analysis of C-Reactive protein levels among Non-comorbid, Comorbid, and Multimorbid Hospitalized COVID-19 patients by Maria Shoukat, Haseeb Khan, Moona Nazish, Abdur Rehman, Sheharyar Raashid, Saad Ahmed, Wajid Munir, Abdulwahed Fahad Alrefaei, Massab Umair, Muhammad Osama Bin Abid, Nasim Akhtar, Wajid Zaman, Malik Badshah

“…The objective of this study was to evaluate the association of major comorbidities such as ischemic heart diseases, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, hypertension, and lung infections e.g. tuberculosis with serum CRP levels in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. …”
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C-Reactive Protein and Arteriosclerosis by Jan Torzewski, Jianglin Fan, Heribert Schunkert, Alexander Szalai, Michael Torzewski

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Imaging of Cardiac Valves by Computed Tomography by Gudrun Feuchtner

“…Then, diagnostic imaging of the entire spectrum of specific valvular disease by CT, including prosthetic heart valves, is highlighted. The last part gives a guide “how to” use CT for planning of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), an emerging effective treatment option for patients with severe aortic stenosis. …”
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Cardiac and Systemic Thrombus Caused by Drug Abuse by John Eliveha, Shravani Vindhyal, Mohinder Vindhyal

“…Methamphetamine have been well established to cause elevated body temperature, irregular heartbeat, seizures, and heart disease. We present a case of ventricular thrombus with systemic emboli in a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy after methamphetamine use.…”
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Un paysage hydraulique en mutation by Van Hoan Nguyen

“…In a context of rapid urban growth, Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, is an example of urban modernisation. At the heart of this hydraulic city nestled in the meander of the Red River and dotted with a hundred lakes, the urban landscape of Hanoi is changing rapidly under the impact of a major transformation of the lake areas. …”
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Clinical Practice Guidelines for Cardiogenic Shock. by Arelys Falcón Hernández, Victor René Navarro Machado

“…It has been defined as the persistence of tissue hypoperfusion, usually associated to blood hypotension as the result of heart pumping failure. This document includes a review of the main aspects as concepts, aetiology, diagnosis and treatment. …”
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Guillain-Barré Syndrome due to CMV Reactivation after Cardiac Transplantation by Christina Maria Steger, Herwig Antretter, Daniel Höfer

“…A 40-year-old male patient suffered from end-stage heart failure due to ischemic cardiomyopathy and received orthotopiccardiac transplantation in June 2005. …”
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La parenté sauvage dans « Ktaadn » de Thoreau by Agnès Derail

“…This study explores the paradoxes of the American legacy as it is envisaged in « Ktaadn », the first of the Maine Woods narratives, in which Thoreau, back in Walden, relates one of his excursions into the heart of the primitive Maine forest. Voyaging with loggers up the Penobscot river into the « unsettled » wilderness, Thoreau makes the American experience par excellence of a salvaging corporeal fusion with a world forever new, which he contemplates as his fascinating legacy. …”
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L’invisibilité du « syndrome d’hypersensibilité chimique multiple » : les conséquences de l’absence d’un espace de conflit by Aymeric Luneau

“…The “Multiple Chemical Sensitivity syndrome” has been at the heart of long conflict, since it was described at the end of the seventies. …”
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Living Well to Keep Your Pressure Down by Linda B. Bobroff

“…High blood pressure, or hypertension, can cause serious health problems. It makes your heart work harder and can damage your blood vessels even if you feel okay. …”
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Démilitarisation et reconversion de l’héritage militaire by Anne Mathis, Denis Mathis

“…Military redeployment within the country has freed up many military infrastructures at the heart of the urban and peri-urban landscapes of garrison towns. …”
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La Documentation photographique by Magali Hamm, Nathalie Petitjean

“…The Documentation photographique, magazine dedicated to teachers and students in History - Geography, places the image at the heart of its editorial line. In order to follow the evolutions of Geography, the collection presents a more and more diversified iconography: maps, photographs, but also drawings or advertisements, all this documents being considered as geographical ones. …”
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Decitabine Induced Delayed Cardiomyopathy in Hematologic Malignancy by Pradyumna Agasthi, Hemalatha Narayanasamy, Dan Sorajja, James Slack, Farouk Mookadam

“…The patient presented with new heart failure symptoms and an ejection fraction decline.…”
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Editorial: Short and long-term treatment options in patients with acute coronary syndrome by Antonio Landi, Antonio Landi, Albert Varga, Verena Veulemans, Andrea Milzi, Andrea Milzi

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Clinical Practice Guidelines for Hypertensive Emergency Treatment by Carlos Garcia Gomez, Raúl Nieto Cabrera

“…It has been defined as the abrupt increase of systolic and diastolic blood pressure (usually ≥ 220/140 mmHg) associated with organic damage mainly of the central nervous system, heart or kidneys. This document includes concepts, different presentations, diagnosis and treatment, stressing the function of the most frequent hypotensive medications. …”
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Hierarchy of truths revisited by E. J. Echeverria

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Kensington ou Tintin au pays des Runologues by Christophe Bord

“…The following pages present a survey of the century-old, fairly heated debate over the most famous runic forgery of all time known as the Kensington inscription, from the name of the place where it was found at the very end of the nineteenth century by a Swedish farmer in the “Scandinavian” state of Minnesota.Although crushing new evidence speaking against the authenticity of the monument surfaced a few years ago, a group of unwavering believers are still championing the cause of what they see as irrefutable proof of Scandinavian presence in the heart of the New World a century ahead of Columbus. …”
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Aortic Root Abscess Presenting as Pyrexia of Unknown Origin and the Importance of Echocardiography by Prashanth Panduranga

“…Aortic root abscess may cause persistent sepsis, worsening heart failure, conduction abnormalities, fistula formation, and an increased need for surgery. …”
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High Blood Pressure: What You Need to Know by Linda B. Bobroff

“…If you have high blood pressure, you have a higher chance of developing heart or kidney disease or having a stroke. This 4-page fact sheet discusses medical problems associated with untreated high blood pressure, risk factors, risk reduction, causes, and prevention. …”
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La « nostalgie » dans les remontages de Harun Farocki by Amélie Bussy

“…That cinema is able to edit them in a way we feel « concerned » with what they filmed is certainly at the heart of Harun Farocki's work around the images of the victims from the nazis camps. …”
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