Immune Dysregulation after Cardiothoracic Surgery and Incidental Thymectomy: Maintenance of Regulatory T Cells despite Impaired Thymopoiesis by Nancy J. Halnon, Paige Cooper, Diana Yu Hui Chen, M. Ines Boechat, Christel H. Uittenbogaart

“…Questionnaires soliciting symptoms of atopic or autoimmune disease and biomarkers were measured in children and adults with congenital heart disease and either reduced or preserved thymopoiesis. …”
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Cardioprotective Effect of Nec-1 in Rats Subjected to MI/R: Downregulation of Autophagy-Like Cell Death by Liang Wang, Xuebai Lv, Jue Tian, Xiaoliang Wang, Ye Wu, Hui Rong Liu

“…These results suggest that antinecroptosis treatment may improve the clinical outcomes of patients with ischemic heart disease.…”
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Diagnosis of mycoplasmosis in chicks by pathological and real time-pcr methods by Mehmet Tuzcu, Murat Özmen, S. Reyhan Karakoç, Nevin Tuzcu, Atila Yoldaş

“…Trachea, air sac, lung, liver, kidney, and heart samples were also collected from the same chicks after necropsy in order to perform pathological, microbiological and Real Time-PCR analyses.…”
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A Rare Case of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder Presenting as a Metastatic Right Ventricular Mass by Joanna M. Bonsall, Rhome Hughes, Mario Mosunjac, David Harrison, Habib Samady

“…Upon autopsy, the bladder was found to contain polyps of invasive squamous cell carcinoma, similar in morphology to the tumor mass in the heart. Her lungs contained multiple tumor emboli at different stages, which was likely the final cause of her death. …”
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Placental Chorangiosis: Increased Risk for Cesarean Section by Shariska S. Petersen, Raminder Khangura, Dmitry Davydov, Ziying Zhang, Roopina Sangha

“…We describe a patient with Class C diabetes who presented for nonstress testing at 36 weeks and 4 days of gestation with nonreassuring fetal heart tones (NRFHT) and oligohydramnios. Upon delivery, thrombosis of the umbilical cord was grossly noted. …”
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Risk Factors for Neonatal Sepsis in Pregnant Women with Premature Rupture of the Membrane by Dwiana Ocviyanti, William Timotius Wahono

“…Samples with existing comorbidities such as diabetes mellitus or other serious systemic illnesses such as heart disease or autoimmune condition were excluded from the analysis. …”
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Delayed Amplatzer Occluder Device Closure of Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect: A Case Report by Francis Ting, Aditya Bhat, Neville Sammel, David Muller

“…We present a case of an 87-year-old female who, following postmyocardial infarction VSD, developed clinically significant heart failure. The patient was reluctant to undergo open repair given her age and comorbidities and she underwent successful percutaneous repair of her VSD using a 16 mm Amplatzer occluder device 18 months after her initial presentation.…”
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The Perceived Social Stigma of People with Epilepsy with regard to the Question of Employability by Jéssica Lopes de Souza, Aline Scardoeli Faiola, Carmen Silvia Molleis Galego Miziara, Maria Luiza Giraldes de Manreza

“…A structured questionnaire was given to two groups of people with chronic diseases: those with epilepsy (study group) and those with heart disease (control group). The questions concerned employability. …”
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Influence of Angiotensin II Subtype 2 Receptor (AT2R) Antagonist, PD123319, on Cardiovascular Remodelling of Aged Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats during Chronic Angiotensin II Subt... by Emma S. Jones, M. Jane Black, Robert E. Widdop

“…The severe degree of cardiac perivascular fibrosis in senescent animals was regressed by AT1R blockade and this effect was reversed by simultaneous AT2R inhibition, demonstrating an antifibrotic role of AT2R stimulation in the aging hypertensive heart.…”
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L’Observatoire photographique national du paysage : transformations d’un modèle et hypothèses renouvelées de paysage by Frédérique Mocquet

“…“Paysages usagés, Observatoire photographique du paysage depuis le GR2013” (“Used Landscapes, A Photographic Observatory of the Landscape from the GR2013 Trail”), which was born of the initiative of a critical reinterpretation of the method by photographers Bertrand Stofleth and Geoffroy Mathieu, proposes a re-evaluation of the perspectives of photographic observation focusing on the aesthetic experience of the landscape as a plural mediation placing an artistic project at the heart of territorial planning.…”
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Left Main Coronary Artery Compression following Melody Pulmonary Valve Implantation: Use of Impella Support as Rescue Therapy and Perioperative Challenges with ECMO by Erica D. Wittwer, Juan N. Pulido, Shane M. Gillespie, Frank Cetta, Joseph A. Dearani

“…The purpose of this case is to describe the complex perioperative management of a 30-year-old woman with congenital heart disease and multiple resternotomies presenting with pulmonary homograft dysfunction and evaluation for percutaneous pulmonary valve replacement. …”
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A New Preprocessing Method for Diabetes and Biomedical Data Classification by Sarbast CHALO, İbrahim Berkan AYDİLEK

“…It is possible for it to be the root cause of a wide variety of diseases, the most notable of which include blindness, renal illness, kidney disease, and heart disease. Therefore, it is of the utmost importance that a system is devised that, based on medical information, is capable of reliably detecting patients who have diabetes. …”
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Comparison of Machine Learning Methods for the Arterial Hypertension Diagnostics by Vladimir S. Kublanov, Anton Yu. Dolganov, David Belo, Hugo Gamboa

“…The study evaluates the diagnostics possibilities of the arterial hypertension by means of the short-term heart rate variability signals. Two groups were studied: 30 relatively healthy volunteers and 40 patients suffering from the arterial hypertension of II-III degree. …”
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Unveiling the Complexity of Medical Imaging through Deep Learning Approaches by Javaid Iqbal Bhat, Novsheena Rasool

“…Encompassing a range of diseases, including Alzheimer’s, breast cancer, brain tumors, glaucoma, heart murmurs, retinal microaneurysms, colorectal liver metastases, and more, the analysis emphasizes contributions succinctly summarized in a tabular form.The table provides an overview of various deep learning approaches applied to different diseases, incorporating methodologies, datasets, and outcomes for each condition.Notably, performance metrics such as accuracy, specificity, sensitivity, and other crucial measures underscore the achieved results. …”
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Intravascular Large B-Cell Lymphoma Mimicking Temporal Arteritis by Ifeyinwa Emmanuela Obiorah, Metin Ozdemirli

“…On autopsy, there was disseminated intravascular lymphoma involving predominantly vessels within the heart, kidneys, liver, stomach, lungs, adrenal glands, small intestine, bladder, thyroid, and brain. …”
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Sensory Behaviours and Resting Parasympathetic Functions among Children with and without ADHD by Ivan Neil Gomez, Lissa Martha Domondon, Hector WH Tsang, Chetwyn CH Chan, Cynthia YY Lai

“…Baseline parasympathetic functions were indexed using the normalized unit of heart rate variability high-frequency bands (HF n.u.). …”
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Spiritual well-being and burnout syndrome in healthcare: A systematic review by Francesco CHIRICO, Kavita BATRA, Ravi BATRA, Gülçin Güler ÖZTEKİN, Giuseppe FERRARI, Pietro CRESCENZO, Gabriella NUCERA, Lukasz SZARPAK, Manoj SHARMA, Nicola MAGNAVITA, Murat YILDIRIM

“…Abstracts, and full-texts of all articles were screened to determine eligibility. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) quality assessment tool was utilized for the risk of bias (RoB) assessment. …”
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Phonological Processes in Ekegusii Borrowing: A Constraint-based Approach by Edinah Mose

“… Phonological processes are at the heart of linguistic borrowing as it has varied phonological systems. …”
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In Vivo and Ex Vivo Evaluation of 1,3-Thiazolidine-2,4-Dione Derivatives as Euglycemic Agents by Diana Alemán-González-Duhart, Samuel Álvarez-Almazán, Miguel Valdes, Feliciano Tamay-Cach, Jessica Elena Mendieta-Wejebe

“…Unfortunately, they produce adverse effects, including weight gain, hepatic toxicity, and heart failure. Our group previously reported the design, synthesis, in silico evaluation, and acute oral toxicity test of two TZD derivatives, compounds 40 (C40) and 81 (C81), characterized as category 5 and 4, respectively, under the Globally Harmonized System. …”
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Explainable AI associates ECG aging effects with increased cardiovascular risk in a longitudinal population study by Philip Hempel, Antônio H. Ribeiro, Marcus Vollmer, Theresa Bender, Marcus Dörr, Dagmar Krefting, Nicolai Spicher

“…Moreover, aging effects were associated with higher odds ratios for atrial fibrillation, heart failure, and mortality. Using explainable AI methods revealed that the model aligns with clinical knowledge by focusing on ECG features known to reflect aging. …”
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