The Incidental Finding of a Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava: Implications for Primary Care Providers—Case and Review by Loren Garrison Morgan, Jonathan Gardner, Joe Calkins

“…Patients with congenital anomalous venous return are at increased risk of developing various cardiac arrhythmias, due to derangement of embryologic conductive tissue during the early development of the heart. Previously this discovery was commonly made during the placement of pacemakers or defibrillators for the treatment of the arrhythmias, when the operator encountered difficulty with proper lead deployment. …”
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Hepatic Cholesterol-25-Hydroxylase Overexpression Improves Systemic Insulin Sensitivity in Mice by Britta Noebauer, Alexander Jais, Jelena Todoric, Klaus Gossens, Hedwig Sutterlüty-Fall, Elisa Einwallner

“…Obesity is a major risk factor for several diseases including diabetes, heart disease, and some forms of cancer and due to its rapidly increasing prevalence it has become one of the biggest problems medicine is facing today. …”
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Cardiac Implications of COVID-19 in Deceased and Recovered Patients: A Systematic Review by Rajaram Khanal, Shreeyash Raj Bhattarai, Kriti Basnet, Sangam Shah, Roman Dhital, Sanjit Kumar Sah, Sujan Poudel, Odalys Frontela, George Michel, Sima Marzban, Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales

“…Cardiac complications such as heart failure, myocardial injury, and arrhythmias are common among patients infected with COVID-19. …”
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The Role of Natriuretic Peptides for the Diagnosis of Left Ventricular Dysfunction by Alberto Palazzuoli, Matteo Beltrami, Gaetano Ruocco, Marco Pellegrini, Ranuccio Nuti

“…Natriuretic peptides (NPs) are entered in current guidelines for heart failure (HF) diagnosis and management because of their high specificity and sensibility in screening patients with acute dyspnea. …”
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Familial Case of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disorder Detected by Oligoarray Comparative Genomic Hybridization: Genotype-to-Phenotype Diagnosis by Kimia Najafi, Roxana Kariminejad, Kaveh Hosseini, Azadeh Moshtagh, Gole Maryam Abbassi, Neda Sadatian, Masood Bazrgar, Ariana Kariminejad, Mohamad Hassan Kariminejad

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Electrocardiographic Changes in Elderly Patients During Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography by NG Kounis, GM Zavras, PJ Papadaki, SN Kouni, M Batsolaki, GV Gouvelou-Deligianni, C Markoglou, JA Goudevenos, CN Mallioris, C Kokkinis, K Kalokairinou, N Grapsas, GN Kounis, CM Koutsojannis

“…OBJECTIVES: To determine the incidence of cardiac arrhythmias, changes in oxygen saturation, heart rate and blood pressure during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) via Holter monitoring in elderly patients older than 70 years of age.…”
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Utility of Pulmonary Angiography by 128-Slice Computed Tomographic Scanner in Diagnosis of Tetralogy of Fallot Cases by Abhishek Dwivedi, Ankur Sharma, Rachit Sharma, Prateek Awasthi, Satveer Singh Choudhary

“…Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is a significant cause of cyanotic congenital heart disease (CHD) encountered in childhood with few cases manifesting in adulthood. …”
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Variations in Postprandial Blood Glucose Responses and Satiety after Intake of Three Types of Bread by Marianne S. H. Lunde, Victoria T. Hjellset, Gerd Holmboe-Ottesen, Arne T. Høstmark

“…The magnitude and duration of postprandial blood glucose (PPG) elevations are important risk factors of diabetes and coronary heart diseases. Aim. To study PPG after ingestion of breads with and without pea fibre and rapeseed oil. …”
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Postoperative Complications of Patellar Resurfacing In Total Knee Replacement by Ubair Ullah Shaheen, Sarmad Nasir Janjua, Shaheen Iqbal, Hafiz Muhammad Noman, Qasim Mahmood Ghouri, Muhammad Noman Khalid

“…Exclusion criteria: Patients undergone TKR with comorbid; diabetes, congestive heart disease, hypertension, neuropathological diseases & renal disorders.& unwilling to participate. …”
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NEW LABOUR 'ETHICAL' FOREIGN POLICY by N. A. Stepanova

“…The article discusses problems and contradictions associated with the attempt of the Labour Party under the leadership of Tony Blair to start a 'new era' in international relations by putting the 'ethical dimension' into the heart of their foreign policy. Indeed, having come to power and possessing great credibility among the British society, New Labour undertook a number of actions, which marked the formal break with the practices of the previous governments. …”
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Generating context-specific sports training plans by combining generative adversarial networks. by Juquan Tan, Jingwen Chen

“…This study aims to develop a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN)- based framework to create context-specific training plans by integrating numeric attributes (e.g., age, heart rate) and motion features from video data. …”
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Persistent Tachycardia in a Patient on Clozapine by Samuel Adeyemo, Oluwole Jegede, Peterson Rabel, Saad Ahmed, Terence Tumenta, Oluwatoyin Oladeji, Khanderker Taher

“…A reduction in clozapine dose with the addition of adjunctive antipsychotic(lurasidone) stabilized the patient’s heart rate. This case highlights the need for consistent physical examination and a multidisciplinary-based treatment approach for patients on clozapine. …”
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Inhibition of TNF-α and JNK Signaling Pathway Can Reduce Paclitaxel-Induced Apoptosis of Mouse Cardiomyocytes by Shuang Ren, Tianwen Huang, Danyan Ou, Luhuai Feng, Sisi Huang, Chaonan Zhou, Lianying Ge

“…However, studies have shown that it can cause cardiac problems such as arrhythmia, myocarditis, chronic cardiomyopathy, and heart failure. Therefore, it is essential to study the mechanism behind the cardiotoxicity of PTX in tumor treatment. …”
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Plac8 regulates the fibrogenic ability of cardiac fibroblasts in mice with myocardial infarction by Ting Fu, Jianping Gong, Lei Xu, Ningning Ji

“…Excessive myocardial fibrosis can cause adverse cardiac remodeling, leading to malignant arrhythmia and even heart failure.…”
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Simulation-Based Neonatal Resuscitation Education for Undergraduate Anesthesia Students: A Pre- and Post-Evaluation of Knowledge and Clinical Skills by Debas Yaregal Melesse, Henos Enyew Ashagrie

“…We used a validated checklist to follow the students’ performance (American Heart Association, 2005, and Ogunlesi et al., 2012). …”
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Cardiac and testicular alterations induced by acute exposure to titanium dioxide nanoparticles: Histopathological study by Amin Al‐Doaiss, Bashir Jarrar, Ali Shati, Mohammed Al‐Kahtani, Mohammad Alfaifi

“…The current study was carried out to find out the acute damage that might be induced by TiO2 NPs in the heart and testis. Three groups of Wistar albino rats (Rattus norvegicus) were subjected to a single dose TiO2 NPs (126, 252, 378 mg/kg bw). …”
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SGLT-2 Inhibitors—a Culprit of Diabetic Ketoacidosis Postbariatric Surgery by Qasim Zafar Iqbal, Danil Mishiyev, Muhammad Raphay Niazi, Zeeshan Zia, Saud Bin Abdul Sattar, Abdullah Jahanghir, Shahed Quyyumi

“…They have grown increasingly popular over recent years, as they have been shown to have some protective effects on the heart and kidneys, both organ systems that diabetes mellitus has shown to have deleterious effect on over time. …”
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Idiopathic Infantile Arterial Calcification: A Possible Cause of Refractory Cardiopulmonary Failure in Infancy by A. Nael, P. J. Siaghani, D. Chen, S. G. Romansky, L. Shane

“…We report a 4-week-old neonate who initially presented with respiratory distress, heart failure, and Coxsackie B viremia suggestive of viral induced cardiomyopathy. …”
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الرؤیة والرسالة لجمعیات المکتبات والمعلومات العربیة والأجنبیة: دراسة تحلیلیة مقارنة مع بیان مقترح لعینة من الجمعیات العربیة... by د. نادیة عبد العزیز الصواف Abdel Aziz El Sawaf

“…The economic, technical,social, educational and political variables have influenced the future paths of alldisciplines and institutions in society, libraries, information centers, and the role ofdocuments and archives in the heart of these variables. This is the memory thatpreserves the new knowledge and is the first institution to learn about itsexistence. …”
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High Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease in End-Stage Kidney Disease Patients Ongoing Hemodialysis in Peru: Why Should We Care About It? by Katia Bravo-Jaimes, Alvaro Whittembury, Vilma Santivañez

“…Clinical charts were reviewed and an echocardiogram was performed to determine prevalence of cardiovascular disease, defined as the presence of systolic/diastolic dysfunction, coronary heart disease, ventricular dysrhythmias, cerebrovascular disease, and/or peripheral vascular disease. …”
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