Duodenal Tube Feeding: An Alternative Approach for Effectively Promoting Weight Gain in Children with Gastroesophageal Reflux and Congenital Heart Disease by Seiko Kuwata, Yoichi Iwamoto, Hirotaka Ishido, Mio Taketadu, Masanori Tamura, Hideaki Senzaki

“…We tested whether duodenal tube feeding effectively improves the clinical symptoms and body weight gain in children with congenital heart disease (CHD) and gastroesophageal reflux (GER). …”
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Conservative Management of Cesarean Scar Ectopic Pregnancy with Fetal Heart Activity and a Very High β-hCG by Rodney McLaren, Sandra McCalla, Mohamad Irani

“…We propose that patients with CSP with very high β-hCG and fetal heart activity can be offered conservative or fertility preserving management.…”
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Protocol for differentiating cardiomyocytes and generating engineered heart tissues from human feeder-free extended pluripotent stem cells by Zhongjun Wan, Shanshan Wen, Ran Zheng, Li Li, Wei Jiang, Donghui Zhang

“…Here, we present a protocol for generating feeder-free EPSCs (ffEPSCs), cardiomyocytes, and engineered heart tissues (EHTs). We describe steps for converting human embryonic stem cells or induced pluripotent stem cells (ESCs/iPSCs) into ffEPSCs, followed by their long-term maintenance, cryopreservation, seed preservation, and differentiation into cardiomyocytes. …”
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Circulating Soluble ST2 Predicts All-Cause Mortality in Severe Heart Failure Patients with an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator by Zhi-wei Hou, Hai-bo Yu, Yan-chun Liang, Yang Gao, Guo-qing Xu, Min Wu, Zhu Mei, Zu-lu Wang, Zhi-guo Li, Yu-ying Li, Hai-xu Song, Jia-yin Li, Ya-ling Han

“…Background. Heart failure (HF) is the terminal stage of all cardiovascular events. …”
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Impact of Different Serum Potassium Levels on Postresuscitation Heart Function and Hemodynamics in Patients with Nontraumatic Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest by Yan-Ren Lin, Yuan-Jhen Syue, Tsung-Han Lee, Chu-Chung Chou, Chin-Fu Chang, Chao-Jui Li

“…The impact of different potassium levels on early postresuscitation heart function has remained unclear. We aim to analyze the relationship between different levels of serum potassium and postresuscitation heart function during the early postresuscitation period (the first hour after achieving sustained ROSC). …”
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Heterotaxy syndrome, dextrocardia, ureteropelvic obstruction, endometriosis, and pulmonary hypertension in an adult with congenital heart defects: a case report by Ahmad Al-Bitar, Mhd Ammar Zalzaleh, Hussien Al Helbawi, Mohammad Hossein Morteza

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Gender differences in efficiency of the telemedicine care of heart failure patients. The results from the TeleEduCare-HF study by Agata Bielecka-Dąbrowa, Dariusz Trzmielak, Agata Sakowicz, Kamil Janikowski, Maciej Banach

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Type III procollagen peptide level can indicate liver dysfunction associated with volume overload in acute heart failure by Akihiro Shirakabe, Hirotake Okazaki, Masato Matsushita, Yusaku Shibata, Shota Shigihara, Suguru Nishigoori, Tomofumi Sawatani, Nozomi Sasamoto, Kazutaka Kiuchi, Masanori Atsukawa, Norio Itokawa, Taeang Arai, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Kuniya Asai

Subjects: “…Acute decompensated heart failure…”
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Effect of Rifaximin and a Multi-Strain Probiotic on the Intestinal Microbiome and Cardiovascular Risk Indicators in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease by E. A. Kashukh, E. A. Poluektova, A. V. Kudryavtseva, G. S. Krasnov, V. I. Kazey, P. D. Sobolev, P. V. Gremyakova, V. T. Ivashkin

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Congenital Heart Disease Fetuses Have Decreased Mid-Gestational Placental Flow, Placental Malperfusion Defects, and Impaired Growth by Rebecca Josowitz, MD, PhD, Deborah Y. Ho, MD, MPH, Somya Shankar, BS, Antara Mondal, MS, Alexis Zavez, PhD, Rebecca L. Linn, MD, Zhiyun Tian, MD, J. William Gaynor, MD, Jack Rychik, MD

Subjects: “…congenital heart disease…”
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Regaining Candidacy for Heart Transplantation after Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy in Left Ventricular Assist Device Patient by Tariq A. Khemees, Ahmad Shabsigh

“…Several factors may highlight the relevance of prostate cancer to the pre-heart-transplant population. First, the expansion in candidate selection criteria led to increased number of men over the age of fifty to be considered for heart transplantation. …”
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Complex congenital heart and lung defects as a cause of hydrops fetalis in French bulldogs –micro-CT with contrast study by Olga Szaluś-Jordanow, Karolina Barszcz, Wojciech Mądry, Michał Buczyński, Michał Czopowicz, Adam Gierulski, Agata Moroz-Fik, Zofia Nowek, Marcin Mickiewicz, Michał Grzegorczyk, Jakub Jaroszewicz, Sylwia Tarka, Tomasz Stępień, Wojciech Święszkowski

“…Abstract Limited data are available on the causes of hydrops fetalis in dogs. Congenital heart defects may be an important contributing factor. …”
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Acceptability and Implementation Challenges of Benzathine Penicillin G Secondary Prophylaxis for Rheumatic Heart Disease in Ethiopia: A Qualitative Study by Eshetie Melese Birru, Kevin T. Batty, Laurens Manning, Stephanie L. Enkel, Brioni R. Moore

Subjects: “…rheumatic heart disease…”
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Coronary Artery Fistulae Discovered during Presentation of a Patient Having Heart Failure due to Severe Aortic Stenosis by Abdulrahman Khalifa Alammar

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Geriatric nutritional risk index is associated with the occurrence of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients with acute heart failure by Sen Zhang, Nan Chen, Zhuo Huang, Ningyuan Yan, Liansheng Ma, Xiaoqin Gao

Subjects: “…Acute heart failure…”
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Progression of Heart Failure in People with Type 2 Diabetes in Germany: An Analysis Using German Health Insurance Claims Data by Keni Cheng-Siang Lee, Tobias Wagner, Adee Kennedy, Michael Wilke

“…**Background:** Individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D) show high risk of heart failure (HF). Left ventricular ejection fraction is a major factor for disease progression. …”
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Clinical case of the treatment of acute heart failure with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in patients with acute idiopathic giant cell myocarditis by B.M. Todurov, G.I. Kovtun, A.N. Postupalsky, A.N. Druzhyna, O.A. Loskutov, I.N. Kuzmich, А.О. Shpachuk

“…The article describes clinical case demonstrating the feasibility of using extracorporeal circulatory support in patients with severe heart failure caused by idiopathic giant cell myocarditis. …”
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Cognitive reserve is associated with education, social determinants, and cognitive outcomes among older American Indians in the Strong Heart Study by Astrid M. Suchy-Dicey, W. T. Longstreth, Dedra S. Buchwald, Kristoffer Rhoads, Thomas J. Grabowski

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The Pattern of mRNA Expression Is Changed in Sinoatrial Node from Goto-Kakizaki Type 2 Diabetic Rat Heart by F. C. Howarth, M. A. Qureshi, P. Jayaprakash, K. Parekh, M. Oz, H. Dobrzynski, T. E. Adrian

“…Results. Isolated spontaneous heart rate was reduced in GK heart (161 ± 12 bpm) compared to controls (229 ± 11 bpm). …”
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Application of 24 h Dynamic Electrocardiography in the Diagnosis of Asymptomatic Myocardial Ischemia with Arrhythmia in Elderly Patients with Coronary Heart Disease by Zongwei Chen, Hong Tan, Xuemei Liu, Minghua Tang

“…To investigate the application effect of 24 h dynamic electrocardiogram in the diagnosis of asymptomatic myocardial ischemia with arrhythmia in elderly patients with coronary heart disease. Methods. A total of 206 elderly patients suspected of coronary heart disease (CHD) with asymptomatic myocardial ischemia and arrhythmia were selected as the research subjects. 24 h dynamic electrocardiogram and conventional electrocardiogram examinations were conducted. …”
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