Comparison between 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography and Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Regional Lymph Nodal Staging in Patients with Melanoma: A Review of the Li... by Paoletta Mirk, Giorgio Treglia, Marco Salsano, Pietro Basile, Alessandro Giordano, Lorenzo Bonomo

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Diagnosis of Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Patient Reaction and Adaptation—Case Study and Review of the Literature by Solomis Solomou, Maria Stavrou, Justin Marley

“…Objective. Heart failure remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality. …”
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The Influence of Autologous Bone Marrow Stem Cell Transplantation on Matrix Metalloproteinases in Patients Treated for Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction by Eline Bredal Furenes, Trine Baur Opstad, Svein Solheim, Ketil Lunde, Harald Arnesen, Ingebjørg Seljeflot

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The Optimal Intervention Time of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Ameliorating Cardiac Fibrosis Induced by Viral Myocarditis: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Mice by Tingting Wu, Yuan Xie, Jing Huang, Ping Li, Xuliang Wang, Yaoyao Yan, Tianhe Xia, Lei Li, Feng Zhu, Hao Li, Rongzhou Wu

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Sistem Monitoring Frekuensi Denyut Nadi pada Pelari Menggunakan Metode Photoplethysmographic by Asih Setiarini, Mahatma Widya Laksana, Basuki Winarno

“…However, running is dangerous in people suffering from heart disease. Hence, the medical device to detect heart failure for runners is required. …”
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Superdominant Right Coronary Artery with Absence of Left Circumflex and Anomalous Origin of the Left Anterior Descending Coronary from the Right Sinus: An Unheard Coronary Anomaly... by Marcos Danillo Peixoto Oliveira, Fernando Roberto de Fazzio, José Mariani Junior, Carlos M. Campos, Luiz Junya Kajita, Expedito E. Ribeiro, Pedro Alves Lemos

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No significant relationship found between spontaneous motor tempo, heartbeat, and individual alpha frequency: an analysis of internal tempos by Tamaka Harada, Giovanna Mioni, Nicola Cellini, Yuko Yotsumoto

“…Our results showed no significant correlations among SMT, heart rate, and IAF. Regression analysis further confirmed that SMT is not influenced by heart rate or IAF. …”
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Current Indications for Surgical Repair in Patients with Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Ascending Aortic Ectasia by Christian D. Etz, Martin Misfeld, Michael A. Borger, Maximilian Luehr, Elfriede Strotdrees, Friedrich-Wilhelm Mohr

“…Current guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the joint guidelines of the American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) recommend elective repair in symptomatic patients with dysfunctional BAV (aortic diameter ≥45 mm). …”
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Gut Dysbiosis and Muscle Aging: Searching for Novel Targets against Sarcopenia by Anna Picca, Francesca Fanelli, Riccardo Calvani, Giuseppina Mulè, Vito Pesce, Alex Sisto, Cecilia Pantanelli, Roberto Bernabei, Francesco Landi, Emanuele Marzetti

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Critical functions for STAT5 tetramers in the maturation and survival of natural killer cells by Jian-Xin Lin, Ning Du, Peng Li, Majid Kazemian, Tesfay Gebregiorgis, Rosanne Spolski, Warren J. Leonard

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Left Main Compression by a Giant Aneurysm of the Left Sinus of Valsalva: An Extremely Rare Reason for Myocardial Infarction and Cardiogenic Shock by Bruno L. R. Faillace, Micheli Z. Galon, Marcos Danillo P. Oliveira, Guy F. A. Prado, Adriano A. M. Truffa, Expedito E. Ribeiro, Pedro A. Lemos

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Extracorporeal Cardiac Shock Wave Therapy Ameliorates Clinical Symptoms and Improves Regional Myocardial Blood Flow in a Patient with Severe Coronary Artery Disease and Refractory... by Christian Prinz, Oliver Lindner, Thomas Bitter, Detlef Hering, Wolfgang Burchert, Dieter Horstkotte, Lothar Faber

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Coronary plaque characteristics quantified by artificial intelligence-enabled plaque analysis: Insights from a multi-ethnic asymptomatic US population by Guadalupe Flores Tomasino, Caroline Park, Kajetan Grodecki, Jolien Geers, Donghee Han, Andrew Lin, Keiichiro Kuronuma, Nipun Manral, Emily Xing, Heidi Gransar, Sebastien Cadet, Alan Rozanski, Piotr J. Slomka, Michelle Williams, Daniel S. Berman, Damini Dey

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Explainable machine learning model for predicting decline in platelet count after interventional closure in children with patent ductus arteriosus by Song-Yue Zhang, Yi-Dong Zhang, Hao Li, Qiao-Yu Wang, Qiao-Fang Ye, Xun-Min Wang, Tian-He Xia, Yue-E He, Xing Rong, Ting-Ting Wu, Rong-Zhou Wu

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Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Women with Normal OGTT in Pregnancy by Linda Tartaglione, Enrico di Stasio, Angelo Sirico, Mauro Di Leo, Salvatore Caputo, Alessandro Rizzi, Agnese Caneschi, Sara De Carolis, Dario Pitocco, Antonio Lanzone

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Wedged Sensor in Distress? Lessons Learned from Troubleshooting Dampened Transmitted PA Waveforms of CardioMEMS Device by Robby Singh, Santo Scarfone, Marcel Zughaib

“…Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality with heart failure constituting a large portion of this spectrum. …”
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Stem Cells for Cardiac Repair: Status, Mechanisms, and New Strategies by Ren Mingliang, Zhang Bo, Wang Zhengguo

“…Faced with the end stage of heart disease, the current treatments only slow worsening of heart failure. …”
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Midterm Clinical Impacts of Biodegradable Polymer Everolimus-Eluting Stents Compared with Durable Polymer Everolimus-Eluting Stents: A 3-Year Propensity-Matched Study by Hiroaki Matsuda, Ai Kagase, Takahiro Tokuda, Yusuke Ochiumi, Akira Murata, Yoriyasu Suzuki, Tatsuya Ito

“…Between January 2016 and December 2017, 395 consecutive patients were treated with BP-EES and 391 consecutive patients were treated with DP-EES in Nagoya Heart Center. The primary endpoint was a 3-year cumulative incidence of target lesion failure (TLF) defined as cardiac death, target vessel myocardial infarction (MI), and clinical indicated target lesion revascularization (TLR). …”
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Cytisine compared to combination nicotine replacement therapy to reduce cigarette consumption in relapsed smokers: protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial by Hassan Mir, Javad Heshmati, Kerri-Anne Mullen, Ashley Baldwin, Evyanne Quirouette, Andrew Pipe, Robert Reid

“…Methods This trial will recruit relapsed smokers from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. Participants will be randomized 1:1 to receive cytisine or combination NRT, alongside counseling and follow-up support. …”
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Orbital Desmoid-Type Fibromatosis: A Case Report and Literature Review by Alessandro Moro, Paolo De Angelis, Giulio Gasparini, Sandro Pelo, Gianluigi Petrone, Emanuela Lucci Cordisco, Umberto Garagiola, Giuseppe D’Amato, Gianmarco Saponaro

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