Diagnosis of Coxiella burnetii endocarditis by using nanopore targeted sequencing: a case report by Xinsheng Yan, Qimei Wei, Tingting Liu, Dong Wang, Zhenlu Zhang

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Contemporary Management of Patent Foramen Ovale: A Multinational Survey on Cardiologists’ Perspective by Maciej Dębski, Amr Abdelrahman, Halia Alshehri, Marloe Prince, Andrew Wiper, Shajil Chalil, Dariusz Dudek, Christopher J. White, David Hildick-Smith, David H. Roberts

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Effect of rifampicin on the lipid profile of albino rats by DE Peters, RN Ichipi-Ifukor

“…The study was designed to investigate the effect of rifampicin on the lipid profile and histopathology of the heart of albino rats. Albino rats (42) were used and rifampicin was administered at 1.10mg/120g body weight (BW) and 0.55mg/120g BW for intervals of 20, 40 and 60days. …”
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Pericardial Involvement in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia by Abir Derbel, Mouna Snoussi, Raida Ben Salah, Faten Frikha, Leila Abid, Imed Frikha, Sameh Marzouk, Zouhir Bahloul

“…Heart ultrasound revealed an abundant pericardial effusion. …”
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The Protective Effect of Beraprost Sodium on Diabetic Cardiomyopathy through the Inhibition of the p38 MAPK Signaling Pathway in High-Fat-Induced SD Rats by Jie Li, Li Peng, Hong Du, Yangtian Wang, Bin Lu, Yixin Xu, Xiaozhen Ye, Jiaqing Shao

“…Compared with control, the ratio of heart-weight to body-weight and the serum levels of SOD and GSH in the BPS group significantly increased, the expression of p38 MAPK, the serum levels of MDA, TGF-β1, TNF-α, HIF-1α, MMP-9, caspase-3, BNP, ANP, and heart Bax expression significantly decreased, and heart Bcl-2 expression significantly increased. …”
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Deployment of next-generation sequencing approach for variant detection in myocardial infarction: A concise investigation by Desaraju Suresh Bhargav, Nadeem Siddiqui, Bhadra Murthy V, Vijaya Tartte, Vanaja V

“…Background: A fatal health issue termed Myocardial Infarction (MI) is characterized by an acute loss of oxygen and blood supply to the heart muscles, ultimately leading to necrosis. This can turn life threatening if left untreated and undiagnosed at early stages. …”
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Enhanced Fetal Arrhythmia Classification by Non-Invasive ECG Using Cross Domain Feature and Spatial Differences Windows Information by Gede Angga Pradipta, Putu Desiana Wulaning Ayu, Made Liandana, Dandy Pramana Hostiadi

“…Fetal arrhythmia refers to an abnormal heart rhythm in a fetus, characterized by irregular, too fast (tachycardia), or too slow (bradycardia) heartbeats. …”
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Layer-Specific Strain Analysis in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy by Despina-Manuela Toader, Alina Paraschiv, Georgică Târtea, Gabriela Tiucu, Mihai Chițu, Raluca Stănișor, Oana Mirea

“…Receiver operator curve analysis provided CSPMend of −10.8% as a cut-off value with a sensitivity of 80% and specificity of 61.05% in identifying the dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure patients with a risk of death at two-year follow-up. …”
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Value of multi-parameter 123I-MIBG scintigraphy in the differential diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease by Teng Xue, Ying Cui, Ying Kan, Guanyun Wang, Jigang Yang

“…MIBG uptake and washout rates (WR) for the heart, salivary glands, and thyroid were assessed, with semi-quantitative methods used to calculate heart-to-mediastinum (H/M) and gland-to-background (P/B, S/B, T/B) ratios. …”
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GWAS of CRP response to statins further supports the role of APOE in statin response: A GIST consortium study by Emma F. Magavern, Harshal Deshmukh, Geraldine Asselin, Elizabeth Theusch, Stella Trompet, Xiaohui Li, Raymond Noordam, Y.-D. Ida Chen, Teresa E. Seeman, Kent D. Taylor, Wendy S. Post, Jean-Claude Tardif, Dirk S. Paul, Emelia J. Benjamin, Nancy L. Heard-Costa, Ramachandran S. Vasan, Jerome I. Rotter, Ronald M. Krauss, J.Wouter Jukema, Paul M. Ridker, Patricia B. Munroe, Mark J. Caulfield, Daniel I. Chasman, Marie-Pierre Dubé, Graham A. Hitman, Helen R. Warren

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Innovative approaches to boost mesenchymal stem cells efficacy in myocardial infarction therapy by Chuanfeng An, Yuan Zhao, Lipeng Guo, Zhijian Zhang, Chunxiao Yan, Shiying Zhang, Yujie Zhang, Fei Shao, Yuanyuan Qi, Xun wang, Huanan Wang, Lijun Zhang

“…Stem cell-based therapy has emerged as a promising approach for heart repair, potentially regenerating damaged heart tissue and improving outcomes for patients with heart disease. …”
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Are dizziness/lightheadedness helpful symptoms for telephone triage of females and males calling the out-of-hours service for acute chest discomfort? A cross-sectional study by Frans H Rutten, Hester M den Ruijter, Sander van Doorn, Dorien L Zwart, Loes T C M Wouters, Anna S M Dobbe, Laurens van der Hem, D Carmen Erkelens

“…Calls were selected based on International Classification of Primary Care codes and keywords, that is, chest pain, heart complaints, heart, myocardial infarction, heart attack, heart infarction or common abbreviations of these keywords. …”
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Plumber, scientist, entrepreneur, teacher: can one really do all? by Trisha L. Roy, MD, PhD

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CD40-TRAF6 inhibition suppresses cardiovascular inflammation, oxidative stress and functional complications in a mouse model of arterial hypertension by Lea Strohm, Henning Ubbens, Dominika Mihalikova, Alexander Czarnowski, Paul Stamm, Michael Molitor, Stefanie Finger, Matthias Oelze, Dorothee Atzler, Philip Wenzel, Philipp Lurz, Thomas Münzel, Christian Weber, Esther Lutgens, Andreas Daiber, Steffen Daub

“…Reactive oxygen species production was decreased by TRAF6 inhibition in blood, aorta, heart, kidney, and perivascular fat tissue. Additionally, FACS analysis revealed that TRAF6 inhibition prevents immune cell migration into the aortic vessel wall observed by reduced CD45+ leukocyte, Ly6G+/Ly6C+ neutrophil, and Ly6Chigh inflammatory monocyte content. …”
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Hypertensive Response to Exercise as an Early Marker of Disease Development by Wojciech Kosowski, Krzysztof Aleksandrowicz

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Bilateral Medial Medullary Stroke: A Challenge in Early Diagnosis by Amir M. Torabi

“…MR of C-spine showed lesion at medial medulla; therefore a second MRI of brain was requested, showed characteristic “heart appearance” shape at diffusion weighted (DWI), and confirmed bilateral medial medullary stroke. …”
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RhoA Regulation of Cardiomyocyte Differentiation by Mari Kaarbø, Denis I. Crane, Wayne G. Murrell

“…Earlier findings from our laboratory implicated RhoA in heart developmental processes. To investigate factors that potentially regulate RhoA expression, RhoA gene organisation and promoter activity were analysed. …”
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Angiotensin-(1-7)-Mediated Signaling in Cardiomyocytes by Enéas R. M. Gomes, Robson A. S. Santos, Silvia Guatimosim

“…The Renin-Angiotensin System (RAS) acts at multiple targets and has its synthesis machinery present in different tissues, including the heart. Actually, it is well known that besides Ang II, the RAS has other active peptides. …”
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Electrical Injury-Induced Complete Atrioventricular Block: Is Permanent Pacemaker Required? by Osman Beton, Tolga Han Efe, Hakki Kaya, Murat Bilgin, Lale Dinc Asarcikli, Mehmet Birhan Yilmaz

“…Electrical injury can lead to various cardiovascular disorders: acute myocardial necrosis, myocardial ischemia, heart failure, arrhythmias, hemorrhagic pericarditis, acute hypertension with peripheral vasospasm, and anomalous, nonspecific ECG alterations. …”
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