Dexmedetomidine Reduces Incidences of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Adult Patients: A Meta-Analysis by Qiaonan Zhong, Ashish Kumar, Abhishek Deshmukh, Courtney Bennett

“…We identified 6 out of 126 studies that met the selection criteria for our meta-analysis, all of which focused on the perioperative cardiac surgery period. Patients receiving dexmedetomidine demonstrated a significant reduction of the overall incidence of ventricular arrhythmias (RR 0.35, 95% CI 0.16, 0.76). …”
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Timing for Pacing after Acquired Conduction Disease in the Setting of Endocarditis by Daniel Brancheau, George Degheim, Christian Machado

“…Perivalvular abscess is one of the most common cardiac complications of infective endocarditis and is associated with an increased risk of mortality. …”
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Current Treatment Approaches to HCC with a Special Consideration to Transplantation by N. Bhardwaj, M. T. P. R. Perera, M. A. Silva

“…There has also been an increase in the donor pool with marginal donors including organs retrieved following cardiac death being used. Even so, patients still continue to die while waiting for a liver transplant. …”
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The results of alcoholic septal ablation in the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by B.M. Todurov, G.I. Kovtun, A.V. Khokhlov, O.V. Pantazi, A.O. Shpachuk, A.Yu. Melnik, A.O. Maksakov, A.S. Batsiun

“…Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy іs a relatively common condition and one of the most common causes of sudden cardiac death in young age. One of the options for the surgical treatment of this pathology is septal myoectomy, which has been the gold standard for decades. …”
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Mitochondrial Cardiomyopathy Presenting as Dilated Phase of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Diagnosed with Histological and Genetic Analyses by Toshiki Kuno, Syohei Imaeda, Yohei Asakawa, Hiroshi Nakamura, Genzou Takemura, Daisuke Asahara, Akira Kanamori, Tomoyuki Kabutoya, Yohei Numasawa

“…We report a case with 46-year-old man diagnosed with mitochondrial cardiomyopathy in the dilated phase of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Since cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, beta-methyl-p-I123-iodophenyl-pentadecanoic myocardial scintigraphy, and positron emission tomography/computed tomography revealed no remarkable findings, we performed electron microscopic examination, which aided in diagnosing mitochondrial cardiomyopathy. …”
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Combined Nonlinear Analysis of Atrial and Ventricular Series for Automated Screening of Atrial Fibrillation by Juan Ródenas, Manuel García, Raúl Alcaraz, José J. Rieta

“…Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia in clinical practice. It often starts with asymptomatic and short episodes, which are difficult to detect without the assistance of automatic monitoring tools. …”
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Phytochemical Constituents, Antimicrobial activities and Isolation of Eupatorin from the Seed Extract of <i>L. inermis</i> LINN by R.S. Ochu, H. Ibrahim, A.O. Oyewale

“…The extracts of L. inermis revealed the presence of cardiac glycosides, saponins, flavonoids tannins, triterpenes, steroid and alkaloids. …”
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Arterial Stiffness in Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Anthracycline and Trastuzumab-Based Regimens by Özlem Yersal, Ufuk Eryilmaz, Hakan Akdam, Nezih Meydan, Sabri Barutca

“…Arterial stiffness is an independent risk factor for future cardiovascular diseases and can be used as a predictive marker of subclinical cardiac damage. The aim of this study is to analyze the arterial stiffness in breast cancer patients who are in the follow-up period after receiving anthracycline-based chemotherapy regimens with trastuzumab. …”
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Novel Antiplatelet Agent Use for Acute Coronary Syndrome in the Emergency Department: A Review by M. Curial, E. Nath, E. Lang

“…Further clinical trials involving head-to-head trials or comparisons of drug-based strategies are required to show superiority in reducing cardiac endpoints with regard to ED initiation of treatment.…”
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Anti-Inflammatory and Organ-Protective Effects of Resveratrol in Trauma-Hemorrhagic Injury by Fu-Chao Liu, Yung-Fong Tsai, Hsin-I Tsai, Huang-Ping Yu

“…In the recent studies, resveratrol attenuates hepatocyte injury and improves cardiac contractility due to reduction of proinflammatory mediator expression and ameliorates hypoxia-induced liver and kidney mitochondrial dysfunction following trauma and hemorrhagic injuries. …”
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Prediction and diagnosis of cardiovascular disease using cloud and machine learning design by K. Babu, A. Gokula Chandar, S. Kannadhasan

“…Detecting and categorising cardiac illness can be accomplished through the application of two distinct kinds of machine learning techniques. …”
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Mitral Valve Surgery in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Mahnoosh Foroughi, Manouchehr Hekmat, Mohsen Ghorbani, Hamid Ghaderi, Masoud Majidi, Mahmood Beheshti

“…Valvular heart disease is the common cardiac manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with a tendency for mitral valve regurgitation. …”
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A case of cavernous hemangioma with focal proliferation of endothelium of the left atrium by M.V. Voitsekhivska, I.V. Irkin, G.G. Prus, O.S. Chumak, V.O. Kuts, M.V. Shymanko, G.I. Darvish, O.J. Zharinov

“…The tumor was detected in a patient who had complaints of cardiac palpitations and chest pain, occurring during physical effort. …”
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Minimally invasive mitral valve replacement redo surgery under ventricular fibrillation in a patient with dextrocardia and situs inversus totalis: a case report by Yu Han, Junnan Zheng, Pranav Nadapana, Yedija Bagaskara, Yilin Lai, Haige Zhao

“…Abstract Background Dextrocardia is a rare cardiac malposition where the heart’s normal orientation is reversed and is most commonly associated with situs inversus totalis (SIT). …”
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Successful Treatment of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in a Child with Trisomy 21 and Complex Congenital Heart Disease with Mechanical Prosthetic Valve by Saima Alvi, Evan Shereck, Manraj K. S. Heran, George G. S. Sandor, Shahrad Rod Rassekh

“…Her chemotherapy required modifications due to poor baseline cardiac status and a mechanical prosthetic heart valve that was dependent on anticoagulation. …”
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Detection of Helicobacter suis bacteria in pigs of different age groups by F. M. Nurgaliev

“…This indicates a shift in colonization by helicobacters of the mucous membrane of the stomach from the pyloric to the cardiac sectionincreased with animal age. The obtained research data provide the additional evidence of the etiological role of H. suis in the pathogenesis of gastric ulcer in pigs.…”
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Evidence and Potential Mechanisms of Traditional Chinese Medicine for the Adjuvant Treatment of Coronary Heart Disease in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and M... by Yu Wei, Qi-You Ding, Chak Yeung, Yi-shan Huang, Bo-xun Zhang, Li-li Zhang, Run-Yu Miao, Sha Di, Lin-Hua Zhao, Xiao-Lin Tong

“…We found that TCM could improve the control effect of conventional treatment on cardiac function, hemorheology, blood glucose, blood lipid, and inflammation, thus reducing the frequency of angina and the incidence of cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality. …”
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Heart rhythm safety of the mononuclear cord blood stem cells transplantation in patients with refractory ischemic heart failure by O.Yu. Usenko, A.V. Yakushev, O.V. Lisun, M.V. Kostylev, V.F. Onishchenko

“…Results demonstrated that administration of the cell preparation «Cryopreserved human cord blood» is not associated with increased risk of life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias. Conclusions.Transplantation of mononuclear cord blood stem cells should not be considered as an additional arrhythmogenic risk factor in patients with refractory heart failure.…”
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Cholecystoduodenal Stenting: An Option in Complicated Acute Calculous Cholecystitis in the Elderly Comorbid Patient by Brady Bonner, Nicholas I. Brown, Varghese Pynadath Joseph, Manju Dashini Chandrasegaram

“…She was unable to have a cholecystectomy due to multiple comorbidities including morbid obesity, type 2 diabetes, Guillain–Barrè syndrome, chronic sacral pressure ulcer, and severe cardiac disease. Conservative treatment with intravenous antibiotics was initially successful; however, she subsequently re-presented with an empyema of the gallbladder. …”
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Disruption of BCAA degradation is a critical characteristic of diabetic cardiomyopathy revealed by integrated transcriptome and metabolome analysis by Wu Yanxia, Jiang Wanxiang, Wang Junlong, Xie Guoqing, Sun Yan, Yang Jinliang

“…Functional and molecular characterizations revealed significant cardiac injury, dysfunction, and ventricular remodeling in DCM. …”
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