Evaluation of Cognitive Schemas Based on the Presence of Anxiety Disorder among Coronary Artery Disease Patients by Huri ASLAN, Ýbrahim TAYMUR, Mehmet Hakan TÜRKÇAPAR

“…Objective: The relationship between psychological factors and cardiac diseases has been concerned for a long but our knowledge about the cognitive profiles which could be important etiological factor in cardiac disease and comorbid psychiatric disorders is limited. …”
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The Heart as a Site of Metastasis of Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Mariam Meddeb, Robert D. Chow, Randolph Whipps, Reyaz Haque

“…We report an incidental finding of a cardiac mass in a 36-year-old woman who presented to the Emergency Department after a motor vehicle accident. …”
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Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing: Deciphering Cardiovascular Complications in Systemic Sclerosis by Ailia Giubertoni, Mattia Bellan, Luca Cumitini, Giuseppe Patti

“…Cardiac manifestations in systemic sclerosis (SSc) are variable and are associated with a poor prognosis, frequently resulting in impaired right ventricular function and heart failure. …”
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Hopeful News for Physicians Who Involved in the Treatment of Critical Aluminum Phosphide (Rice Pill) Poisoning Patients by Fatemeh Vafapour, Moslem Sedaghattalab

“…Aluminum phosphide is a lethal poison without antidote and causes cardiocirculatory collapse and has negative inotropic cardiac effect. Human and animal studies showed that high dose insulin had positive cardiac inotropic effects. …”
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Grover's Disease after Heart Transplantation: A Case Report by Giovanbattista Ippoliti, Marco Paulli, Marco Lucioni, Andrea Maria D'Armini, Marinella Lauriola, Rany Mahrous Haleem Saaleb

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Right Coronary Artery STEMI following Blunt Thoracic Trauma by Saad Sikanderkhel, Jon-Austin Ash, Kimberly O’Dell, Jacob Mok, Harish Manyam, John Golding

“…We present a case report of an otherwise healthy 37-year-old male without pertinent cardiac history or risk factors, who presented with cardiac trauma after a motor vehicle collision (MVC). …”
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Acute hoarseness in severe heart failure: Ortner's Syndrome by Gavrić Jelena, Valjarević Svetlana, Jovanović Anđelina, Jovanović Milan B.

“…Introduction: All cardiac conditions that cause the left or right hemilarynx palsy can be defined as Ortner's syndrome. …”
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The Oscillating Component of the Internal Jugular Vein Flow: The Overlooked Element of Cerebral Circulation by Francesco Sisini, Eleuterio Toro, Mauro Gambaccini, Paolo Zamboni

“…The jugular venous pulse (JVP) provides valuable information about cardiac haemodynamics and filling pressures and is an indirect estimate of the central venous pressure (CVP). …”
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Bigeminy with Prolonged QT Interval as an Ominous Sign for Impending Torsades de Pointes: A Case Report by Thuc Vu, Jake Valentine

“…She had multiple subsequent cardiac arrests during the rest of her hospital stay. …”
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A Giant Cavernous Hemangioma of the Left Atrioventricular Groove by Chengming Fan, Changming Tan, Demiao Kong, Jinfu Yang, Shuwen Yuan, Sijie Wu

“…A 10-year-old Chinese female diagnosed with an asymptomatic giant cardiac cavernous hemangioma was reported. The patient originally tended to observation because this unusual cardiac tumoral mass was discovered incidentally during routine health examination of transthoracic echocardiography. …”
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Jacobsen syndrome associated with Shone’s complex: a case report by Andressa Brum, Larissa Valéria Laskoski, Fabiana Gonçalves de Oliveira Azevedo Matos, Luciana Paula Grégio d’Arce

“…She presented with a variety of craniofacial anomalies and malformations, including cardiac impairment, characterized by a cluster of malformations in the left ventricle in line with the diagnosis of Shone’s complex. …”
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Antiproteinase 3 Positive Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Presenting with Heart Failure and Intraventricular Thrombosis by Dan Zhu, Yiming Luo, Xiangyuan Liu, Lingyun Zu

“…Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a rare systemic vasculitis commonly with cardiac complications. We describe a case of anti-PR3 ANCA-positive EGPA complicated by congestive heart failure and intraventricular thrombosis. …”
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Clinical approach to palpitations in pregnancy by Ferha Saeed, Kirun Gunganah, Anna S. Herrey

“…Palpitations may be caused by non-cardiac and cardiac causes. Patients with structural or functional abnormalities or inherited cardiovascular disease are more likely to develop arrhythmia, especially during pregnancy when the mother’s body undergoes extensive physiological adaptations, which further contribute to an increased arrhythmia risk. …”
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Phases I–III Clinical Trials Using Adult Stem Cells by Ricardo Sanz-Ruiz, Enrique Gutiérrez Ibañes, Adolfo Villa Arranz, María Eugenia Fernández Santos, Pedro L. Sánchez Fernández, Francisco Fernández-Avilés

“…First randomized clinical trials have demonstrated that stem cell therapy can improve cardiac recovery after the acute phase of myocardial ischemia and in patients with chronic ischemic heart disease. …”
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A mathematical model of mechanotransduction by Bradley J. Roth

“… This article reviews the mechanical bidomain model, a mathematical description of how the extracellular matrix and intracellular cytoskeleton of cardiac tissue are coupled by integrin membrane proteins. …”
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Chromosomal analysis and short-term outcome of prenatally diagnosed congenital heart disease by Marcellino Verbeke, Laurens Hannes, Koen Devriendt, Kris Van den Bogaert, Bjorn Cools, Luc De Catte, Marc Gewillig, Jeroen Breckpot

“…Postnatal survival primarily depends on the type and severity of the defect. In addition, worse cardiac prognosis is observed when extra-cardiac anomalies (ECA) are associated. …”
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Structural and functional changes of the heart in patients with coronary heart disease who have had coronavirus disease COVID-19 by S. M. Manuilov, N. S. Mykhailovska

“…The aim of the study: to investigate the effect of the previous COVID-19 coronavirus disease on the features of cardiac remodeling in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). …”
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Significance of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide levels in lung cancer by Sinem İnan, Semra Bilaçeroğlu, Burcu Uludağ Artun

“…In this study, we aimed to investigate the significance of the correlation of NT-proBNP levels in lung cancer with tumor stage, tumor diameter, histopathology, and specific sites of mediastinal metastasis: lymphadenopathy; pericardial, cardiac, major vessel, other mediastinal organ or lymphatic involvement/invasion. …”
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Neuromuscular Excitation Pattern in Expert Indoor Skydivers by Susanna Rampichini, Eloisa Limonta, Irene Di Giulio, Marta Borrelli, Emiliano Cè, Giuseppe Coratella, Johnny Padulo, Stefano Longo, Fabio Esposito

“…By contrast, HD exhibited the highest cardiac (127 + 18 bpm) and neuromuscular (71 + 11% Max) engagement and particularly in the lower-trunk and lower-limbs muscles. …”
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Beneficial Effects of Long-Term Administration of an Oral Formulation of Angiotensin-(1–7) in Infarcted Rats by Fúlvia D. Marques, Marcos B. Melo, Leandro E. Souza, Maria Claúdia C. Irigoyen, Rúben D. Sinisterra, Frederico B. de Sousa, Sílvia Q. Savergnini, Vinícius B. A. Braga, Anderson J. Ferreira, Robson A. S. Santos

“…In this study was evaluated the chronic cardiac effects of a formulation developed by including angiotensin(Ang)-(1–7) in hydroxypropyl β-cyclodextrin (HPβCD), in infarcted rats. …”
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