Exploring Current Evidence on the Past, the Present, and the Future of the Heart Team: A Narrative Review by Alexandru Burlacu, Adrian Covic, Mircea Cinteza, Paula Madalina Lupu, Radu Deac, Grigore Tinica

“…Including healthcare professionals dealing with cardiovascular diseases, Heart Team is a concept/structure designed for selecting diagnostic strategies, facilitating therapeutic decisions, and improving cardiovascular outcomes in patients with complex heart pathologies, requiring input from different subspecialties and the necessity of a multidisciplinary approach. …”
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Towards Transparent AI in Medicine: ECG-Based Arrhythmia Detection with Explainable Deep Learning by Oleksii Kovalchuk, Oleksandr Barmak, Pavlo Radiuk, Liliana Klymenko, Iurii Krak

“…Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death globally, highlighting the need for accurate diagnostic tools. To address this issue, we introduce a novel approach for arrhythmia detection based on electrocardiogram (ECG) that incorporates explainable artificial intelligence through three key methods. …”
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Immunoglobulin G4-related disease, constitutional symptoms, human leukocyte antigen b27 positivity, and sacroiliitis by Shallu Verma, Lubna Khurshid, Prasad Rao Voleti, Anand Narayan Malaviya

“…IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a relatively new clinical entity with protean manifestations that pose diagnostic difficulties especially so if the clinical features are atypical. …”
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Performance of the Colloidal Gold Immunochromatography of Cryptococcal Antigen on Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Cryptococcosis by Ning Zhu, Shanhong Lin, Xingbei Weng, Weijie Sun, Xueqin Chen

“…The sensitivity and accuracy of BALF CrAg-LFA were higher than that of serum CrAg-LFA and BALF etiological culture with statistically significant differences (p<0.05). Conclusion. The diagnostic value of BALF CrAg-LFA for PC is superior to that of serum CrAg-LFA and BALF etiological culture.…”
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Iatrogenic Tracheal Rupture after Endotracheal Intubation: A Case Report by Silvana Kraleva, Tatjana Trojikj, Darko Talevski, Dola Malefski, Gordana Bozinovska Beaka

“…The appearance of subcutaneous emphysema as a first sign plays a main role for early diagnosis and rapid appropriate treatment. Diagnostic confirmation is possible by chest X-ray, thoracic computed tomography and bronchoscopy which confirmed the size and site of the lesion. …”
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Spatial and Temporal Variability of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Sediments from Yellow River-Dominated Margin by Su Ding, Yunping Xu, Yinghui Wang, Xinyu Zhang, Liang Zhao, Jiaping Ruan, Weichao Wu

“…The applications of molecular diagnostic ratios and principal component analysis suggest that PAHs are predominantly produced by the coal and biomass combustion, whereas the contribution of petroleum combustions slightly increased after the 1970s, synchronous with an increasing usage of oil and gas in China.…”
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Evaluation of Serum Vascular Adhesion Protein-1 as a Potential Biomarker in Thyroid Cancer by Zhigang Hu, Pengxin Zhao, Kaili Zhang, Leilei Zang, Haiying Liao, Weiyuan Ma

“…Serum VAP-1 was measured by time-resolved immunofluorometric assay. Diagnostic value of presurgical VAP-1 for thyroid cancer was conducted by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. …”
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African swine fever in the Republic of Crimea in 2015–2018 by N. G. Kosharny, S. I. Danylchenko, M. A. Pasunkina, D. V. Gadzevich, N. G. Vorotilova

“…In 2018, ASF virus was detected with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in 8 samples of pathological materials from wild boars, that was 0.1% out of total number of the samples tested in the FGBI “ARRIAH” Branch in the Republic of Crimea and FGI RC “Regional State Veterinary Laboratory of the Republic of Crimea”. Large-scale diagnostic tests performed in domestic pigs and wild boars contributed to rapid diagnosis of outbreaks and disease eradication. …”
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FundusNet: A Deep-Learning Approach for Fast Diagnosis of Neurodegenerative and Eye Diseases Using Fundus Images by Wenxing Hu, Kejie Li, Jake Gagnon, Ye Wang, Talia Raney, Jeron Chen, Yirui Chen, Yoko Okunuki, Will Chen, Baohong Zhang

“…Early-stage detection of neurodegenerative diseases is crucial for effective clinical treatment. However, current diagnostic methods are expensive and time-consuming. …”
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Clinical presentation of human leptospirosis in febrile patients: Urabá, Colombia. by Pablo Uribe-Restrepo, Janeth Perez-Garcia, Margarita Arboleda, Claudia Munoz-Zanzi, Piedad Agudelo-Florez

“…Leptospirosis presents diagnostic challenges due to limitations in both clinical and laboratory diagnosis thus it is important to improve understanding of disease presentation and identify signs and symptoms that might help differentiate it from other causes of febrile illness.…”
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Xenogenic Implantation of Equine Synovial Fluid-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Leads to Articular Cartilage Regeneration by Mohammed Zayed, Steven Newby, Nabil Misk, Robert Donnell, Madhu Dhar

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Evaluation of Plasma E-Selectin Concentration as a Risk Marker for Atherosclerotic Vascular Damage in Patients with Early CAD by Monika Rac, Michal Rac, Andrzej Krzystolik, Krzysztof Safranow, Dariusz Chlubek, Violetta Dziedziejko

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Ectopic Pancreas in the Stomach Successfully Resected by Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection by Masaya Iwamuro, Takao Tsuzuki, Shogen Ohya, Hiroyuki Okada, Takehiro Tanaka, Keisuke Hori, Masahide Kita, Seiji Kawano, Yoshiro Kawahara, Kazuhide Yamamoto

“…Biopsy examinations were performed twice but were not diagnostic since only the intact mucosal layer was obtained. …”
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Comparison of Four Intrapartum Cardiotocography Classifications for Predicting Neonatal Acidemia at Birth by Nika Troha, Katja Razem, Ursa Luzovec, Miha Lucovnik

“…Objective. To compare diagnostic values of four intrapartum cardiotocography (CTG) classifications in predicting neonatal acidemia at birth. …”
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Mental Health in Children with Cerebral Palsy: Does Screening Capture the Complexity? by H. M. Bjorgaas, I. Elgen, T. Boe, M. Hysing

“…Children with CP (N=47) were assessed according to DSM-IV criteria using a psychiatric diagnostic instrument (Kiddie-SADS) and a mental health screening questionnaire (SDQ). …”
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Genetic Risk Prediction for Normal-Karyotype Acute Myeloid Leukemia Using Whole-Exome Sequencing by Seong Gu Heo, Eun Pyo Hong, Ji Wan Park

“…Further study with large sample sizes is warranted to validate the combined effect of these somatic point mutations, and the discovery of novel markers may provide an opportunity to develop novel diagnostic and therapeutic targets for NK-AML.…”
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Clinicomycological Characterization of Superficial Mycoses from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Nepal by Sundar Khadka, Jeevan Bahadur Sherchand, Dinesh Binod Pokharel, Bharat Mani Pokhrel, Shyam Kumar Mishra, Subhash Dhital, Basista Rijal

“…Trichophyton mentagrophytes 44 (39.6%) was the most common isolate. Conclusions. The diagnostic yields of KOH mount and culture were found to be complementary to each other. …”
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Is polymyositis a rare or over-diagnosed entity? A descriptive follow-up study of patients initially admitted in a tertiary center with the diagnosis of polymyositis by Pablo Arturo Olivo Pallo, Matheus Santos Rodrigues Silva, Fernando Henrique Carlos de Souza, Samuel Katsuyuki Shinjo

“…During a median follow-up period of 4.0 years and constant diagnostic reinvestigation, only 30 (27.7%) out of the 108 participants maintained the PM diagnosis, whereas the other patients were re-diagnosed with immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (20.4%), inclusion body myositis (18.5%), muscular dystrophy 13.0% as (13.0%), antisynthetase syndrome (8.3%), metabolic myopathies (5.6%), and other muscle diseases (7.3%). …”
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DDC_Calc, software to diagnose developmental dysplasia of the hip in infants (version 1) by José Julio Requeiro Molina, Ernesto Pérez Pérez, Ana María Machado Consuegra, Karina Leonor Fernández Sánchez, Roberto Díaz Amador, José Julio Requeiro Morejón

“…The Viola-Jones artificial vision algorithm was used for the detection of the structures, as well as a rule-based system with a view to a diagnostic suggestion. <br /><strong>Results</strong>: the software integrated the necessary tools to carry out the measurements used (angles, distances, positions) in the radiographic diagnosis of developmental dysplasia of the hip. …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Trypanosomosis in Dromedary Camels in the Pastoral Areas of the Guji Zone in Ethiopia by Gossa Alemu, Rahmeto Abebe

“…Further studies using more sensitive and specific diagnostic tests, such as miniature anion-exchange centrifugation technique, serology, or molecular tests, are needed to establish a true epidemiological dataset on the prevalence and seasonality of the disease and its vectors in the study area to recommend viable control measures.…”
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