Concealed Truths Always Hide behind the Shadows of the Not So Obvious: Deadly Chest Pain Presentation by Khalid Sawalha, Angel Lopez-Candales

“…Despite an unremarkable electrocardiogram and initially normal troponin levels, the patient experienced ventricular fibrillation, prompting further evaluation. The patient’s clinical course was complicated by recurrent cardiac arrests. …”
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Valorization of Agricultural Residues for Cellulose Nanofibrils Production and Their Use in Nanocomposite Manufacturing by Ramzi Khiari

“…The ensuing CNFs were characterized by several methods, such as transmission electron microscopy (TEM), degree of fibrillation, and carboxyl content. Different nanocomposites were prepared by casting-evaporation method from the mixture of CNF suspension in the commercial acrylic latex as a matrix. …”
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Beta-Blockers After PCI for Stable Coronary Artery Disease and Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction by Safi U. Khan, MD, MS, Usman Ali Akbar, MD, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, MD, Kershaw V. Patel, MD, Amna Nadeem, MBBS, Samarth Thakkar, MD, Hassaan B. Arshad, MD, Salim S. Virani, MD, PhD, Khurram Nasir, MD, MPH, Sachin S. Goel, MD, Alpesh R. Shah, MD, William Zoghbi, MD, Neal S. Kleiman, MD

“…The outcomes included all-cause mortality, hospitalization for myocardial infarction, heart failure, atrial fibrillation/flutter, stroke, and safety endpoints. Hospitalization for bone fracture and acute appendicitis served as falsification endpoints. …”
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Assessment of Atrial Conduction Times in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Parkinson’s Disease by Yiğit Çanga, Ayşe Emre, Gülbün Asuman Yüksel, Mehmet Baran Karataş, Nizamettin Selçuk Yelgeç, Ufuk Gürkan, Ali Nazmi Çalık, Hülya Tireli, Sait Terzi

“…An increased risk of ischemic stroke has been reported in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Atrial fibrillation (AF) is strongly associated with ischemic stroke. …”
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Primary Terminal Haemochromatosis in a 50 Year-Old Patient by M. I. Gonik, M. S. Zharkova, O. Yu. Kiseleva, E. V. Berezina, Sh. A. Ondos, Yu. V. Lerner, E. A. Kogan, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Cardiac rhythm and conduction disorder: paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Acute cardiac failure with underlying CHF IIb, NYHA class 3. …”
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Technical Considerations of Giant Right Coronary Artery Aneurysm Exclusion by James Barr, Metesh Nalin Acharya, Antonios Kourliouros, Shahzad Gull Raja

“…Persistent ventricular fibrillation occurred upon chest closure, attributed to ischaemia following ligation of the aneurysmal coronary artery. …”
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Successful Resolution of a Large Left Atrial and Left Atrial Appendage Thrombus with Rivaroxaban by Safwan Gaznabi, Ashraf Abugroun, Hasan Mahbub, Enrique Campos

“…The patient had history of atrial fibrillation and was planned for cardioversion. Preprocedure transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) revealed a large multilobulated mobile thrombus in the left atrial appendage. …”
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Colonic Dieulafoy’s Lesion: A Rare Cause of Lower Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage and Review of Endoscopic Management by Christopher Ma, Rajveer Hundal, Edwin J. Cheng

“…In addition, there was associated presyncope and anemia (hemoglobin 69 g/L) in the setting of supratherapeutic warfarin anticoagulation (INR 6.2) for nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy was negative for an upper GI source of bleeding but on colonoscopy an actively oozing Dieulafoy’s lesion was identified in the transverse colon. …”
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Coronary Subclavian Steal Syndrome Causing Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Patient Undergoing Coronary-Artery Bypass Grafting by Jiri Mandak, Miroslav Lojik, Martin Tuna, James Lago Chek

“…The patient was resuscitated at home by emergency medical service because of primary ventricular fibrillation due to an acute myocardial infarction 5 years after surgery. …”
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An Unusual Cause of Transient Ischemic Attack in a Patient with Pacemaker by Jagadeesh Kumar Kalavakunta, Vishal Gupta, Basil Paulus, William Lapenna

“…We present a 77-year-old man with history of atrial fibrillation and pacemaker placement who was admitted for transient ischemic attack. …”
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HOW THE HEMOSTASIS LABORATORY CAN HELP CLINICIANS TO MANAGE PATIENTS ON ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS by Armando Tripodi

“…They are the drugs of choice for stroke prevention and systemic embolism in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation and prosthetic heart valves, as well as for treatment/prevention of venous thromboembolism. …”
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Fulminant myocarditis caused by immune checkpoint inhibitor: a case report and possible treatment inspiration by Zhijie Liu, Yiming Fan, Jun Guo, Ning Bian, Dongdong Chen

“…We report the case of a 60‐year‐old female with fulminant myocarditis induced by ICIs, which caused her to experience frequent ventricular arrhythmias such as ventricular fibrillation and heart failure. She was successfully treated with current mainstream therapies for immune‐related myocarditis and additional treatment of sacubitril–valsartan and dapagliflozin. …”
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Patent Foramen Ovale and Closure Technique with the Amplatzer Occluder by Bernhard Meier

“…Free wall erosion (exceedingly rare) and triggering of atrial fibrillation (in about 1% of patients) are the only noteworthy complications. …”
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A review of gut microbiota as a therapeutic approach for Parkinson’s disease by Debosree Ghosh, Suvendu Ghosh, Madhurima Sharma, Sutapa Datta

“…The altered GM promotes the accumulation of alpha-synuclein fibrils in the intestinal neural plexus, which are then transported to the central nervous system, driving the core pathological process of PD. …”
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Nonlinear Optical Imaging to Evaluate the Impact of Obesity on Mammary Gland and Tumor Stroma by Thuc T. Le, Charles W. Rehrer, Terry B. Huff, Maxine B. Nichols, Ignacio G. Camarillo, Ji-Xin Cheng

“…Using coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering and second harmonic generation on the same platform, we simultaneously imaged mammary adipocytes, blood capillaries, collagen fibrils, and tumor cells without any labeling. We observed that obesity increases the size of lipid droplets of adipocytes in mammary gland and collagen content in mammary tumor stroma, respectively. …”
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Fabry Disease and Early Stroke by U. Feldt-Rasmussen

“…This includes primary prevention such as lifestyle counseling, targeting blood pressure, managing atrial fibrillation, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidaemia, and ASA.…”
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Torn ACL: A New Bioengineered Substitute Brought from the Laboratory to the Knee Joint by Francine Goulet, Denis Rancourt, Réjean Cloutier, Pierrot Tremblay, Anne-Marie Belzil, Jean Lamontagne, Marc Bouchard, Julie Tremblay, Louis-Mathieu Stevens, Julie Labrosse, Eve Langelier, Marc D. McKee

“…At the implants' insertion sites, characteristic fibrocartilage was observed having well aligned chondrocytes and collagen fibrils. After a year, mechanical rupture of the grafts demonstrated a major gain in strength. …”
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Use of Idarucizumab to Revert the Anticoagulant Effect of Dabigatran in Heart Transplant Surgery: An Institutional Experience by Álvaro Herrera-Escandón, Orlando Castaño-Cifuentes, Carlos A. Plata-Mosquera

“…Direct oral anticoagulants have emerged as an alternative to the use of coumarins in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). The main disadvantage of this group of drugs is that there was no specific reversal agent available that would allow an urgent reversal of the anticoagulant effect. …”
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Advancements in Cardiac Amyloidosis Treatment by Tarek Ziad Arabi, Abdullah Shaik, Ahmed El-Shaer, Omar Al Tamimi, Eman Nayaz Ahmed, Mohamad S. Alabdaljabar, Ahmad Safdar, Ali Mushtaq

“…Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is a progressive condition resulting from the deposition of amyloid fibrils in the heart, which leads to severe diastolic dysfunction and restrictive cardiomyopathy. …”
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Electrocoagulation-free strategy in minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass with hybrid revascularisation – a case report by Carla L. Schuering, Leonhard Wert, Johanna K. R. von Mackensen, Vanessa I. T. Zwaans, Julius Kaemmel, Roland Heck, Christoph T. Starck, Jörg Kempfert, Stephan Jacobs, Volkmar Falk, Alaa Abd El Al

“…The patient exhibited multiple morbidities including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, renal impairment, extracardiac arteriopathy, and multiple prior gastrointestinal surgeries, as well as a recent episode of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. A MIDCAB procedure without electrocoagulation was stipulated by the ENT specialist due to the patient’s cochlear implant. …”
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