Platelet Volume Parameters as Predictors of Valvular Thrombosis Risk in Patients with Aortic and Mitral Valve Replacement by Boshra Pourbashash MD, Seyed Parsa Eftekhar MD, Pooria Ahmadi MD, Arash Jalali PhD, Ali Hosseinsabet MD, Reza Mohseni Badalabadi MD

“…Percutaneous valve implantation or surgical replacement with mechanical or biological valves are standard therapies for severe valvular heart diseases. Prosthetic valve thrombosis, though rare, is a serious complication, particularly with mechanical prostheses. …”
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Research Progress on Nutritional Characteristics, Taste Quality Improvement and Functional Evaluation of Germinated Brown Rice by REN Chuanying, HONG Bin, ZHANG Shan, YUAN Di, FENG Junran, SHAN Shan, ZHANG Jingyi, GUAN Lijun, LI Bo, HUANG Wengong, LU Shuwen

“…GABA works synergistically with other nutrients and active ingredients to endow GBR with a series of biological functions such as anti-hyperlipidemia, anti-hyperglycemia, heart protection, sleep improvement, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects.…”
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Vectors and Spatial Patterns of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Selected Rice-Farming Villages of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines by Ma. Angelica A. Tujan, Ian Kendrich C. Fontanilla, Vachel Gay V. Paller

“…A total of 209 rats, 781 freshwater snails, and 120 terrestrial snails were collected for the study. Heart and lungs of rats and snail tissues were examined and subjected to artificial digestion for parasite collection. …”
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Implications of a twelve-week aerobic exercise on functional work capacity in HIV positive clients on antiretroviral therapy by Mwebaze Nicholas, Mshilla Maghanga, Edward Ojuka, Constance A.n. Nsibambi

“…The results showed that aerobic exercises significantly improved both heart rate and VO2max with p-values of…”
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Electrocardiography Interpretation Competency of Medical Interns: Experience from Two Ethiopian Medical Schools by Melaku Getachew, Temesgen Beyene, Sofia Kebede

“…Electrocardiography (ECG) is the graphical display of electrical potential differences of an electric field originating in the heart. Interpretation of ECG is a core clinical skill in the department of emergency medicine. …”
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Phenomenological Features of Concentration by A.V. Melnikov, M.G. Yusupov

“…The condition of concentration is characterized by the following main implications: in the cognitive sphere – highly focused thinking, fixation on the object of cognition, depression of speech activity; in the somatic sphere – sweating of hands, tremor of fingers, stiffness of body muscles, heart acceleration, retardation of motility, and deep breathing. …”
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Creation and validation of a new index to predict pneumonia associated with ischemic stroke by Alexis Suárez Quesada, Alexis Álvarez Aliaga, Andrés José Quesada Vázquez

“…<br /><strong>Results</strong>: the variables that contributed the highest score to the index were dysphagia (28), the NIHSS scale ≥ 12 points (24) and heart failure (22). The new index presented good discriminative capacity (area under the ROC curve = 0.94). …”
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A CADAVERIC STUDY OF THE BRANCHING PATTERN OF RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY IN PAKISTANI POPULATION by Qazi Waheedullah, Farah Deeba, Sadia Shaukat, Samina Zahir, Shazia Iftikhar, Zainab Rehman

“…However, the branching pattern varied from one heart to another as reported in other studies carried out in developed countries. …”
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Myocarditis with neurological and dermatological involvement in idiopathic Hypereosinophilic syndrome: Case report by Merimi Ihssane, Mrabet Asmae, Abarkane Nisrine, Bennesser Alaoui Habiba, Noha Elouafi, Nabila Ismaili

“…During the follow-up period, the patient demonstrated significant clinical and echocardiographic improvement under corticotherapy and heart failure management, including normalization of eosinophil counts.…”
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Visfatin Amplifies Cardiac Inflammation and Aggravates Cardiac Injury via the NF-κB p65 Signaling Pathway in LPS-Treated Mice by Yewen Hu, Nan Wu, Weiping Du, Shuangshuang Wang, Jian Wang, Chaoxia Zhang, Xiaomin Chen, Caijie Shen

“…Visfatin expression levels in both the heart and serum were increased in LPS-treated mice and peaked at 6 hours, and visfatin was derived from cardiac macrophages. …”
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Current Trends in Biomaterial Utilization for Cardiopulmonary System Regeneration by Adegbenro Omotuyi John Fakoya, David Adeiza Otohinoyi, Joshua Yusuf

“…The cardiopulmonary system is made up of the heart and the lungs, with the core function of one complementing the other. …”
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Learning by Teaching with Humanoid Robot: A New Powerful Experimental Tool to Improve Children’s Learning Ability by Frank Jamet, Olivier Masson, Baptiste Jacquet, Jean-Louis Stilgenbauer, Jean Baratgin

“…For some, it is the robot’s weakness, the care that must be given to it, which is the main requirement for the approach, while for others it is the unbalanced distribution of knowledge which is at the heart of it. The learning by teaching approach we will study has two components: the robot and the child tutor. …”
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Surgical treatment of ventricular septal defect combined with tricuspid valve insufficiency by L. Maniuc

“…The number of patients with NYHA class I heart failure after surgery was 54.2 % compared to its absence before operation, class 2 diminished from 60.0 % to 41.7 % cases, class 3 – from 36.0 % to 4.2 % cases. …”
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Right coronary artery originating from the left anterior descending artery, or double localized stemi with a twist: case report by Gábor Gergely, Zsolt István Szabó, Zsolt Körömi, Csaba Petrov

“…Coronary anomalies in an otherwise structurally normal heart are rare entities, yet their knowledge is necessary even for practicing cardiologists, especially those performing coronary interventions. …”
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Effect of Moxibustion According to Syndrome Differentiation on Rehabilitation of Muscle Function in Patients with Maintenance Hemodialysis by Erping YAN, Motan QIU, Jianwei REN, Zhimin KANG, Po CAO, Shiying LIU, Lingxin KONG

“…Cardiopulmonary endurance (six minutes walking distance, heart rate and blood pressure product), muscle endurance (such as grip strength, grip strength endurance) and the quality of life assessment (the score of kidney disease quality of life KDQOL-SF^TM1.3) were observed and recorded before and after treatment to evaluate the efficiency of moxibustion based on syndrome differentiation.Results:After twelve-week treatment, the six minutes walking distance was extended in the treatment group (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05); there was significant difference on six minutes walking distance between the two groups after treatment (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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Nurses’ Knowledge Regarding Cardiac Catheterization at General Hospital in Rania City by Bayan O. Sharif, Shara H. Salih, Niga A. Sailh, Bahar I. Salim

“…Coronary angiography is that invasive procedure which assumed as the golden standard for the diagnosis, estimation, and curing of heart diseases. There is a shortage of research of undergraduate students. …”
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A Classifier for Automatic Categorisation of Chronic Venous Insufficiency Images by Talha Karadeniz, Gul Tokdemir, H. Hakan Maras

“…Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) is a serious disease characterised by the inability of the veins to effectively return blood from the legs back to the heart. This condition represents a significant public health issue due to its prevalence and impact on quality of life. …”
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Prediction of Patients with Acute Cholecystitis Requiring Emergent Cholecystectomy: A Simple Score by Wael N. Yacoub, Mikael Petrosyan, Indu Sehgal, Yanling Ma, Parakrama Chandrasoma, Rodney J. Mason

“…The score comprised of: age > 45 years (1 point), heart rate > 90 beats/min (1 point), male (2 points), Leucocytosis > 13,000/mm3 (1.5 points), and ultrasound gallbladder wall thickness > 4.5 mm (1 point). …”
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Non-contrast ultrasound assessment of blood flow in clinical practice by Babington Emmanuel Abiola, Amedu Cletus, Anyasor Ebuka, Reeve Ruth

“…Advanced dynamic flow is a third-generation non-contrast Doppler flow technology that has so far gained popularity in obstetric ultrasound, commonly used to evaluate fetal umbilical vessels and heart chambers. This review article presents some recent updates on the various non-contrast ultrasound flow modalities available in clinical practice. …”
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A Japanese Patient with Genitopatellar Syndrome Transiently Presenting with Cardiac Intramural Cavity during the Neonatal Period by Kiichi Takahashi, Hiroyuki Adachi, Manatomo Toyono, Masato Ito, Akie Kato, Atsuko Noguchi, Tsutomu Takahashi

“…More than half of patients with GPS have congenital heart defects, mostly atrial and/or ventricular septal defects, patent foramen ovale, and patent ductus arteriosus. …”
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