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

“…While the lung is the most common extrauterine organ afflicted, benign metastasizing leiomyomas (BML) of the heart are rarities. 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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Dyssynchronous heart failure models in canines: New insights into electrocardiographic, echocardiographic and histological features by Han Jin, Shengwen Yang, Hao Huang, Sijing Cheng, Pengkang He, Sixian Weng, Min Gu, Hongxia Niu, Wei Hua, Yiran Hu, Hui Li

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EmoHeart: Conveying Emotions in Second Life Based on Affect Sensing from Text by Alena Neviarouskaya, Helmut Prendinger, Mitsuru Ishizuka

“…Based on the result of the Affect Analysis Model, the developed EmoHeart (“object” in Second Life) triggers animations of avatar facial expressions and visualizes emotion by heart-shaped textures.…”
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The heart attack of the Polish health service: metaphors, arguments, and emotional appeals in political debates by Konrad Juszczyk, Barbara Konat, Małgorzata Fabiszak

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New Horizon of Intervention in Congenital Heart Disease: AFR in a Complex Cyanotic Patient by Zahra Khajali, Homa Ghaderian, Ata Firoozi, Zahra Hosseini, Maryam Aliramezany

“…The disease is associated with several heart defects, and the treatment method is different based on the anatomy of the heart, but treatment methods are almost always palliative. …”
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Current Status of CT Imaging Before Common Transcatheter Interventions for Structural Heart Disease by Rodrigo Salgado, Farah Cadour, Riccardo Cau, Luca Saba

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Survival machine learning methods for mortality prediction after heart transplantation in the contemporary era. by Lathan Liou, Elizabeth Mostofsky, Laura Lehman, Soziema Salia, Francisco J Barrera, Ying Wei, Amal Cheema, Anuradha Lala, Andrew Beam, Murray A Mittleman

“…Although prediction models for heart transplantation outcomes have been developed previously, a comprehensive benchmarking of survival machine learning methods for mortality prognosis in the most contemporary era of heart transplants following the 2018 donor heart allocation policy change is warranted. …”
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What we should know about pediatric heart failure: children are not small adults by Ja-Kyoung Yoon

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Comparison of creatinine‐based methods for estimating glomerular filtration rate in patients with heart failure by Anna Jonsson, Ida Viklund, Andreas Jonsson, Fredrik Valham, Ellinor Bergdahl, Krister Lindmark, Helena Norberg

Subjects: “…Heart failure…”
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Myocardial Microvascular Physiology in Acute and Chronic Coronary Syndromes, Aortic Stenosis, and Heart Failure by Alf I. Larsen, William F. Fearon, Todd J. Anderson, Nico Pijls

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Lung protective ventilation guided by driving pressure improves pulmonary outcomes in heart transplantation by Mei-fang Chen, Lin-feng Xie, Xin-fan Lin, Ping-ping Wu, Jia-xin Zhang, Yong Lin

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Size of Left Cardiac Chambers Correlates with Cerebral Microembolic Load in Open Heart Operations by Elena Z. Golukhova, Anna G. Polunina, Svetlana V. Zhuravleva, Natalia P. Lefterova, Alexey V. Begachev

“…The present results demonstrate that increased size of left heart chambers is an influential risk factor for elevated cerebral microembolic load during open heart operations. …”
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Different Associations between Lipid Levels and Risk for Heart Failure according to Diabetes Progression by Seung-Hwan Lee, Kyu Na Lee, Jong-Chan Youn, Hun Sung Kim, Kyungdo Han, Mee Kyoung Kim

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Impairment of myocardial perfusion correlates with heart failure severity in patients with non‐compaction cardiomyopathy by Andraz Cerar, Martina Jaklic, Sabina Frljak, Gregor Poglajen, Gregor Zemljic, Barbara Guzic Salobir, Maja Dolenc Novak, Monika Stalc, Rok Zbacnik, Mirta Kozelj

Subjects: “…Heart failure progression…”
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Cavernous hemangioma of the mitral valve – a rare heart tumor. А clinical case by R.M. Vitovsky, O.A. Pishchurin, M.M. Serdyuk, V.V. Isaienko, V.F. Onishchenko

Subjects: “…heart tumors…”
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Impact of adjunctive tolvaptan on sympathetic activity in acute heart failure with preserved ejection fraction by Shunsuke Tamaki, Takahisa Yamada, Takashi Morita, Yoshio Furukawa, Masato Kawasaki, Atsushi Kikuchi, Tsutomu Kawai, Masahiro Seo, Makoto Abe, Jun Nakamura, Kyoko Yamamoto, Kiyomi Kayama, Masatsugu Kawahira, Kazuya Tanabe, Kunpei Ueda, Takanari Kimura, Daisuke Sakamoto, Yuto Tamura, Takeshi Fujita, Masatake Fukunami

Subjects: “…Acute decompensated heart failure…”
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The importance of Naples prognostic score in predicting long-term mortality in heart failure patients by Sidar Şiyar Aydın, Selim Aydemir, Murat Özmen, Emrah Aksakal, İbrahim Saraç, Faruk Aydınyılmaz, Onur Altınkaya, Oğuzhan Birdal, İbrahim Halil Tanboğa

Subjects: “…Heart failure…”
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Central and Peripheral GABAA Receptor Regulation of the Heart Rate Depends on the Conscious State of the Animal by Bo Hjorth Bentzen, Morten Grunnet

“…GABAergic neurons in nucleus ambiguus hold the ability to control the activity of the parasympathetic vagus nerve that innervates the heart. Upon GABA activation the vagus nerve will be inhibited leaving less parasympathetic impact on the heart. …”
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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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Patterns of Change in Cognitive Function over Six Months in Adults with Chronic Heart Failure by Barbara Riegel, Christopher S. Lee, Dale Glaser, Stephen T. Moelter

“…Few investigators have studied cognition over time in adults with heart failure (HF). A battery of neuropsychological tests was administered to 279 adults with chronic systolic or diastolic HF at baseline, three and six months. …”
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