Correction of Iron Deficiency in the Cardiorenal Syndrome by Donald S. Silverberg, Dov Wexler, Adrian Iaina, Doron Schwartz

“…Impaired energy metabolism is a feature of Congestive Heart Failure (CHF). Iron deficiency has been shown to reduce energy production in the cell in animals and humans. …”
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Giant Cell Myocarditis in a Patient With Crohn's Disease, Treated with Etanercept – A Tumour Necrosis Factor-Alpha Antagonist by C Nash, R Panaccione, LR Sutherland, JB Meddings

“…In this setting, myocarditis usually presents as congestive heart failure and/or refractory arrhythmia. Prognosis varies among reported cases, including complete recovery, remission with recurrence and fatal disease. …”
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Sustained Impairment in Cardiopulmonary Exercise Capacity Testing in Patients after COVID-19: A Single Center Experience by Georg Evers, Arik Bernard Schulze, Irina Osiaevi, Kimon Harmening, Richard Vollenberg, Rainer Wiewrodt, Rudin Pistulli, Matthias Boentert, Phil-Robin Tepasse, Juergen R. Sindermann, Ali Yilmaz, Michael Mohr

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Patterns of pharmacological treatment in patients with atrial fibrillation: an analysis from the prospective GLORIA-AF Registry Phase III by Bernadette Corica, Giulio Francesco Romiti, Giuseppe Boriani, Brian Olshansky, Tze-Fan Chao, Menno V. Huisman, Marco Proietti, Gregory Y. H. Lip, on behalf of the GLORIA-AF Investigators

“…All groups had higher odds of OAC use vs the Low Medicated pattern, with highest prevalences in the Heart Failure pattern (OR [95%CI]: 2.17 [1.90–2.48]) and the High Medicated pattern (OR [95%CI]: 2.08 [1.77–2.44]). …”
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Global longitudinal strain and its dynamics after replacement of aortal valve in patients with severe aortic stenosis by N.V. Ponych, O.O. Nemchyna, O.J. Zharinov, O.A. Yepanchintseva, B.M. Todurov

“…The favorable GLS dynamics after RAV, which is achieved in patients with severe AS, heart failure and left ventricular systolic dysfunction, may reflect reverse LV remodeling in the postoperative period.…”
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Karakteristik Pasien Hipertensi di Bangsal Rawat Inap SMF Penyakit Dalam RSUP DR. M. Djamil Padang Tahun 2013 by Bagus Sedayu, Syaiful Azmi, Rahmatini .

“…<br />Keywords: hypertension, characteristic of hypertension, heart failure</p>…”
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Successful pericardiotomy with drainage of the pericardial cavity in case of multimorbid patient by N.M. Seredyuk, A.V. Sudus, I.M. Budzan, S.M. Hrychynyuk, V.В. Tomyn, N.V. Rohiv, M.V. Bielinskyi, A.Ya. Vasylyshyn

“…With occurrence of pericardial effusion (pretamponade) and acute decompensated heart failure – cardiac tamponade an emergency care should include pericardiotomy with drainage of the pericardial cavity. …”
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Immunotherapy for Metastatic Melanoma with Right Atrial Involvement in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Zachary Benson, Sarah Gordon, Patricia Nicolato, Andrew Poklepovic

“…We present a case of a patient with rheumatoid arthritis that presented with obstructive heart failure secondary to melanoma that had metastasized to the right atrium. …”
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Evaluation of miR-146a as a potential biomarker for diagnosis of cardiotoxicity induced by chemotherapy in patients with breast cancer by Nasrin Zare, Nasim Dana, Azam Mosayebi, Golnaz Vaseghi, Shaghayegh Haghjooy Javanmard

“…Background: Cardiotoxicity from chemotherapy may result in cardiomyopathy and heart failure. Clinicians can use the evaluation of cardiotoxicity-specific biomarkers, such as microRNA, as a tool for the early detection of cardiotoxicity. …”
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Thiazolidinediones and Edema: Recent Advances in the Pathogenesis of Thiazolidinediones-Induced Renal Sodium Retention by Shoko Horita, Motonobu Nakamura, Nobuhiko Satoh, Masashi Suzuki, George Seki

“…However, TZDs have side effects, such as edema, congestive heart failure, and bone fracture, and may increase bladder cancer risk. …”
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Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia as a Presentation of Giant Cell Myocarditis by Michael H. Chiu, Cvetan Trpkov, Saman Rezazedeh, Derek S. Chew

“…Idiopathic giant cell myocarditis (GCM) has a fulminant course and typically presents in middle-aged adults with acute heart failure or ventricular arrhythmia. It is a rare disorder which involves T lymphocyte-mediated myocardial inflammation. …”
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Cardiac Failure after Liver Transplantation Requiring a Biventricular Assist Device by Rita Jermyn, Eiei Soe, David D’Alessandro, Julia Shin, William Jakobleff, Daniel Schwartz, Milan Kinkhabwala, Paul J. Gaglio

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Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Children and Adults: What is New? by Galal E. Nagib Elkilany, Mustafa A. AL-Qbandi, Khaled A. Sayed, Ibrahim Kabbash

“…Our conclusions were that in children and adults, DCM is a diverse disorder with outcomes that depend largely on cause, age, heart failure status at presentation, and echocardiographic parameters of the heart (systolic and diastolic function of left ventricle, pulmonary artery pressure, global strain, and valvular function of the mitral valve). …”
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Exacerbation of Pulmonary Fibrosis Following Single Lung Transplantation by Dawei Yang, Jennifer M Wilson, Chunxue Bai, John Yee, Pearce G Wilcox, Nasreen Khalil, Robert D Levy

“…Acute exacerbations of interstitial lung disease present as clinical deteriorations, with progressive hypoxemia and parenchymal consolidation not related to infection, heart failure or thromboembolic disease. Following single lung transplantation, patients receive maintenance immunosuppression, which could mitigate the development of acute exacerbations in the native lung. …”
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Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy - What Is New since 2023 European Society of Cardiology Guidelines? Current Knowledge, Literature Review by Magdalena Balwierz

“…The treatment focuses on arrhythmias and heart failure management, prevention of sudden cardia death and family screening. …”
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AIding, Not Replacing, Clinicians by Sean Lal, MD, PhD

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Twin Reversed Arterial Perfusion Sequence Diagnosed Late in the Third Trimester: A Case Report and Literature Review by Tafese Dejene, Abdi Kebede, Getahun Fetensa, Delayehu Bekele, Telila Mesfin, Kelil Hussen

“…This condition is associated with 100% mortality in the acardiac twin and a high rate of perinatal morbidity and mortality in the pump twin, primarily due to intrauterine hypoxic injury, heart failure, and prematurity. Following delivery, the surviving pump twin may experience adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes and heart failure, necessitating ongoing follow‐up care. …”
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Safety and Tolerability of Initiating Maximum-Dose Sacubitril-Valsartan in Patients on Target Dose Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors by Helena Norberg, Ellinor Bergdahl, Krister Lindmark

“…Sacubitril-valsartan has proven beneficial in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Guidelines recommend initiating half-dose sacubitril-valsartan before up-titration even to patients already on target dose angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB). …”
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Abdominal Obesity Is Associated with an Increased Risk of All-Cause Mortality in Males but Not in Females with HFpEF by Liyao Fu, Ying Zhou, Jiaxing Sun, Zhaowei Zhu, Shi Tai

“…Association between abdominal obesity and development of heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) between the sexes is not completely understood. …”
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Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Presenting with Predominant Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction: Efficacy of Bromocriptine by Piercarlo Ballo, Irene Betti, Giuseppe Mangialavori, Leandro Chiodi, Gherardo Rapisardi, Alfredo Zuppiroli

“…Management of patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is still a major clinical problem, as only half of them or slightly more show complete recovery of left ventricular (LV) function despite conventional evidence-based treatment for heart failure. Recent observations suggested that bromocriptine might favor recovery of LV systolic function in patients with PPCM. …”
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