Peripheral Gangerene, an Unusual Presentation of Infantile Kawasaki: A Case Report and Literature Review by Fatemeh Tahghighi, Maryam Bakhtiari Koohsorkhi, Vahid Ziaee

“…Other complications such as pericardial effusion, mitral insufficiency, congestive heart failure, myocardial systolic dysfunction, and systemic vasculitis were also reported. …”
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Regulatory Role of CD4+ T Cells in Myocarditis by Daria Vdovenko, Urs Eriksson

“…Myocarditis is an important cause of heart failure in young patients. Autoreactive, most often, infection-triggered CD4+ T cells were confirmed to be critical for myocarditis induction. …”
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Masked Hypotension due to Elevated Venous Pressure in a Patient with Complex Adult Congenital Heart Disease by Wytch Rigger, Sean P. Javaheri, Gyanendra K. Sharma, Norris Stanley Nahman, Mark Sheynshteyn, Neal L. Weintraub

“…An adult with surgically corrected Tetralogy of Fallot presented with profoundly elevated central venous pressure (CVP) and acute renal dysfunction thought secondary to acute on chronic right heart failure. Treatment with dopamine promoted diuresis and a stabilization of renal function. …”
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A Case of the TOF with APV Complicated with Polyhydramnios and Severe Bronchomalacia by Ali Seven, Emine Esin Yalinbas, Rahmi Ozdemir

“…The newborn had right heart failure but had no hydrops fetalis. Therefore, severe respiratory distress observed in the infant has been associated with pulmonary complications. …”
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The Brain-Heart Connection in Takotsubo Syndrome: The Central Nervous System, Sympathetic Nervous System, and Catecholamine Overload by Xiaopu Wang, Junyu Pei, Xinqun Hu

“…Takotsubo syndrome (TTS), also known as stress cardiomyopathy, is a type of acute heart failure syndrome triggered by intense psychological or physiological stress. …”
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Leukocyte Telomere Length and Cognitive Function in Older Adults by Emily Frith, Paul D. Loprinzi

“…Individuals were excluded if they had been diagnosed with coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, heart attack or stroke at the baseline assessment. …”
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Symptomatic Patent Foramen Ovale with Hemidiaphragm Paralysis by Hussain Ibrahim, Adnan Khan, Shawn P. Nishi, Ken Fujise, Syed Gilani

“…Chronic conditions such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Congestive Heart Failure, and Asthma are being common etiologies. …”
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Platelet-white cell ratio is more strongly associated with mortality than other common risk ratios derived from complete blood counts by Brody H. Foy, Jonathan C. T. Carlson, Aaron D. Aguirre, John M. Higgins

“…Here we show that the platelet-to-white-cell ratio, which was selected based on this conserved recovery pattern, is more strongly associated with mortality than other blood count markers and ratios in four important illnesses involving acute inflammation: COVID-19, acute heart failure, myocardial infarction, and stroke. Patients recovering well from these acute illnesses tend to follow a joint white cell and platelet trajectory that can be reduced to this one-dimensional ratio. …”
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Recent Advances in Dipeptidyl-Peptidase-4 Inhibition Therapy: Lessons from the Bench and Clinical Trials by Jixin Zhong, Quan Gong, Aditya Goud, Srividya Srinivasamaharaj, Sanjay Rajagopalan

“…Further, a signal of heart failure hospitalization in a recent large scale clinical trial SAVOR-TIMI 53 has called into question the safety of these agents and their utility in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. …”
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Thiazolidinedione-Induced Fluid Retention: Recent Insights into the Molecular Mechanisms by Jerzy Bełtowski, Jolanta Rachańczyk, Mirosław Włodarczyk

“…However, thiazolidinediones induce fluid retention, edema, and sometimes precipitate or exacerbate heart failure in a subset of patients. The mechanism through which thiazolidinediones induce fluid retention is controversial. …”
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Cardiorenal Effects of Newer NSAIDs (Celecoxib) versus Classic NSAIDs (Ibuprofen) in Patients with Arthritis by Ragia Hegazy, Mohamed Alashhab, Madiha Amin

“…Effects measured included investigator-reported hypertension, edema, or congestive heart failure, increases in serum creatinine or reduction in serum creatinine clearance, and changes in serum electrolytes. …”
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Extremely Unusual Coronary Involvement in Cardiac Sarcoidosis by Amanpreet Singh Wasir, Manish Bansal, Anand Jaiswal, Surbhi Pande, Abha Thakur, Haimanti Sarin, Kartikeya Bhargava

“…He was started on steroids and appropriate heart failure medications and underwent percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty with stent to RCA. …”
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Surgical Cryoablation of Drug Resistant Ventricular Tachycardia and Aneurysmectomy of Postinfarction Left Ventricular Aneurysm by Marek Pojar, Jan Harrer, Nedal Omran, Martin Vobornik

“…Heart failure is usually associated with left ventricle remodelling, wall thickening, and worsening of the systolic function. …”
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Antepartum Diagnosis and Management of Lamin A/C Disease by Nosheen Reza, Jessica L. Chowns, Amy Marzolf, Jessica Kim, Lisa D. Levine, Gregory Supple, Anjali Tiku Owens

“…It is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner and usually presents in mid- to late adulthood with atrioventricular conduction abnormalities, atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, biventricular dysfunction, and advanced heart failure. While rare, women of childbearing age can exhibit an aggressive disease course, and appropriate risk stratification and management are critical. …”
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GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by María Isabel del Olmo-Garcia, Juan Francisco Merino-Torres

“…GLP-1 RA actions not only translate on an improvement of well-known cardiovascular risk factors such as glycaemic control, dyslipidaemia, weight, or arterial hypertension but also might show benefits on endothelial function, coronary ischaemia, and heart failure. On the other hand, recent clinical trials aimed at studying cardiovascular episodes have been conducted with GLP-1 RAs. …”
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On the development of diagnostic support algorithms based on CPET biosignals data via machine learning and wavelets by Rafael F. Pinheiro, Rui Fonseca-Pinto

“…This article introduces an algorithm that builds upon an earlier methodology to assess biosignals acquired through cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) for identifying metabolic syndrome (MS), heart failure (HF), and healthy individuals (H). Leveraging support vector machine (SVM) technology, a well-known machine learning classification method, in combination with wavelet transforms for feature extraction, the algorithm takes an innovative approach. …”
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The Role of SGLT2 Inhibitor on the Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy by Wenjun Sha, Song Wen, Lin Chen, Bilin Xu, Tao Lei, Ligang Zhou

“…Sodium-dependent glucose transporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2i) is a new antidiabetic drug which is mainly used in clinical practice to control blood glucose of patients with type 2 diabetes prone to develop chronic heart failure. Recent studies have found that SGLT2 is also expressed in the human retina. …”
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Expert Opinion on Fixed Dose Combination of Dapagliflozin Plus Sitagliptin for Unmet Cardiovascular Benefits in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Soumitra Ray, J Ezhilan, Rajiv Karnik, Ashish Prasad, Rajashree Dhar

“…The coexistence of T2DM with established/risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), heart failure (HF), or chronic kidney disease confers a poor prognosis, and management can be challenging. …”
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Aortic Valve Papillary Fibroelastoma Associated with Acute Cerebral Infarction: A Case Report by Nobuhiro Takeuchi, Masanori Takada, Koichi Fujita, Yoshiharu Nishibori, Takao Maruyama, Kazuyoshi Naba

“…An 80-year-old woman with a history of congestive heart failure, atrial fibrillation, and hypertension was transferred to our institution with hematemesis. …”
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Propionibacterium acnes: A Treatable Cause of Constrictive Pericarditis by Daniel Cruz, Haitham Ahmed, Yousuf Gandapur, M. Roselle Abraham

“…Two months later, he presented with atrial fibrillation and heart failure. He was found to have pericardial and bilateral pleural effusions which grew P. acnes. …”
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