A Rare Cause of Heart Failure Treated by Heart Transplantation: Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium by Julien Bordes, Bertrand Jop, Sandrine Imbert, Sami Hraiech, Frédéric Collard, François Kerbaul

“…Noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium is a rare cardiomyopathy due to an arrest of myocardial morphogenesis. The characteristic echocardiographic findings are prominent myocardial trabeculations and deep intertrabecular spaces communicating with the left ventricular cavity. …”
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A Series of Unfortunate Events: Prinzmetal Angina Culminating in Transmural Infarction in the Setting of Acute Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage by Michael Ruisi, Phillip Ruisi, Hugo Rosero, Paul Schweitzer

“…While the ischemia induced is usually transient, myocardial infarction and life-threatening arrhythmias can occur in 25% of cases. …”
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Effect of Extended Lipid Core on the Hemodynamic Parameters: A Fluid-Structure Interaction Approach by Morteza Teymoori, Mahmood Reza Sadeghi, Mohsen Rabbani, Mehdi Jahangiri

“…Myocardial infarction is one of the leading causes of death in the developed countries. …”
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Role of Inflammatory Cell Subtypes in Heart Failure by Derek Strassheim, Edward C. Dempsey, Evgenia Gerasimovskaya, Kurt Stenmark, Vijaya Karoor

“…Studies have shown that while some inflammation is required for repair during injury and is protective, prolonged inflammation leads to myocardial remodeling and apoptosis of cardiac myocytes. …”
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Acute Thrombotic Occlusion of Right Coronary and Left Circumflex Coronary Arteries in a Patient with Antiphospholipid Syndrome: Successful Stent Implantation by Serdar Biceroglu, Muge Ildizli Demirbas, Mustafa Karaca, Murat Yalcin, Hasan Yilmaz

“…Antiphospholipid syndrome is a rare disorder. Acute myocardial infarction is uncommon among these patients. …”
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Cardiac Expression of Tnnt1 Requires the GATA4-FOG2 Transcription Complex by Nikolay L. Manuylov, Sergei G. Tevosian

“…Previous work by us and others has shown that the loss of interaction between GATA4 and FOG2 protein partners is embryonic lethal due to heart failure at embryonic day (E) 13.5; however, the role of this important protein duo in various cardiac compartments (e.g., myocardial, endocardial, or epicardial cells) remains to be understood. …”
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Rare Case of Cocaine-Induced Aortic Aneurysm: A Near Dissection Event by Ranju Kunwor, AnnMarie Canelas

“…Cocaine use has been associated with cardiovascular complications such as coronary atherosclerosis, coronary artery spasm, cardiac arrhythmias, acute myocardial infarction, myocarditis, and dilated cardiomyopathies. …”
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miR-432-5p Inhibits the Ferroptosis in Cardiomyocytes Induced by Hypoxia/Reoxygenation via Activating Nrf2/SLC7A11 Axis by Degrading Keap1 by Wei Geng, Shaohua Yan, Xinyue Li, Qiumei Liu, Xuefei Zhang, Xinshun Gu, Xiang Tian, Yunfa Jiang

“…Early reperfusion into the myocardium after ischemia causes myocardial ischemia–reperfusion (I/R) injury and ferroptosis was involved. …”
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A Case of Lymphocytic Myocarditis with Eosinophilic Degranulation Successfully Treated with Steroid Therapy by Tomoko Inoue, Fusako Sera, Shunsuke Nishimura, Kei Nakamoto, Yasumasa Tsukamoto, Isamu Mizote, Tomohito Ohtani, Shungo Hikoso, Yoshihiko Ikeda, Yumiko Hori, Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda, Eiichi Morii, Tetsuo Minamino, Yasushi Sakata

“…Because of a predominant infiltration of lymphocytes in the myocardial specimens, lymphocytic myocarditis was diagnosed. …”
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Postpartum Coronary Vasospasm with Literature Review by Jayanth Koneru, Matthew Cholankeril, Kunal Patel, Fadi Alattar, Ashraf Alqaqa, Hirtaj Virk, Fayez Shamoon, Mahesh Bikkina

“…Acute myocardial infarction during pregnancy or the postpartum period is rare. …”
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Electrical Injury-Induced Complete Atrioventricular Block: Is Permanent Pacemaker Required? by Osman Beton, Tolga Han Efe, Hakki Kaya, Murat Bilgin, Lale Dinc Asarcikli, Mehmet Birhan Yilmaz

“…Electrical injury can lead to various cardiovascular disorders: acute myocardial necrosis, myocardial ischemia, heart failure, arrhythmias, hemorrhagic pericarditis, acute hypertension with peripheral vasospasm, and anomalous, nonspecific ECG alterations. …”
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A Case Series of Diverse Cardiac Abnormalities in Collegiate Athlete with COVID-19: Role for Multimodality Imaging by Vanessa-Rose G. Turpin, Kyle Goerl, Chen Hoe Chow, Carl J. Ade

“…Initial TTE revealed abnormal left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LVGLS), an identified “red-flag” for potential COVID-19 myocardial disease. Further CMR imaging revealed potential recent/prior myocarditis in 1 athlete. …”
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Left Bundle Branch Block Chest Pain Conundrum by Karthik Seetharam, Ayesha Cheema, Gary Friedman, Roman Pachulski

“…Previously, patients with coronary ischemic pain and LBBB judged to be “new” (not previously documented) were considered to have ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) warranting acute thrombolytic therapy. …”
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Valvular Cardiomyopathy: The Value of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Vasiliki Tsampasian, Sandeep S. Hothi, Thuwarahan Ravindrarajah, Andrew J. Swift, Pankaj Garg, Vassilios S. Vassiliou

“…Postprocessing of the routinely acquired images with feature tracking CMR methodology can give invaluable information about myocardial deformation and strain parameters that suggest subclinical ventricular impairment that remains undetected by conventional measures such as the ejection fraction (EF). …”
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Mitochondrial Dysfunction as a Therapeutic Target in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy: Progress and Prospects by Feng Zhang, Zhuqing Li, Yanxin Wang, Chao Li, Chengzhi Lu

“…DCM causes microvascular disease, myocardial metabolic disorder, and myocardial fibrosis, thereby leading to left ventricular remodeling, diastolic and/or systolic dysfunction, and eventually progressing to congestive heart failure. …”
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Swift Onset, Swift Recovery: Unusual Nonrheumatic Myocarditis in a Young Adult Post Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis by Andres Rios, Colby Wood, Ricardo Isaiah Garcia, Emily C. Mitchell, Jacob Nichols

“…This case report highlights the unusual presentation and management of nonrheumatic myocarditis in a 24-year-old male, an age demographic not commonly associated with myocardial complications following Group A streptococcal pharyngitis. …”
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Outcome of primary closure following carotid endarterectomy with a novel technique: An 8-year multicenter cohort study by Amir Ahmad Arabzadeh, MD, Mohammadreza Kalantarmotamedi, MD, Babak Sabet, MD, Niki Tadayon, MD

“…Early complications (8.7%) included hematoma, transient ischemic attack, myocardial infarction, stroke, and death. Late complications involved myocardial infarction, death, transient ischemic attack, stroke, and reintervention. …”
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Progenitor Hematopoietic Cells Implantation Improves Functional Capacity of End Stage Coronary Artery Disease Patients with Advanced Heart Failure by Yoga Yuniadi, Yuyus Kusnadi, Lakshmi Sandhow, Rendra Erika, Dicky A. Hanafy, Caroline Sardjono, R. W. M. Kaligis, Manoefris Kasim, Ganesja M. Harimurti

“…The PHC were delivered retrogradely via sinus coronarius. Echocardiography, myocardial perfusion, and clinical and functional data were analyzed up to 1-year observation. …”
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Tinnitus and cardiovascular disease: the population-based Tromsø Study (2015–2016) by Laila A Hopstock, Bo Engdahl, Norun Hjertager Krog, Bente Oftedal, Jannike Heyerdahl-Larsen Ausland, Magnar Johnsen

“…This study aimed to examine whether tinnitus is associated with the prevalence of hypertension, myocardial infarction or stroke, in the general adult population.Methods We used data from the seventh survey of the Tromsø Study, a comprehensive population-based health study carried out in 2015–2016. …”
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Heart-Kidney Biomarkers in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Stress Testing by Mikko Haapio, Andrew A. House, Massimo de Cal, Dinna N. Cruz, Paolo Lentini, Davide Giavarina, Antonio Fortunato, Luigi Menghetti, Matteo Salgarello, Andrea Lupi, Giuliano Soffiati, Alessandro Fontanelli, Pierluigi Zanco, Claudio Ronco

“…Patients undergoing nuclear myocardial perfusion stress imaging were divided into 2 groups. …”
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