CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF DETERMINING THE LEVEL OF THE BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF HEART FAILURE OF COMORBID PATIENTS WITH CORONARY HEART DISEASE AND THYROTOXICOS... by E. V. Pashchenko, A. I. Chesnikova, V. I. Kudinov, V. P. Terent’ev

“…At the same time, tolerance to physical activity for the patients of the main group was 1.2 times lower than for the patients of the 1st comparison group (p = 0.01). The contractility of left ventricular myocardium for the patients of the main group was significantly lower, as evidenced by the lowest left ventricular ejection fraction — 40.0 (37.0, 42.0)% (compared to patients of all comparison groups, p <0.001). …”
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Effect of Printing Orientation Angle and Heat Treatment on the Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of Binder-Jetting-Printed Parts in 17-4 PH Stainless Steel by Iacopo Bianchi, Archimede Forcellese, Pietro Forcellese, Tommaso Mancia, Chiara Mignanelli, Michela Simoncini, Tommaso Verdini

“…Half of the specimens were left in the as-sintered condition after the 3D-printing operation, while the other half of the specimens was subjected to H900 heat treatment. …”
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Main Factors Related with the White Coat Effect Level in Patients with Arterial Hypertension and Bronchial Asthma by G. F. Andreeva, M. I. Smirnova, V. M. Gorbunov, A. S. Kurekhyan, Y. N. Koshelyaevskaya

“…In AH patients without asthma we found inverse relationships WCE levels with respiratory function parameters, the nighttime BP decrease, heart rate and the difference between standing and sitting BP levels, and correlations with the EchoCG variables (the left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) indices), with age, AH duration and body mass index (BMI). …”
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Level and correlations of soluble suppression of tumorigenicity 2 protein in heart failure and its relationship with clinical and paraclinical characteristics of patients by A. Ya. Kravchenko, A. V. Budnevsky, A. V. Kontsevaya, T. A. Chernik, R. E. Tokmachev

“…In the study sample of patients with HF, sST2 levels correlated with right atrial (r=0,49) and right ventricular (r=0,32) sizes, left ventricular end-diastolic dimension (r=0,34) and volume (r=0,33), left ventricular early diastolic filling rate (r=-0,35), blood calcium level (r=-0,55) and functional class of exertional angina (r=-0,37).Conclusion. …”
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A customized metal guide for controllable modification of anterior teeth contour prior to minimally invasive preparation by Carlos Alberto Jurado, Saad AlResayes, Mohammed Edrees Sayed, Jose Villalobos-Tinoco, Nayely Llanes-Urias, Akimasa Tsujimoto

“…The present technical note describes the fabrication technique and clinical application of a customized metal preparation reduction guide. Material and method: Patient presented with tilted maxillary left central incisor. …”
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Intraventricular septum role in chronic heart failure pathogenesis by N. A. Galanina, I. G. Fomina, Z. O. Georgadze, V. V. Matveev, N. E. Gaidamakina, N. B. Kinyasheva

“…Material and methods. In total, 117 CHD patients with NYHA Functional Class (FC) I-IV CHF (mean age 58±4,1 years), underwent IV and RV inotropic function assessment by standard balanced biventricular radioventriculography For local myocardial contractility assessment, a unified 16-segment IV and RV model was used. …”
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Impact of obesity on echocardiographic parameters and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide levels in patients with heart failure with mid-range ejection fraction: unanswered qu... by E. A. Lyasnikova, A. A. Kuular, A. V. Pavlovskaya, A. N. Vlasenko, A. V. Kozlenok, A. Yu. Babenko, M. Yu. Sitnikova, E. V. Shlyakhto

“…Type 2 diabetes, overweight and obesity were diagnosed in 25%, 19%, 38% of cases, respectively, and were associated with greater changes in the morphologic and functional left ventricular parameters. There were no intergroup differences among patients with and without obesity in the LAV and LVM indexed to BSA. …”
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Trimetazidine MR effects on heart remodeling in stable coronary heart disease patients by E. M. Khurs, Yu. A. Zinovyeva, A. V. Poddubnaya, I. I. Kotsuba, O. G. Smolenskaya

“…LV diastolic function parameters improved, NYHA functional class reduced. …”
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EFFECTS OF BETA-BLOCKER METOPROLOL ON QUALITY OF LIFE IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE by I. V. Vologdina

“…Quality of life also improved more significantly in the 1st group according to MLHFQ and SF-36 (physical functions, role physical functions, social function scales) at the end of therapy.Conclusion. …”
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Indapamide retard in complex therapy of patients with chronic heart failure and arterial hypertension by S. N. Tereshchenko, N. A. Dzhaiani, A. E. Akimov, N. A. Gnidkina, A. G. Kochetov

“…To investigate indapamide retard effects on clinico-laboratory parameters and clinical course in patients with Functional Class (FC) II-IV chronic heart failure (CHF) and arterial hypertension (AH). …”
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Comparative analysis of hemodynamic monitoring with pulmonary artery catheter and transthoracic echocardiography in patients with cardiogenic shock by V. V. Ryabov, A. G. Syrkina, M. A. Kercheva, I. I. Yolgin, O. O. Panteleev

“…We believe that this is due to the fact that diastolic function assessment in intensive care patients in the focal TTE mode may be difficult and not sufficiently correct.Conclusion. …”
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Mechanisms and predictors of ischemic mitral regurgitation at rest and on exertion in patients at early stage of myocardial infarction by K. G. Adamyan, A. L. Chilingaryan, N. G. Mkrtchyan, L. G. Tunyan

“…In inferoposterior MI and IMR, differences were observed in the index of local contractility and function of the posteromedial PM. The differences in MI of both localizations and IMR compared with MI without IMR were the areas of the mitral orifice and dyssinchrony of the PM. …”
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THE PREDICTION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION RECURRENCE AT VARIOUS METHODS OF SINUS RHYTHM RECOVERY by T. Y. Gromyko, S. A. Sayganov

“…Significant interrelation between the time of left atrium function restoration (peak A<0.5m/s) and probability of AF paroxysms emergence in early (up to 2 weeks) and late (till 6 months) follow-up periods was also observed (р<0.05). …”
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DYNAMICS OF CARDIOVASCULAR STATUS AND SERUM MARKERS OF ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, TREATED WITH INFLIXIMAB by S. P. Oranskyi, L. N. Eliseeva, N. A. Samorodskaya, I. G. Malkhasyan

“…Serum levels of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNO-α), interleukin-10 (IL-10), tissue plasminogen activator (TPA), and von Willebrand factor (vWf) were measured, using ELISA. Left ventricular (LV) function and microvascular status were assessed with echocardiography and laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF), respectively.Results. …”
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Right-ventricular mechanics assessed by cardiovascular magnetic resonance feature tracking in children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. by Joanna Petryka-Mazurkiewicz, Lidia Ziolkowska, Łukasz Mazurkiewicz, Monika Kowalczyk-Domagała, Agnieszka Boruc, Mateusz Śpiewak, Magdalena Marczak, Grażyna Brzezinska-Rajszys

“…<h4>Background</h4>Although hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is considered a disease of the left ventricle (LV), right ventricular (RV) abnormalities have also been reported on. …”
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Hyporesponse to statin therapy among patients with acute coronary syndrome: prevalence, impact on the development of heart failure in a short-term follow-up by I. V. Druk, O. Yu. Korennova, Yu. E. Yukhina, M. V. Savchenko, N. A. Maciyauskas, L. V. Shukil

“…Hyporesponse to statins was defined as the percentage reduction in LDL-C 14; left atrial volume index &gt;34 ml/m2) function.Results. …”
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Coronary heart disease in drivers: prevalence and professional work capacity by Z. Sh. Kerefova, I. I. Zhilova, A. A. Elgarov

“…According to PPT results, active reaction system function was reduced in AD with CHD, MI, and stage I"II AH, comparing to healthy AD (p&lt;0,01). …”
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An artificial intelligence approach to palaeogeographic studies: a case study of the Late Ordovician brachiopods of Laurentia by Akbar Sohrabi

“…In order to measure the reliability of the neural network model, the mean square error performance function was used. For training the neural network model, the Bayesian training function (trainbr) was used. …”
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Mitral valve leaflet clipping in patients with previously implanted heart failure devices by Ya. Sh. Karamova, T. M. Uskach, T. E. Imaev, S. N. Tereshchenko

“…To evaluate the effect of mitral valve intervention with the help of MitraClip on the course of chronic heart failure (CHF) in patients with implanted devices.   Materials and Methods. 73 patients with mitral regurgitation of 3-4 degree, heart failure of II-IV NYHA functional class who underwent implantation of MitraClip system on mitral valve flaps were included in the study. …”
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Drop-shaped microgrooves guide unidirectional cell migration for enhanced endothelialization by Xing-wang Wang, Cheng-qiang Ye, Qian Tang, Hong-mei Yu, Jing Wang, Guo-sheng Fu, Ke-feng Ren, Lu Yu, Jian Ji

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