Evaluation of the effectiveness of combined treatment of coronary heart disease – coronary artery bypass grafting, transplantation of autologous bone marrow mononuclear cells: a ra... by V. V. Komok, N. S. Bunenkov, S. A. Beliy, V. M. Pizin, V. M. Kondratev, A. V. Dulaev, A. E. Kobak, T. S. Maksimova, I. P. Sergienko, E. V. Parusova, L. A. Smirnova, E. V. Babenko, B. V. Afanasev, A. S. Nemkov, G. G. Khubulava

“…Predictors of overall effectiveness were identified: smoking, initial diastolic myocardial dysfunction, left ventricular ejection fraction. Conclusion. In addition to surgical treatment of coronary heart disease, ABMMC transplantation can improve myocardial contractility, boost exercise tolerance, and increase the duration of the functioning of coronary shunts at the follow-up period of 12 months. …”
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Prevalence, correlative and statistical relationships of renal dysfunction in patients with chronic ischemic heart failure by D. A. Lashkul

“…The perspective is to further explore the prognostic significance of the detected change, the possibility of pharmacological correction in patients with ischemic chronic heart failure, depending on age, sex, functional class, left ventricular contractile ability.…”
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Clinical-pathagenetic, Age, Gender, Genetic Aspects of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Nonviral Chronic Hepatitis Without, and also with Comorbid Hypothyroidism; Improving of... by Prysyazhnyuk V., Voloshyn O.

“…Changes in the structural and functional parameters of the heart, increase of the left ventricle myocardium mass and its index, and ejection fraction reduction were determined with age among NAFLD patients and CH patients. …”
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Early Phase I Cardiac Rehabilitation Integrated with Multidisciplinary Post-Acute Care in Decompensated Heart Failure: Insights from Serial Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing by Ruei-Sian Ding, Ko-Long Lin, Wen-Hwa Wang, Ming-Hsuan Huang, I-Hsiu Liou

“…<i>Background and Objectives:</i> Acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) leads to significant impairments in exercise capacity and functional outcomes. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of integrating early phase I cardiac rehabilitation with a multidisciplinary heart failure post-acute care (HF-PAC) program to improve functional capacity in patients hospitalized for ADHF, assessed by serial cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET). …”
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Prevalence and characteristics of newly diagnosed heart failure in patients with shortness of breath after coronavirus infection by O. V. Masalkina, N. A. Koziolova, N. M. Syuzeva

“…Patients with shortness of breath after COVID-19 had more severe HF, both according to clinical tests and according to the blood concentration of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), mainly with the preserved ejection fraction (EF) with a higher prevalence of left atrial (LA) enlargement in combination with a decrease in right ventricular (RV) systolic function and its dilatation. …”
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Application of the original method of intra-operative electrophysiological stimulation of recurrent laryngeal nerve with surgical interventions on the neck organs by Yu. V. Kovalenko, A. S. Tolstokorov, S. N. Kotov, G. A. Manakhov, E. N. Kurochkina

“…The OBJECTIVE was the reduction in the frequency of specific complications of surgical treatment of patients with pathology of the thyroid and parathyroid glands using the original method of monitoring the neuro-functional activity of the recurrent laryngeal nerve.METHODS AND MATERIALS. …”
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Task-specific morphological and kinematic differences in Lipizzan horses by Manja Zupan Šemrov, Lucie Přibylová, Elena Gobbo

“…IntroductionEquine locomotion emerges from a dynamic interplay between morphology, biomechanics, and functional demands. This study examines the relationship between morphological measurements and gait kinematics in Lipizzan horses, a breed renowned for its diverse work tasks and standardized environmental conditions. …”
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Clinical and neuroimaging aspects of formal thought disorder in schizophrenia: a brief narrative review by O. A. Levada, O. S. Troian

“…Negative FTD is mainly associated with damage to the prefronto-cingulate circles, which are the anatomical and functional substrates of executive functions. A unique feature of positive FTD is atrophy of the structures of the left temporal lobe, which leads to language disorders at the semantic level. …”
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The results of alcohol septal ablation in patients with hypertrophic cardiomiopathy and arterial hypertension by K. V. Rudenko, L. O. Nevmerzhytska, O. Yu. Dudnyk, S. M. Fanta, P. A. Danchenko, I. M. Kurpaianidi, V. V. Lazoryshynets

“…The results of the study showed that comorbid arterial hypertension in patient with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who underwent ASA does not affect the short- and long-term parameters of the systolic pressure gradient in left ventricular outflow tract, mitral insufficiency, interventricular septum thickness, NYHA functional class, rate of non-fatal outcomes (complete right-bundle branch block, complete AV-block), mortality.…”
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Changes in Resting fMRI Networks in Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury During Therapeutic Rhythmic Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (Case Report) by A. S. Zigmantovich, E. V. Sharova, M. М. Kopachka, A. S. Smirnov, E. V. Alexandrova, Yu. V. Kotovich, Ya. I. Deza-Araujo, M. V. Stern, E. M. Troshina, I. N. Pronin

“…We assessed the topography and quantitative characteristics of the networks (DMN, sensorimotor, control functions, left and right fronto-parietal, auditory, and speech) known to be most significant for recovery of consciousness.   …”
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A novel MRI-based deep learning imaging biomarker for comprehensive assessment of the lenticulostriate artery-neural complex by Yan Song, Yunlong Jin, Jianguo Wei, Jiajia Wang, Zhong Zheng, Ying Wang, Ru Zeng, Weiping Lu, Bingcang Huang

“…No significant differences were found in the number of LSA roots between the right and left hemispheres, nor in the FA and CBF values of the ROIs. …”
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Surgical treatment of corneal perforation by auto tissue: a clinical case by E. A. Ivachev

“…Purpose: to analyze the effectiveness of therapeutically covering cornea perforation in a cancer patient with auto conjunctiva. Material and methods. A patient with a diagnosis of cancer of the right kidney pT1N0M1, ST 4, metastasis in the left kidney and L 1-2 vertebrae; cancer rectum pT3N0M0, liver metastases in the form of a hypodense focus underwent several surgeries: radical nephrectomy of the right kidney; anterior resection of the rectum; atypical liver resection (S3, S4, S5). …”
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Prediction of 5-year survival in patients with heart failure and implanted cardiac resynchronization therapy devices by A. M. Soldatova, V. A. Kuznetsov, E. A. Gorbatenko, T. N. Enina, L. M. Malishevsky

“…Patients were randomly divided into training (n=95) and test (n=36) samples, which were comparable in main clinical and functional characteristics.Results. The index included parameters that had a significant relationship with 5-year survival according to the Cox regression: male sex, prior myocardial infarction, hypertension, QRS &lt;150 ms, no left bundle branch block, PR ≥200 ms with sinus rhythm/absence of radiofrequency ablation in atrial fibrillation, NYHA class III, IV HF, LVEF &lt;30%, left ventricular end-diastolic volume ≥235,0 ml, NT-proBNP ≥2692,0 ng/ml. …”
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Magnetic resonance spectroscopy in Parkinson’s disease by Y. G. Khomenko, I. V. Miliukhina, E. V. Gracheva, G. V. Kataeva, A. A. Bogdan, E. A. Gromova, D. S. Susin

“…While PET is the “golden standard” in assessing the brain functional state and is widely used in neurodegenerative diseases, the diagnostic value of MRS remains undefined due to the inconsistency of the results obtained in different studies. …”
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Thyroidectomy in patients with amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis by U. A. Tsoy, A. A. Shekhovtsova, E. V. Ivanikha, M. A. Salov, I. N. Danilov, T. V. Andrejchenko, A. B. Dalmatova, L. V. Belousova, E. N. Grineva

“…The long-term TE results were evaluated by the dynamics of the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) based on the echocardiography data.RESULTS. …”
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Differentially expressed transcript isoforms associate with resistance to tuberculin skin test and interferon gamma release assay conversion. by Jason D Simmons, R Max Segnitz, Kimberly A Dill-McFarland, Catherine M Stein, Glenna J Peterson, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, W Henry Boom, Thomas R Hawn

“…<h4>Objective</h4>Using transcript isoform analyses, we aimed to identify novel RSTR-associated genes hypothesizing that previous gene-level differential expression analysis obscures isoform-specific differences that contribute to phenotype.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>Monocytes from 49 RSTR versus 52 subjects with latent Mtb infection (LTBI) were infected with M. tuberculosis (H37Rv) or left unstimulated (media) prior to RNA isolation and sequencing. …”
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Hereditary features of plasma concentrations of endothelin-1 in men with hypertension and chronic heart failure by H. O. Palahniuk, V. M. Zhebel

“…Among them 79 men from control group, 62 men with uncomplicated essential hypertension (EH) with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and 50 men with EH and chronic heart failure (CHF) II-III functional classes by NYHA. …”
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EARLY AND LATE OUTCOME AFTER REPAID AORTIC VALVE SURGERY - THE SINGEL CENTRE EXPERIANCE OF HEART CENTER LEIPZIG (GERMANY) by Sergey Leontyev, Nataliya V. Leonteva, Yaroslava Dmitrieva, Piroze Davierwala, Michael A. Borger

“…Independent predictors of late mortality were: NYHA functional class IV (HR, 95% CI 2.2 = 1.5, p -3.2 &lt; 0.01) and infective endocarditis (HR 2.2, 95% CI = 1.4 -3.1 p &lt; 0.01). …”
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Cardiovascular risk and the possibility of its correction in women with premature ovarian insufficiency by A. A. Pozdnyakova, L. A. Marchenko, N. K. Runikhina

“…We evaluated the usual CV risk factors: smoking habits, arterial blood pressure, total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoproteins (LDL), high-density lipoproteins; in addition, we determined apolipoprotein B (Apo B), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), uric acid, and endotelin-1, as well as the functional markers: the right and left carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) and the brachial artery flow-mediated dilatation (FMD). …”
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Results of the alcohol septal ablation in combination with simultaneous endoprosthesis of coronary arteries in treatment of patients, suffering obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopa... by K. V. Rudenko, L. O. Nevmerzhytska, O. Yu. Dudnyk, S. M. Fanta, V. V. Lazoryshynets

“…Reduction of the systolic pressure gradient in the exit tract of the left ventriculus, mitral regurgitation, and the functional class characteristic in accordance to criteria of a New-York Association of Cardiologists in both groups in immediate and late periods of observation have appeared statistically proved. …”
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