Listar por tema "echocardiography"
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Amyloid cardiomyopathy presenting as persistent symptomatic pleural effusions
(2005)A 73-year-old male presented with dyspnea and bilateral transudative pleural effusions that persisted despite aggressive diuresis. No etiology had been established despite an extensive workout. The only abnormal finding ... -
Apolipoprotein E Polymorphism and Left Ventricular Failure in Beta-Thalassemia: A Multivariate Meta-Analysis
(2017)Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) is potentially a genetic risk factor for the development of left ventricular failure (LVF), the main cause of death in beta-thalassemia homozygotes. In the present study, we synthesize the results ... -
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Artificial Intelligence in Cardiology—A Narrative Review of Current Status
(2022)Artificial intelligence (AI) is an integral part of clinical decision support systems (CDSS), offering methods to approximate human reasoning and computationally infer decisions. Such methods are generally based on medical ... -
Association of specific HLA phenotypes with left ventricular mass and carotid intima-media thickness in hypertensives
(2001)The aim of this study was to investigate the hypothesis that the expression of certain HLA antigens may constitute a risk marker for cardiovascular hypertrophy in subjects with arterial hypertension. We examined 158 subjects ... -
Breast radiotherapy and early adverse cardiac effects. The role of serum biomarkers and strain echocardiography
(2019)Breast cancer radiotherapy has a clear benefit for both long-term survival and local recurrence rate. However, there is still much concern about the early radiation-induced heart toxicity. This article aimed to clarify the ... -
Cardiotoxicity in rabbits after long-term nandrolone decanoate administration
(2016)Abuse of anabolic androgenic steroids is linked to a variety of cardiovascular complications. The aim of our study was to investigate the possible cardiovascular effects of nandrolone decanoate on young rabbits using ... -
Cardiotoxicity of Chemical Substances: An Emerging Hazard Class
(2022)(1) Background: Human health risks and hazards from chemical substances are well regulated internationally. However, cardiotoxicity, is not defined as a stand-alone hazard and therefore there are no defined criteria for ... -
Characteristics and outcomes of cancer patients who develop pulmonary embolism: A cross-sectional study
(2021)Pulmonary embolism (PE), along with deep vein thrombosis, are collectively known as venous thromboembo- lism (VTE). Predisposing factors for PE include post-operative conditions, pregnancy, cancer and an advanced age; of ... -
Chronic Heart Failure: Diagnosis and Management beyond LVEF Classification
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Dancers’ heart: Cardiac screening in elite dancers
(2020)Using electrocardiography and echocardiography, we screened elite men and women ballet dancers for abnormal cardiovascular conditions using an observation design with blinded clinical analysis of cardiac function tests. ... -
Diagnostic Challenges and Uncertainties of Embolic Strokes of Undetermined Source in Young Adults
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Editor's Choice – Endovascular Aneurysm Repair in High Risk Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
(2022)Objective: To investigate outcomes of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) in high risk patients. Methods: Bibliographic sources (MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and CENTRAL) were searched using combinations of thesaurus and free ... -
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Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source: A Systematic Review and Clinical Update
(2017)Background and Purpose-Embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) designates patients with nonlacunar cryptogenic ischemic strokes in whom embolism is the likely stroke mechanism. It has been hypothesized that anticoagulation ... -
Evaluation of the irradiated volume of the heart and cardiac substructures after left breast radiotherapy
(2020)Backround/Aim: Adjuvant radiotherapy in patients with cancer of the left breast may lead to impaired cardiac function. The aim of our prospective study is to evaluate (i) doses to the irradiated volume of the heart and its ... -
Evolution of epidemiological characteristics of infective endocarditis in Greece
(2021)Objective: The clinical profile, management and outcome of infective endocarditis (IE) may be influenced by socioeconomic issues. Methods: A nationwide prospective study evaluated IE during the era of deep economic crisis ... -
From courage to ischaemia: Is still there a role for myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) in stable coronary artery disease?
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Hemodynamic challenges in traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage complicated by cerebral vasospasm
(2016)[No abstract available]