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A bleeding conundrum
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.01.028
A 33-year-old woman with complex congenital heart disease (CHD) presented with acute pleuritic chest pain, dyspnoea and hypoxia. The patient was pyrexial, tachycardic and hypotensive with only bilater...
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Ee Ling Heng,
Rafael Alonso-Gonzalez,
Enitan Majekodunmi,
Konstantinos Dimopoulos,
Andrew G. Nicholson,
Michael A. Gatzoulis,
Lorna Swan
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Short communication
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03 February 2012 |
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The presence of an atrial electromechanical delay in idiopathic atrial fibrillation as determined by tissue Doppler imaging
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.01.024
Atrial fibrillation (AF) derives from a complex continuum of predisposing factors. However, the true ‘scene of calamity’ is the atrium. Increased left atrial (LA) size is associated with increased ris...
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B. Weijs,
C.B. de Vos,
I. Limantoro,
E.C. Cheriex,
R.G. Tieleman,
H.J.G.M. Crijns
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03 February 2012 |
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Atrial fibrillation, complete atrioventricular block and escape rhythm with bundle-branch block morphologies: An exceptional presentation of Lyme carditis
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.01.004
We report the case of a 51year old patient without significant past medical history admitted to the emergency department with complaints of generalized fatigue, shortness of breath and chest pain. He ...
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Nathalie Wenger,
Cyril Pellaton,
Philippe Bruchez,
Jürg Schläpfer
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Short communication
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03 February 2012 |
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Circulating carboxy-terminal propeptide of type I procollagen is increased in rheumatic heart disease
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.01.026
Mitral valve is mostly affected in rheumatic heart disease which is prevalent in developing countries and thousands of new cases are being diagnosed worldwide every year . It is known that extensive ...
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Tanima Banerjee,
Somaditya Mukherjee,
Monodeep Biswas,
Santanu Dutta,
Shelly Chatterjee,
Sudip Ghosh,
Sanjib Pattari,
Navin C. Nanda,
Arun Bandyopadhyay
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Short communication
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03 February 2012 |
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Dual non-responsiveness to antiplatelet treatment is a stronger predictor of cardiac adverse events than isolated non-responsiveness to clopidogrel or aspirin
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.01.016
Abstract: Background: High platelet reactivity (HPR) under treatment with clopidogrel or aspirin is associated with adverse outcome. We aimed to investigate whether high platelet reactivity (HPR) to b...
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Jolanta M. Siller-Matula,
Georg Delle-Karth,
Günter Christ,
Thomas Neunteufl,
Gerald Maurer,
Kurt Huber,
Alexander Tolios,
Christa Drucker,
Bernd Jilma
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03 February 2012 |
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Successful primary angioplasty in patient with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction caused by large septal branch occlusion
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.085
We report a rare case of septal ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) caused by isolated, thrombotic occlusion of a large septal branch successfully treated with drug-eluting stent (DES) ...
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Artur Dziewierz,
Andrzej Wiśniewski,
Tomasz Rakowski,
Dariusz Dudek
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Short communication
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01 February 2012 |
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Increase in cardiac M2-muscarinic receptor expression is regulated by GATA binding protein 4 (GATA-4) in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.01.015
Abstract: Background: An increase in cardiac M2-muscarinic receptor (M2-mAChR) expression in diabetic rats has been observed, but the molecular mechanism of this increase remains unclear. The transcri...
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Guang-Yuan Mar,
Po-Ming Ku,
Li-Jen Chen,
Kai-Chun Cheng,
Yin-Xiao Li,
Juei-Tang Cheng
et al.
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01 February 2012 |
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Is there a role for coronary angiography in the early detection of the vulnerable plaque?
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.01.027
Abstract: The identification of the coronary “vulnerable plaque” that is prone to disruption and thrombosis remains a “holy grail” in the treatment of coronary artery disease. The widespread use of co...
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Kim Hoe Chan,
Martin K.C. Ng
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Review article
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31 January 2012 |
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Inspiratory muscle training and quality of life in patients with heart failure: Systematic review of randomized trials
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.01.025
Patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) may present abnormalities in cardiovascular, musculoskeletal and respiratory systems , and these abnormalities may have important implications for quality of ...
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Graciele Sbruzzi,
Pedro Dal Lago,
Rodrigo Antonini Ribeiro,
Rodrigo Della Méa Plentz
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Short communication
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30 January 2012 |
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A case of reversible cardiomyopathy associated with sorafenib in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.114
Sorafenib, the oral multikinase inhibitor, is now widely used in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma and advanced renal cell carcinoma. In general, it rarely induces cardiomyopathy or hear...
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Hyekyong Park,
Seung-Hee Han,
Hyojin Kang,
Kyungil Park
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Short communication
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30 January 2012 |
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Predictive value of glycosylated hemoglobin for mortality of patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.01.010
Elevated glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) has been associated with increased cardiovascular risk in patients both with and without diabetes mellitus (DM). Previous several reports showed an association...
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Min Goo Lee,
Myung Ho Jeong,
Dong Han Kim,
Ki Hong Lee,
Keun Ho Park,
Doo Sun Sim,
Hyun Ju Yoon,
Nam Sik Yoon,
Kye Hun Kim,
Hyoung Wook Park,
Young Joon Hong,
Ju Han Kim,
Youngkeun Ahn,
Jeong Gwan Cho,
Jong Chun Park,
Jung Chaee Kang
et al.
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Short communication
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30 January 2012 |
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How easily can omission of patients, or selection amongst poorly-reproducible measurements, create artificial correlations? Methods for detection and implications for observational research design in cardiology
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.018
Abstract: Background: When reported correlation coefficients seem too high to be true, does investigative verification of source data provide suitable reassurance? This study tests how easily omission...
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Darrel P. Francis
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30 January 2012 |
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Copeptin as a prognostic factor for major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.105
Abstract: Background: C-terminal portion of provasopressin (copeptin) has recently been discussed as a novel biomarker for the early rule-out of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The aim is to invest...
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Stephan von Haehling,
Jana Papassotiriou,
Nils G. Morgenthaler,
Oliver Hartmann,
Wolfram Doehner,
Konstantinos Stellos,
Thomas Wurster,
Andreas Schuster,
Eike Nagel,
Meinrad Gawaz,
Boris Bigalke
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30 January 2012 |
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Severity of the cardiac impairment determines whether digitalis prolongs or reduces survival of rats with heart failure due to myocardial infarction
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.097
Abstract: Background: The aim of the present study was to evaluate if the influence of digitalis on survival depends on the severity of cardiac dysfunction in heart failure (HF). Methods and results: ...
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Alexandra A. dos Santos,
Izo Helber,
Ednei L. Antonio,
Marcelo F. Franco,
Paulo J.F. Tucci
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30 January 2012 |
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Cardioprotective effect of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor during ischemia–reperfusion injury
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.01.011
Abstract: Background: Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor is a new anti-diabetic drug for type-2 diabetes mellitus patients. Despite its benefits on glycemic control, the effects of DPP-4 inhibit...
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Kroekkiat Chinda,
Siripong Palee,
Sirirat Surinkaew,
Mattabhorn Phornphutkul,
Siriporn Chattipakorn,
Nipon Chattipakorn
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30 January 2012 |
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Diffuse multi-vessel coronary artery spasm: Incidence and clinical prognosis
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.106
Abstract: Background: The incidence and clinical prognosis of diffuse and multivessel coronary spasm has not been reported. Methods: Patients with suspected vasospastic angina were prospectively enrol...
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Yae Min Park,
Seung Hwan Han,
Kwang-Pil Ko,
Kwang Kon Koh,
Woong Chol Kang,
Kyounghoon Lee,
Kwen-Chul Shin,
Soon Yong Suh,
Tae Hoon Ahn,
In Suk Choi,
Eak Kyun Shin
et al.
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27 January 2012 |
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The functional right ventricle and tricuspid regurgitation in Ebstein's anomaly
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.081
Abstract: Background: The size of the functional right ventricle of patients with Ebstein's anomaly is, according to contemporary opinion, small. However, the in vivo size of the functional right vent...
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Sohrab Fratz,
Christine Janello,
Dorothea Müller,
Manuel Seligmann,
Christian Meierhofer,
Tibor Schuster,
Christian Schreiber,
Stefan Martinoff,
John Hess,
Andreas Kühn,
Manfred Vogt,
Heiko Stern
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27 January 2012 |
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A meta-analytic overview of thrombectomy during primary angioplasty
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.11.102
Abstract: Introduction: Even though primary angioplasty restores TIMI 3 flow in more than 90% of STEMI patients, the results in terms of myocardial perfusion are still unsatisfactory in a relatively l...
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Giuseppe De Luca,
Eliano Navarase,
Harry Suryapranata
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27 January 2012 |
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The peri-operative management of anti-platelet therapy in elective, non-cardiac surgery
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.096
Abstract: Background: Cardiovascular complications are important causes of morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing elective non-cardiac surgery, with adverse cardiac outcomes estimated to occur...
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Richard F. Alcock,
Chris Naoum,
Bernadette Aliprandi-Costa,
Graham S. Hillis,
David B. Brieger
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25 January 2012 |
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Pioglitazone ameliorates systolic and diastolic cardiac dysfunction in rat model of angiotensin II-induced hypertension
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.01.007
Abstract: We previously showed that administration of angiotensin II to rats causes fibrosis and lipid accumulation in the heart. In the current study, we examined the effect of pioglitazone, an agoni...
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Aiko Sakamoto,
Makiko Hongo,
Kyoko Furuta,
Kan Saito,
Ryozo Nagai,
Nobukazu Ishizaka
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25 January 2012 |
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Doppler echocardiography may provide a potentially life-saving screening of anomalous origin of coronary artery in young athletes
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.01.005
Congenital anomalies of the coronary artery are the cause of sudden death in young people. Although cardiac computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance images (MRI) are the best methods to diagnos...
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Takehiro Nakahara,
Rieko Takahashi-Tateno,
Akira Hasegawa,
Takao Kimura,
Yoshito Tsushima,
Masami Murakami,
Masahiko Kurabayashi
et al.
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Short communication
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24 January 2012 |
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Slow coronary flow in patients undergoing urgent coronary angiography for ST elevation myocardial infarction
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.01.001
The slow coronary flow (SCF), also known as syndrome Y, has been described since 1972 . Slow coronary flow phenomenon is characterized by delayed opacification of epicardial coronary vessels in the ab...
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Erkan Ayhan,
Huseyin Uyarel,
Turgay Isık,
Mehmet Ergelen,
Gokhan Cicek,
Servet Altay,
Mehmet Bozbay,
Mehmet Eren
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Short communication
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24 January 2012 |
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Is angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor appropriate for contrast-induced nephropathy? A meta-analysis about this field
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.067
Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is the third leading cause of in-hospital acute renal failure . The role of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) in CIN is controversial . There are evid...
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Ximing Li,
Tingting Li,
Naikuan Fu,
Yuecheng Hu,
Hongliang Cong
et al.
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Short communication
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24 January 2012 |
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Osteopontin (OPN) improves risk stratification in pulmonary hypertension (PH)
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.108
Osteopontin (OPN) was found upregulated in several heart failure models and appears to play an important role in myocardial remodeling . Moreover, our group demonstrated that OPN plasma level are elev...
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Mark Rosenberg,
F. Joachim Meyer,
Ekkehard Gruenig,
Tibor Schuster,
Matthias Lutz,
Dirk Lossnitzer,
Rita Wipplinger,
Hugo A. Katus,
Norbert Frey
et al.
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Short communication
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24 January 2012 |
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Erythrocytes from patients with carotid atherosclerosis fail to control dendritic cell maturation
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.068
Evidence indicates that erythrocytes can represent a potent atherogenic stimulus. In physiological conditions they display an immunomodulatory activity by promoting T cell survival and controlling sl...
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Brigitta Buttari,
Elisabetta Profumo,
Barbara Cuccu,
Elisabetta Straface,
Lucrezia Gambardella,
Walter Malorni,
Igino Genuini,
Raffaele Capoano,
Bruno Salvati,
Rachele Riganò
et al.
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Short communication
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24 January 2012 |
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High-sensitive troponin T is associated with atrial fibrillation in a general population
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.117
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most important cause of embolic stroke and deteriorates the quality of life of subjects . AF increases morbidity and mortality even after adjusting for comorbid cardiov...
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Takahiro Anegawa,
Hisashi Kai,
Hisashi Adachi,
Yuji Hirai,
Mika Enomoto,
Ako Fukami,
Maki Otsuka,
Hidemi Kajimoto,
Suguru Yasuoka,
Yoshiko Iwamoto,
Yuji Aoki,
Kenji Fukuda,
Tsutomu Imaizumi
et al.
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Short communication
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24 January 2012 |
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Chemical denervation of the renal artery by vincristine in swine. A new catheter based technique
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.01.002
Abstract: Background: Renal sympathetic denervation is a promising technique for the treatment of resistant hypertension. We evaluated a novel method for chemical sympathetic denervation of the renal ...
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Christodoulos Stefanadis,
Konstantinos Toutouzas,
Andreas Synetos,
Costas Tsioufis,
Antonios Karanasos,
Georgios Agrogiannis,
Leonidas Stefanis,
Efstratios Patsouris,
Dimitris Tousoulis
et al.
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24 January 2012 |
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Risk of myocardial infarction in women with pelvic inflammatory disease
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.01.006
Abstract: Background: There is evidence that chronic inflammation may promote atherosclerotic disease. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a ...
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Tsan-Hon Liou,
Chin-Wen Wu,
Wen-Rui Hao,
Ming-I Hsu,
Ju-Chi Liu,
Hui-Wen Lin
et al.
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24 January 2012 |
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Hydrogen as additive of HTK solution fortifies myocardial preservation in grafts with prolonged cold ischemia
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.109
Abstract: Background: Recent evidences indicated that hydrogen (H2) can attenuate organ transplantation induced cold ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury if administrated perioperatively. In this study w...
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Mengwei Tan,
Xiangdong Sun,
Long Guo,
Cunhua Su,
Xuejun Sun,
Zhiyun Xu
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24 January 2012 |
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Relationship between baseline ET-1 plasma levels and outcome in patients with idiopathic pulmonary hypertension treated with bosentan
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.104
Abstract: Objectives: To address if baseline endothelin-1 (ET-1) plasma levels might predict clinical worsening (CW) in patients with idiopathic pulmonary hypertension (IPAH) treated with bosentan. Me...
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Carmine Dario Vizza,
Claudio Letizia,
Roberto Badagliacca,
Roberto Poscia,
Beatrice Pezzuto,
Cristina Gambardella,
Alfred Nona,
Silvia Papa,
Serena Marcon,
Massimo Mancone,
Carlo Iacoboni,
Valeria Riccieri,
Maurzio Volterrani,
Francesco Fedele
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24 January 2012 |
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Dihydrotestosterone—a culprit in left ventricular hypertrophy
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.037
Independent clinical studies have demonstrated a relationship between testosterone and cardiac mass with Hayward et al. being the first to report the idea that sex hormones are involved in cardiac hyp...
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Carolin Zwadlo,
Jürgen Borlak
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Short communication
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24 January 2012 |
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Plasma triglyceride levels increase the risk for recurrent vascular events independent of LDL-cholesterol or nonHDL-cholesterol
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.01.008
Abstract: Background: Plasma triglyceride (TG) levels are known to confer an increased risk of vascular disease in healthy populations, but data in high-risk patients are scarce. In this study we eval...
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Anton P. van de Woestijne,
Annemarie M.J. Wassink,
Houshang Monajemi,
An-Ho Liem,
Hendrik M. Nathoe,
Yolanda van der Graaf,
Frank L.J. Visseren,
for the SMART study group
et al.
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24 January 2012 |
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Long-term clinical outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention for unprotected left main coronary artery in heart transplant patients with cardiac allograft vasculopathy
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.115
Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) is a serious disease that adversely affects the long-term survival of patients undergoing successful orthotopic heart transplantation . Cardiac allograft vasculopa...
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Mahboob Alam,
Saima A. Shahzad,
Azra Akhtar,
Henry D. Huang,
Paul A. Rogers,
Kodangudi B. Ramanathan,
Neil S. Kleiman,
Hani Jneid
et al.
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Short communication
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24 January 2012 |
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Diagnosis of Cardiobacterium hominis endocarditis: Usefulness of positron emission tomography
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.092
Cardiobacterium hominis is a Gram-negative bacilli bacterium in the HACEK group and is an unusual cause of infective endocarditis . Few data are available concerning the characteristics of this specif...
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Imane El Hajjaji,
Nicolas Mansencal,
Olivier Dubourg
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20 January 2012 |
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Uric acid: A cardiovascular risk factor in patients with recent myocardial infarction
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.110
Abstract: Background: To date uric acid (UA) is not considered a cardiovascular risk factor, although evidence about a relationship between UA and cardiovascular diseases has been reported. Methods: I...
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Giacomo Levantesi,
Rosa Maria Marfisi,
Maria Grazia Franzosi,
Aldo Pietro Maggioni,
Gian Luigi Nicolosi,
Carlo Schweiger,
Maria Giuseppina Silletta,
Luigi Tavazzi,
Gianni Tognoni,
Roberto Marchioli
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20 January 2012 |
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Right ventricular long-axis response to different chronic loading conditions: Its relevance to clinical symptoms
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.086
Abstract: Background: The intervention timing in atrial septal defect (ASD) or pulmonary valvular stenosis (PVS) is more dependent on symptoms than right ventricular (RV) damage in clinical practice. ...
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Fang Fang,
Micheal Y. Henein,
Cheuk-Man Yu,
Wei Li,
Mehmet G. Kaya,
Andrew J. Coats,
Yat-Yin Lam
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20 January 2012 |
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Modified criteria for determining cardiometabolic syndrome in Asian Indians living in the USA: Report from the diabetes among Indian Americans national study
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.040
The disproportionate burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the Asian Indian (AI) diaspora is well documented but not well understood . Foucan et al. found AIs with type-2 diabetes mellitus (DM) ha...
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Purushotham Kotha,
Chirag B. Patel,
Krishnaswami Vijayaraghavan,
Thakor G. Patel,
Ranjita Misra
et al.
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Short communication
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19 January 2012 |
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Correlations between myocardium selective videodensitometric perfusion parameters and corrected TIMI frame count in patients with normal epicardial coronary arteries
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.089
TIMI frame count (TFC), was introduced in the early 1990s, as a method to assess the efficacy of thrombolysis and risk stratification in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) . TFC proved to be a simple, ...
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Ferenc Tamás Nagy,
Viktor Sasi,
Tamás Ungi,
Zsolt Zimmermann,
Imre Ungi,
Anita Kalapos,
Tamás Forster,
Attila Nemes
et al.
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19 January 2012 |
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Elderly, hypotension and presentation of neurologic symptoms are risk factors of mortality in aortic dissection
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.113
Aortic dissection (AD) is one of the cardiovascular emergencies in the emergency department (ED). An Int. J Cardiol article in the year of 2005 from southern Taiwan described by Dr. Chan, ever mention...
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Yu-Jang Su,
Yen-Chun Lai,
Yu-Hang Yeh,
Che-Hung Liu
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19 January 2012 |
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Long-term outcome after Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: A nationwide database
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.083
Heart failure (HF) is a complex clinical syndrome that represents a growing public health problem . Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is one of the surgical procedures proposed to HF treatment. ...
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Cláudia D.G. Abreu,
Regina Maria A. Xavier,
Jamil S. Nascimento,
Antônio Luiz P. Ribeiro
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Short communication
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19 January 2012 |
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Depression and coronary heart disease: Apprehending the elusive black dog
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.088
Abstract: Depression is the third leading cause of disease burden worldwide and is predicted to be the leading cause by 2030. Importantly, depression has been identified as an independent risk factor ...
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Carolina A. Chavez,
Chantal F. Ski,
David R. Thompson
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Editorial
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19 January 2012 |
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Association of interleukin-6 circulating levels with coronary artery disease: A meta-analysis implementing mendelian randomization approach
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.098
Abstract: Background: We aim to investigate whether the association between circulating interleukin 6 (IL-6) levels and the risk for coronary artery disease (CAD) is robust and perhaps even causal by ...
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Wenquan Niu,
Yan Liu,
Yue Qi,
Zhijun Wu,
Dingliang Zhu,
Wei Jin
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19 January 2012 |
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Role of vitamin D in the cardiac remodeling induced by tobacco smoke exposure
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.078
Animal studies have shown that exposure to tobacco smoke (ETS) leads to inflammation and cardiac remodeling, characterized by heart hypertrophy, higher diastolic dimension of the left ventricle and im...
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Bruna Paola Murino Rafacho,
Priscila Santos,
Heloisa Balan Assalin,
Lidiane Paula Ardisson,
Meliza Goi Roscani,
Bertha Furlan Polegato,
Fernanda Chiuso-Minicucci,
Ana Angelica Henrique Fernandes,
Paula Schmidt Azevedo,
Marcos Ferreira Minicucci,
Leonardo Antonio Mamede Zornoff,
Sergio Paiva
et al.
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Short communication
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18 January 2012 |
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TRPC6, a potential novel target for enhancing cardiac repair of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.090
It has been well documented that bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) therapy has been widely applied in ischemic diseases such as myocardial and hepatic ischemia, through promotion of angiogene...
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Jing Zhao,
Pengzhou Hang,
Yue Li
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Short communication
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18 January 2012 |
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Prevalence and spectrum of GATA6 mutations associated with familial atrial fibrillation
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.091
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common type of cardiac arrhythmia, occurring in 1% to 2% of the general population. The prevalence of AF increases with age, ranging from <1% in young adults to...
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Yi-Qing Yang,
Xin-Hua Wang,
Hong-Wei Tan,
Wei-Feng Jiang,
Wei-Yi Fang,
Xu Liu
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Short communication
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18 January 2012 |
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Coronary aneurysm formation following biodegradable polymer drug-eluting stent implantation
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.084
Coronary aneurysm formation is a rare complication occurring after drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation, but always predisposes to the development of late stent thrombosis. Such abnormal dilatation o...
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Feng Zhang,
Juying Qian,
Lili Dong,
Junbo Ge
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Short communication
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18 January 2012 |
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High prevalence of male hypogonadism and sexual dysfunction in long-term clinically stable heart transplantation recipients
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.075
The impact of gonadic and sexual function on male heart transplantation (HTX) recipients has been scarcely investigated so far. The aim of this observational study was a long-term evaluation of the go...
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Emmanuele Serra,
Maurizio Porcu,
Luigi Minerba,
Stefano Serra,
Alessandro Oppo,
Pierpaolo Orrù,
Marco Corda,
Francesca Atzeni,
Antonello Cappai,
Stefano Mariotti
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18 January 2012 |
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Preischemic efferent vagal stimulation increases the size of myocardial infarction in rabbits. Role of the sympathetic nervous system
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.082
The vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) has been tested for the treatment of chronic heart failure in humans (). However, many of the effects of parasympathetic stimulation in ischemic heart disease are sti...
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Bruno Buchholz,
Martín Donato,
Virginia Perez,
Flavio C. Ivalde,
Christian Höcht,
Emiliano Buitrago,
Manuel Rodríguez,
Ricardo J. Gelpi
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18 January 2012 |
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Survival benefit of new anticoagulants compared with warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation: A meta-analysis
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.093
Recently published data suggest that new anticoagulants including the direct thrombin inhibitor dabigatran, and the direct factor Xa inhibitors rivaroxaban and apixaban are equivalent or even superior...
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Tong Liu,
Panagiotis Korantzopoulos,
Lijian Li,
Guangping Li
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18 January 2012 |
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The balance of serum matrix metalloproteinase-8 and its tissue inhibitor in acute coronary syndrome and its recurrence
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.095
Abstract: Background: Matrix metalloproteinase-8 (MMP-8) is involved in the breakdown of the extracellular matrix increasing the vulnerability of atherosclerotic lesions. We analysed the diagnostic va...
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Pirkko J. Pussinen,
Seppo Sarna,
Mirja Puolakkainen,
Hans Öhlin,
Timo Sorsa,
Erkki Pesonen
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Excess risk of mortality and cardiovascular events associated with smoking among patients with diabetes: Meta-analysis of observational prospective studies
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.100
Abstract: Background: Numerous studies have demonstrated that both smoking and diabetes are risk factors for mortality and caused-specific cardiovascular events. However, few studies systematically in...
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Rui Qin,
Tao Chen,
Qingqing Lou,
Dahai Yu
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18 January 2012 |
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Effects of enalapril in systolic heart failure patients with and without chronic kidney disease: Insights from the SOLVD Treatment trial
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.056
Abstract: Background: Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors improve outcomes in systolic heart failure (SHF). However, doubts linger about their effect in SHF patients with chronic kidney disease (...
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C. Barrett Bowling,
Paul W. Sanders,
Richard M. Allman,
William J. Rogers,
Kanan Patel,
Inmaculada B. Aban,
Michael W. Rich,
Bertram Pitt,
Michel White,
George C. Bakris,
Gregg C. Fonarow,
Ali Ahmed
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Genetic polymorphism M235T of angiotensinogen: Effects on endothelial function and arterial stiffness in hypertensives
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.087
It is well established that there is a bidirectional causal association between essential hypertension (EH) and impaired endothelial function (EF) . In addition, anti-hypertensive agents improve endot...
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Dimitris Tousoulis,
Emmanuel Androulakis,
Nikolaos Papageorgiou,
Evaggelos Chatzistamatiou,
Antigoni Miliou,
George Moustakas,
George Latsios,
Anna-Maria Kampoli,
Kostas Toutouzas,
Evaggelos Oikonomou,
Marina Zaromytidou,
Ioannis Kallikazaros,
Christodoulos Stefanadis
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17 January 2012 |
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Statins and coronary microvascular dysfunction in patients with acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.073
In their recently published well-designed and well-presented article Ishida and coworkers tried to elucidate the effects of statin treatment on coronary microvascular dysfunction and left ventricular ...
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Turgay Celik,
Sait Demirkol,
Murat Celik,
U. Cagdas Yuksel,
Atila Iyisoy
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16 January 2012 |
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Pathophysiology of biventricular dysfunction during hemodialysis: Emerging concepts
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.074
Congestive heart failure is perhaps the most pervasive complication of patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), largely exceeding the incidence of acute coronary syndromes . Notably, patients com...
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Francesco Paneni,
Mario Gregori,
Giulia Pignatelli,
Giuseppino Massimo Ciavarella,
Giorgio Punzo,
Luciano De Biase,
Giuliano Tocci,
Paolo Menè,
Massimo Volpe
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16 January 2012 |
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Income poverty and cardiovascular disease
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.111
Schofield et al. presented a cross-sectional study on the association between working condition and health status, with special emphasis on cardiovascular disease (CVD), adjusted for sex, age and educ...
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Tomoyuki Kawada
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16 January 2012 |
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Comparison of inverse Gaussian distribution with survival analysis in advanced chronic heart failure patients
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.112
The purpose of this letter is to demonstrate how Inverse Gaussian (IG) distribution is a useful tool in survival analysis.
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Pinar Gunel Karadeniz,
Nural Bekiroglu,
Oguz Karaca,
Gamze Babur Guler,
Ekrem Guler
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16 January 2012 |
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Myocardial infarction due to coronary thrombus formation in a postmenopausal woman with breast cancer after initiation of letrozol therapy
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.071
A 62-year-old female patient with no previous cardiovascular risk factor was admitted to our emergency department with typical angina pectoris for 20min. Past medical and family history was unremarkab...
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Uğur Canpolat,
Hamza Sunman,
Ergün Bariş Kaya,
Kudret Aytemir,
Ali Oto
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16 January 2012 |
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Multiple ST-segment elevations in anterior and inferior leads: An unusual electrocardiographic manifestation in acute pulmonary embolism
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.116
Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common and potentially fatal cardiovascular emergency that presents in patients with chest pain and/or shortness of breath. The mortality of PE can be reduced by pro...
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Feng Zhang,
Juying Qian,
Lili Dong,
Junbo Ge
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16 January 2012 |
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Extremely high coronary artery calcium score is associated with a high cancer incidence
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.077
Calcium score, obtained by computed tomographic coronary angiography, can estimate the severity of coronary atherosclerosis []. Although the severity of atherosclerosis may not be directly related to ...
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Wei-Ta Chen,
Jen-Hung Huang,
Ming-Hsiung Hsieh,
Yi-Jen Chen
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16 January 2012 |