Ten hour donor heart ischemic time with 10ºC static storage by William Tucker, MD, Yatrik Patel, MD, Mark Petrovic, MS, Chris Schwartz, RN, Brandon Petree, DO, Steve Devries, DMSc, PA-C, Brian Lima, MD, John Trahanas, MD, Matthew Bacchetta, MD, MBA, Ashish Shah, MD, Swaroop Bommareddi, MD

“…A 57-year-old man with ischemic cardiomyopathy, a left ventricular assist device (LVAD), and end-stage renal disease was listed for combined heart-kidney transplant. …”
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Bradykinin Type-2 Receptor Expression Correlates with Age and Is Subjected to Transcriptional Regulation by Inka Liesmaa, Naotaka Shiota, Jorma O. Kokkonen, Petri T. Kovanen, Ken A. Lindstedt

“…Heart tissues from idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDC; 𝑛=7), coronary heart disease (CHD; 𝑛=6), and normal patients (𝑛=6) were analyzed by RT-PCR, SSCP, and Western blotting. …”
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Clozapine-Induced Cardiotoxicity Presenting as Sepsis: A Case Report and Literature Review by Mazin Khalid, Oluwole Jegede, Vijay Gayam, Ying Chi Yang, Binav Shrestha, Amrendra Mandal, Osama Mukhtar, Pavani Garlapati, Mowyad Khalid, Alix Dufresne

“…However, the potentially serious complication of myocarditis, though rare (with an incidence of 3%), may lead to cardiomyopathy as described in our present case. We present a 21-year-old patient who was started on clozapine for management of schizophrenia. …”
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Epidemiology of transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis: a systematic literature review by Diego Delgado, Firas Dabbous, Nitin Shivappa, Faizan Mazhar, Eric Wittbrodt, Divya Shridharmurthy, Krister Järbrink

“…Studies evaluating populations with genotypes and phenotypes of ATTR amyloidosis (variant and wild-type cardiomyopathy, polyneuropathy, and mixed) were included. …”
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Sinus Venosus Atrial Septal Defect Complicated by Eisenmenger Syndrome and the Role of Vasodilator Therapy by Amornpol Anuwatworn, Maheedhar Gedela, Edgard Bendaly, Julia A. Prescott-Focht, Jimmy Yee, Richard Clark, Orvar Jonsson

“…She had been diagnosed with peripartum cardiomyopathy nine years ago at another hospital. Transesophageal echocardiography and computed tomographic angiography of the chest confirmed a diagnosis of sinus venosus atrial septal defect. …”
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Case report: Rituximab combined with plasma exchange treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus complicated with thrombotic microangiopathy and non-cirrhotic portal hypertension by Jinmei Huang, Wei Fan, Xuyan Chen, Shufan Wu, Zhigao Dong, Yi Zhang, Yiwan Lin, Pingping Xiao

“…Upon admission, she was diagnosed with SLE complicated by lupus encephalopathy, blood system impairment, cardiomyopathy, and nephritis. Initial treatment with high-dose methylprednisolone, immunoglobulin shock therapy, and tacrolimus (1 mg, twice daily) improved her symptoms and laboratory indicators. …”
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Galectin-1 as an Emerging Mediator of Cardiovascular Inflammation: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Opportunities by Ignacio M. Seropian, Germán E. González, Sebastián M. Maller, Daniel H. Berrocal, Antonio Abbate, Gabriel A. Rabinovich

“…Here, we discuss the emerging roles of Gal-1 in cardiovascular diseases including acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, Chagas cardiomyopathy, pulmonary hypertension, and ischemic stroke, highlighting underlying anti-inflammatory mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities. …”
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Causal Link between Ventricular Ectopy and Concussion by J. Patrick Neary, Jyotpal Singh, Jonathan P. Christiansen, Taylor A. Teckchandani, Kirsty L. Potter

“…We present a unique case study report of a male individual with a history of mild nonischaemic cardiomyopathy, with no ventricular ectopy, that at the age of 76 years sustained multiple concussions (i.e., mild traumatic brain injury) within a week of each other. …”
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Higher detectability of amyloid with phenol Congo red compared with alkaline Congo red by Marta Legatowicz-Koprowska, Justyna Szczygieł, Małgorzata Mańczak, Ewa Walczak

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Takotsubo syndrome in a heart transplant recipient with poor cardiac sympathetic reinnervation by Ryo Miyake, Kisho Ohtani, Toru Hashimoto, Ryoko Yada, Tasuku Sato, Yoko Shojima, Shunji Hayashidani, Taiki Higo, Hiroyuki Tsutsui

“…Abstract Takotsubo syndrome (TTS), also referred to as stress cardiomyopathy, is characterized by transient left ventricular apical ballooning in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease. …”
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Beta Blocker Therapy in Heart Failure Patients with Active Cocaine Use: A Systematic Review by Baldeep K. Mann, Janpreet S. Bhandohal, Mohammad Saeed, Gerald Pekler

“…PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and Clinical Trials.gov were searched from inception to March 2019 using the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms “cocaine”, “heart failure”, “beta blocker,” and “cardiomyopathy”. Only studies containing the outcomes of heart failure patients with active cocaine use who were treated with beta blockers were included. …”
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The First Autopsy Case of Fatal Acute Cardiac Failure after Administration of Carfilzomib in a Patient with Multiple Myeloma by Teruhito Takakuwa, Ippei Otomaru, Taku Araki, Akiko Miura, Yotaro Fujitani, Yasuhide Mochizuki, Yoshimi Miyagi, Hideto Senzaki, Ryosuke Yamamura

“…Pathological findings of hypersensitivity myocarditis, a drug-induced cardiomyopathy, appeared to agree with this case except for absence of an eosinophilic infiltration of the myocardium. …”
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Utility of measurement of left ventricular global longitudinal strain by two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography to predict cardiovascular events in patients with left ve... by Susheel Kumar Malani, Digvijay Nalawade, Sridevi Chigulapalli, Shubhangi Kanitkar, Ajitkumar Jadhav, Madhura Gandhi

“…Introduction: This pilot study explores whether left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LV GLS), measured by two-dimensional (2D) speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE), can predict cardiovascular events in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD), including those with ischemic and nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy, postvalve surgery, and chemotherapy recipients, compared to traditional parameters such as left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and wall motion score index (WMSI). …”
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Early Diagnosis of Abnormal Left Ventricular Systolic Functions of Rare Pathogenic Titin Mutation Gene Carriers in FHCM by Three-Dimensional Speckle Tracking Echocardiography Combi... by Xiang-hong Luo, Rui Zhu, Qian Chen, Pei-hong Shi, Li-sha Na

“…This study aimed to explore the early diagnosis of abnormal left ventricular systolic function of rare pathogenic titin (TTN) mutation gene carriers in familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHCM) by three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (3D-STE) combined with gene detection. …”
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Comprehensive Analysis of PDLIM3 Expression Profile, Prognostic Value, and Correlations with Immune Infiltrates in Gastric Cancer by Xinpeng Hu, Minfeng Chen, Qiang Ruan, Changzheng Shi, Jinghua Pan, Liangping Luo

“…It plays a key role in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), muscular dystrophy, and tumor progression. …”
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Adrenal Insufficiency under Standard Dosage of Glucocorticoid Replacement after Unilateral Adrenalectomy for Cushing’s Syndrome by Kentaro Fujii, Kazutoshi Miyashita, Isao Kurihara, Ken Hiratsuka, Seiji Sato, Kenichi Yokota, Sakiko Kobayashi, Hirotaka Shibata, Hiroshi Itoh

“…The patient was a 62-year-old woman who has had hypertension for 5 years and presented with heart failure due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. She consulted with us because of general fatigue, facial edema, and muscle weakness and was diagnosed with Cushing’s syndrome. …”
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Multicenter study for CH-VAD as a fully magnetically levitated left ventricular assist device by Yifan Lu, Shuanglei Zhao, Jie Han, Qiang Lv, Xin Du, Zhengdong Hua, Keli Huang, Zhenwei Ge, Xiaoning Sun, Dan Zhu, Yongfeng Shao, Hongjia Zhang, Ming Gong

“…Patients had a mean age of 57.5 years, primarily classified as INTERMACS 2 or 3, with dilated and ischemic cardiomyopathy as the main causes of heart failure (HF). …”
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Angiotensin receptor neprilysin inhibition versus individualized RAAS blockade: design and rationale of the PARALLAX trial by Rolf Wachter, Sanjiv J. Shah, Martin R. Cowie, Peter Szecsödy, Victor Shi, Ghionul Ibram, Ziqiang Zhao, Jianjian Gong, Sven Klebs, Burkert Pieske

“…We sought to compare the effect of ARNI to background‐medication‐based individualized comparators (BMICs) on N‐terminal pro‐B‐type natriuretic peptide (NT‐proBNP), functional capacity [6 min walk distance (6MWD)], symptoms, and quality of life [Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ)] in patients with HF and EF >40% in a randomized clinical trial. …”
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Fatty Acid Accumulation and Resulting PPARα Activation in Fibroblasts due to Trifunctional Protein Deficiency by Masato Wakabayashi, Yuji Kamijo, Takero Nakajima, Naoki Tanaka, Eiko Sugiyama, Tian Yangyang, Takefumi Kimura, Toshifumi Aoyama

“…These novel findings suggest that the fatty acid accumulation and the resulting PPARα activation are major causes of the increase in the β-oxidation ability as probable compensation for fatty acid metabolism in the patients’ fibroblasts, and that enhanced cell proliferation and increased oxidative stress due to the PPARα activation relate to the development of specific clinical features such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, slight hepatomegaly, and skeletal myopathy. …”
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Variation in clinical and patient‐reported outcomes among complex heart failure with preserved ejection fraction phenotypes by Kelsey M. Flint, Sanjiv J. Shah, Eldrin F. Lewis, David P. Kao

“…Using 11 clinical variables, patients were classified according to six HFpEF phenotypes previously identified in the I‐PRESERVE and CHARM‐Preserved studies. Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) measured health status. …”
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