Filters in 2D and 3D Cardiac SPECT Image Processing by Maria Lyra, Agapi Ploussi, Maritina Rouchota, Stella Synefia

“…Nuclear cardiac imaging is a noninvasive, sensitive method providing information on cardiac structure and physiology. …”
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Diurnal variation in brain injury after cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation by Fei Peng, Fei Wang, Bowen Gao, Ping Sun

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Factors affecting the prolongation of mechanical ventilation in patients after cardiac surgery by Mahdieh Sharifzadeh Kermani, Tania Dehesh, Shiva Pouradeli, Bahareh Soltani Esmaili

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Acute Mesenteric Ischemia after Cardiac Surgery: An Analysis of 52 Patients by Cuneyt Eris, Senol Yavuz, Serhat Yalcinkaya, Arif Gucu, Faruk Toktas, Gunduz Yumun, Burak Erdolu, Ahmet Ozyazıcıoglu

“…Acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) is a rare but serious complication after cardiac surgery. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the incidence, outcome, and perioperative risk factors of AMI in the patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery. …”
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Thermodilution and Fick Cardiac Outputs Differ: Impact on Pulmonary Hypertension Evaluation by Wassim H Fares, Sarah K Blanchard, George A Stouffer, Patricia P Chang, Wayne D Rosamond, Hubert James Ford, Robert M Aris

“…BACKGROUND: The relationship between thermodilution and indirect Fick cardiac output determination methods has not been well described.…”
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A New Paradigm in Cardiac Regeneration: The Mesenchymal Stem Cell Secretome by Clara Gallina, Valentina Turinetto, Claudia Giachino

“…We provide insights into the possible employment of the MSCs secretome and their released extracellular vesicles as novel approaches for cardiac regeneration that would have certain advantages over injection of living cells.…”
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MOTIVATION OF NURSES IN PROVIDING FIRST AID TO PATIENTS EXPERIENCING CARDIAC ARREST by Ivananda Siera Lisna Putri, Fanni Okviasanti, Ilkafah Ilkafah, Susilo Harianto, Cucuk Rahmadi Purwanto, Hafna Ilmy Muhalla, Abd Nasir, Iswatun Iswatun

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Cardiac Amyloidosis Masquerading as Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: Co-existence or Coincidence? by Madhu Shukla, Jagdish Chander Mohan

Subjects: “…cardiac amyloidosis…”
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Multimodality Cardiac Imaging in a Patient with Kawasaki Disease and Giant Aneurysms by Ranjini Srinivasan, Rachel Weller, Anjali Chelliah, Andrew J. Einstein

“…Kawasaki disease is a well-known cause of acquired cardiac disease in the pediatric and adult population, most prevalent in Japan but also seen commonly in the United States. …”
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A Comparison of Cooling Techniques to Treat Cardiac Arrest Patients with Hypothermia by Anna Finley Caulfield, Shylaja Rachabattula, Irina Eyngorn, Scott A. Hamilton, Rajalakshmi Kalimuthu, Amie W. Hsia, Maarten G. Lansberg, Chitra Venkatasubramanian, J. J. Baumann, Marion S. Buckwalter, Monisha A. Kumar, James S. Castle, Christine A. C. Wijman

“…We sought to compare the performance of endovascular cooling to conventional surface cooling after cardiac arrest. Methods. Patients in coma following cardiopulmonary resuscitation were cooled with an endovascular cooling catheter or with ice bags and cold-water-circulating cooling blankets to a target temperature of 32.0–34.0∘C for 24 hours. …”
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A Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography Study: Cardiac Effect of Sleep Duration by Gülsüm Bingöl, Fulya Avcı Demir, Özge Özden, Emre Özmen, Serkan Ünlü

“…Recent studies during the last few years have shed light on the effects of sleep duration on health. We investigated the cardiac effects of sleep duration on speckle-tracking echocardiography. …”
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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for Chinese neonates with severe respiratory and cardiac failure by Xiao-Juan Zhang, Ying-Yue Liu, Hui Wang, Xiao-Yang Hong

“…Abstract Objective We aimed to outline the experience with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for respiratory and cardiac failure in neonates in our institution and compare our results with those from other countries. …”
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Cardiac Migration of Endogenous Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in Patients with Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy by Caroline Schmidt-Lucke, Felicitas Escher, Sophie Van Linthout, Uwe Kühl, Kapka Miteva, Jochen Ringe, Thomas Zobel, Heinz-Peter Schultheiss, Carsten Tschöpe

“…The presence of MSC in EMB, cardiac inflammation, and SDF-1α mRNA expression were detected via immunohistochemistry and real-time PCR. …”
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Rare Intracardiac Tumor: Primary Cardiac Lymphoma Presenting as Atypical Angina by Karthigesu Aimanan, K. Saravana Kumar, M. N. Mohd Arif, Md Noor Zuraini, Md Jamil Ramdzan, L. Hamdan

“…Primary lymphomas of the heart are extremely rare, accounting for 2% of all primary cardiac tumors. Due to the rare presentation, there is no proper consensus available on treatment strategy. …”
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Role of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in Detecting Biventricular Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy by Nathan Zaher, Hammam Shereef, Rashid Al Hussain, John Dawdy, Diane Levine, M. Chadi Alraies

“…ApHCM with right ventricular involvement (BiApHCM) is largely unreported and may not be detected with conventional transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) alone. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) has been demonstrated to be a proficient imaging modality to diagnose BiApHCM. …”
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TRIM26 exacerbates pathological cardiac hypertrophy by activating TAK1 by Xiaochuang Xia, Huajing Shan, Zhaoxia Jin, Tengfei Ma, Yemao Liu, Jianqing Zhang, Han Tian, Bizhen Dong, Chengsheng Xu, Shaoze Chen

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Initial bystander response to a simulated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by Fran Wyffels, Geert Brône, Nathalie Charlier, Peter Iserbyt, Stijn De Beugher, Tessy Boedt, Toon Goedemé

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A Protocol for Diagnosis and Management of Aortic Atherosclerosis in Cardiac Surgery Patients by Wouter W. Jansen Klomp, George J. Brandon Bravo Bruinsma, Arnoud W. J. Van ’t Hof, Jan G. Grandjean, Arno P. Nierich

“…In patients undergoing cardiac surgery, use of perioperative screening for aortic atherosclerosis with modified TEE (A-View method) was associated with lower postoperative mortality, but not stroke, as compared to patients operated on without such screening. …”
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Impact of leadless pacemaker implantation site on cardiac synchronization and tricuspid regurgitation by Xiao-fei Gao, Hong Zhu, Jia-sheng Zhang, Ning-Zhang, Xiao-hong Pan, Yi-Zhou Xu

“…During the 1-month follow-up, neither group reported major complications such as bleeding, cardiac tamponade, pacemaker detachment, or malignant arrhythmias. …”
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Evaluation of Inflammatory, Cardiac and Hematological Parameters in Hospitalized Children with COVID-19 by Damla Geçkalan, Rahmi Özdemir, Zülal Yılmaz, Onur Sivas, Yasin Yılmaz, Cemile Hilal Çelik

“…In addition, a detailed cardiac assessment is required in patients without COVID-19 pneumonia due to elevated troponin levels.…”
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