Can Underlying Co-Morbidities Affect Cerebral Oximetry in Cardiac Surgery Patients? by Kianoush Saberi, Shahnaz Sharifi, Amirhossein Orandi

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Cardiovascular Safety of Clonidine and Dexmedetomidine in Critically Ill Patients after Cardiac Surgery by Angelina Grest, Judith Kurmann, Markus Müller, Victor Jeger, Bernard Krüger, Donat R. Spahn, Dominique Bettex, Alain Rudiger

“…The aim of this retrospective study was to assess the haemodynamic adverse effects of clonidine and dexmedetomidine in critically ill patients after cardiac surgery. Methods. 2769 patients were screened during the 30-month study period. …”
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Prophylactic corticosteroids on postoperative neurocognitive dysfunction and Dexamethasone for Cardiac Surgery (DECS) trial by Thomas H. Ottens, Jan M. Dieleman, Anne-Mette C. Sauer, Diederik Van Dijk

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Carney Complex: A Rare Case of Multicentric Cardiac Myxoma Associated with Endocrinopathy by Yehia Saleh, Basma Hammad, Abdallah Almaghraby, Ola Abdelkarim, Mohamed Seleem, Mahmoud Abdelnaby, Hoda Shehata, Mahmoud Hammad, Bassem Ramadan, Mohamed Elshafei, Eman Elsharkawy, Mohamed Ayman Abdel-hay

“…We are reporting a 21-year-old female patient with past surgical history significant for excision of a cutaneous myxoma who presented with multicentric cardiac myxomas involving the four cardiac chambers. …”
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Right ventricular–pulmonary artery coupling in cardiac resynchronization therapy: evolution and prognosis by Jan Stassen, Xavier Galloo, Kensuke Hirasawa, Surenjav Chimed, Nina Ajmone Marsan, Victoria Delgado, Pieter van derBijl, Jeroen J. Bax

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Asystole after Orthotopic Lung Transplantation: Examining the Interaction of Cardiac Denervation and Dexmedetomidine by Christopher Allen-John Webb, Paul David Weyker, Brigid Colleen Flynn

“…Since orthotopic lung transplant patients with parasympathetic denervation will not respond with increased heart rate to anticholinergic therapy, bradyarrhythmias must be recognized and promptly treated with direct acting beta agonists to avoid asystolic cardiac events.…”
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Pyopericardium with cardiac tamponade caused by pyogenic liver abscess: a case report by Carolin Steffen, Josef Sägmüller, Dominique Schöneburg, Eva Göncz, Martin Möckel, Sascha Ott, Alexander Lavinius Ungur, Benjamin O ’Brien

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Plac8 regulates the fibrogenic ability of cardiac fibroblasts in mice with myocardial infarction by Ting Fu, Jianping Gong, Lei Xu, Ningning Ji

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Simultaneous non-contrast assessment of cardiac microstructure and perfusion in vivo in the human heart by Camila Munoz, Eunji Lim, Pedro F. Ferreira, Dudley J. Pennell, Sonia Nielles-Vallespin, Andrew D. Scott

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Identification of cardiac wall motion abnormalities in diverse populations by deep learning of the electrocardiogram by Albert J. Rogers, Neal K. Bhatia, Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay, James Tooley, Rayan Ansari, Vyom Thakkar, Justin Xu, Jessica Torres Soto, Jagteshwar S. Tung, Mahmood I. Alhusseini, Paul Clopton, Reza Sameni, Gari D. Clifford, J. Weston Hughes, Euan A. Ashley, Marco V. Perez, Matei Zaharia, Sanjiv M. Narayan

“…Abstract Cardiac wall motion abnormalities (WMA) are strong predictors of mortality, but current screening methods using Q waves from electrocardiograms (ECGs) have limited accuracy and vary across racial and ethnic groups. …”
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Advantages of using T1-mapping in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients with acromegaly by Alina A. Almaskhanova, Konstantin V. Melkozerov, Elena G. Przhiyalkovskaya, Natalia V. Tarbaeva, Anastasya Y. Korneluk, Raisa S. Kosharnaia, Victor Y. Kalashnikov, Zhanna E. Belaya, Galina A. Mel'nichenko, Natalia G. Mokrysheva

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An Unsupervised Deep Learning Framework for Retrospective Gating of Catheter-Based Cardiac Imaging by Zheng Sun, Yue Yao, Ru Wang

“…Motion artifacts are a major challenge in the in vivo application of catheter-based cardiac imaging modalities. Gating is a critical tool for suppressing motion artifacts. …”
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Intraoperative Cardiac Complications in Liver Transplantation: Preoperative Evaluation – A Narrative Review by Nedim Çekmen, Ahmed Uslu

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Cardiac Failure after Liver Transplantation Requiring a Biventricular Assist Device by Rita Jermyn, Eiei Soe, David D’Alessandro, Julia Shin, William Jakobleff, Daniel Schwartz, Milan Kinkhabwala, Paul J. Gaglio

“…Hepatic as well as nonhepatic iron overload is associated with increased infectious and postoperative complications, including cardiac dysfunction. In this case report, we describe a cirrhotic patient with alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency and nonhereditary hemochromatosis (non-HFE) that developed cardiogenic shock requiring mechanical circulatory support for twenty days after liver transplant. …”
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Evaluating cardiac performance in beagle dogs: Transesophageal echocardiography and myocardial work assessment by Beibei Ge, Changqing Miao, Di Xu, Mingxia Li, Fang Xu, Xiaoxian Wang, Fen Chen, Yan Li, Yan Chen, Chanjuan Gong, Peng Li, Fang Wang, Jing Yao

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The Evaluation of Diagnostic Role of Cardiac Troponin T (cTnT) in Newborns with Heart Defects by Agata Tarkowska, Wanda Furmaga-Jablonska

“…All patients underwent detailed examination of circulatory system. Cardiac troponin T (cTnT) concentrations were evaluated by Roche CARDIAC T Quantitive test. …”
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A National Survey of Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Adult Cardiac Surgery Across Canada by Fran L Paradiso-Hardy, Patti Cornish, Chantal Pharand, Stephen E Fremes

“…OBJECTIVE: To characterize national and regional patterns of antimicrobial prophylaxis in adult cardiac surgery across Canada.…”
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Machine learning derivation of two cardiac arrest subphenotypes with distinct responses to treatment by Weidong Zhang, Chenxi Wu, Peifeng Ni, Sheng Zhang, Hongwei Zhang, Ying Zhu, Wei Hu, Mengyuan Diao

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Temporal Changes on the Risks and Complications of Posttransplantion Diabetes Mellitus Following Cardiac Transplantation by Nadia Iannino, Amine Nasri, Agnès Räkel, Anique Ducharme, Kim Lachance, Normand Racine, Simon de Denus, Maxime Tremblay-Gravel, Annik Fortier, Michel White

“…Recent changes in the demographic of cardiac donors and recipients have modulated the rate and risk, associated with posttransplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM). …”
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Ventricular Depolarization Abnormalities and Their Role in Cardiac Risk Stratification — A Narrative Review by Maarten Blondeel, Tomas Robyns, Rik Willems, Bert Vandenberk

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