Size of Left Cardiac Chambers Correlates with Cerebral Microembolic Load in Open Heart Operations by Elena Z. Golukhova, Anna G. Polunina, Svetlana V. Zhuravleva, Natalia P. Lefterova, Alexey V. Begachev

“…Microemboli are a widely recognized etiological factor of cerebral complications in cardiac surgery patients. The present study was aimed to determine if size of left cardiac chambers relates to cerebral microembolic load in open heart operations. …”
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Clinical features and predictors of atrial fibrillation in patients with light‐chain or transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis by Maria Papathanasiou, Aiste‐Monika Jakstaite, Sara Oubari, Johannes Siebermair, Reza Wakili, Julia Hoffmann, Alexander Carpinteiro, Tim Hagenacker, Andreas Thimm, Christoph Rischpler, Lukas Kessler, Tienush Rassaf, Peter Luedike

“…Abstract Aims The study aimed to investigate the prevalence, phenotypic characteristics, and predictors of atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients presenting with cardiac amyloidosis (CA) of light‐chain (AL) or transthyretin (ATTR) type. …”
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A Case Series on Cardiac and Skeletal Involvement in Two Families with PRKAG2 Mutations by Anita Sri, Piers Daubeney, Sanjay Prasad, John Baksi, Maria Kinali, Inga Voges

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Maternal Cardiac Function after Normal Delivery, Preeclampsia, and Eclampsia: A Prospective Study by Elena Timokhina, Tatiana Kuzmina, Alexander Strizhakov, Elena Pitskhelauri, Irina Ignatko, Vera Belousova

“…The aim of this study is to assess maternal cardiac function in the postpartum period, after 2 and 6 months in the parturient with preeclampsia and eclampsia. …”
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The effect of iron deficiency on cardiac resynchronization therapy: results from the RIDE‐CRT Study by Philipp Lacour, Phi Long Dang, Daniel Armando Morris, Abdul Shokor Parwani, Wolfram Doehner, Franziska Schuessler, Felix Hohendanner, Frank R. Heinzel, Andrea Stroux, Carsten Tschoepe, Wilhelm Haverkamp, Leif‐Hendrik Boldt, Burkert Pieske, Florian Blaschke

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Raghib Syndrome Presenting as a Cryptogenic Stroke: Role of Cardiac MRI in Accurate Diagnosis by Vistasp J. Daruwalla, Keyur Parekh, Hassan Tahir, Jeremy D. Collins, James Carr

“…We stress the importance of modern day imaging like the computed tomography (CT) angiography and cardiac MRI in diagnosis and surgical management of such rare lesions leading to cryptogenic strokes.…”
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Correlation between T-Wave Alternans and Cardiac Volume Status via Intrathoracic Impedance Measurements by Jose' Dizon, Kathleen Hickey, Hasan Garan

“…However, an association between TWA and cardiac volume status has not been demonstrated. …”
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What Limits Cardiac Performance during Exercise in Normal Subjects and in Healthy Fontan Patients? by André La Gerche, Marc Gewillig

“…In those patients with myocardial dysfunction or other pathologies of the circulatory components, it is likely that these abnormalities serve as a limitation to cardiac performance during exercise. However, in the healthy Fontan patient, it may be the absence of a sub-pulmonary pump which limits normal increases in pulmonary pressures, trans-pulmonary flow requirements and cardiac output. …”
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Cardiac Output and Performance during a Marathon Race in Middle-Aged Recreational Runners by Véronique L. Billat, Hélène Petot, Morgan Landrain, Renaud Meilland, Jean Pierre Koralsztein, Laurence Mille-Hamard

“…Despite the increasing popularity of marathon running, there are no data on the responses of stroke volume (SV) and cardiac output (CO) to exercise in this context. We sought to establish whether marathon performance is associated with the ability to sustain high fractional use of maximal SV and CO (i.e, cardiac endurance) and/or CO, per meter (i.e., cardiac cost). …”
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Multiple Cardiac Rhabdomyomas, Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, and Tuberous Sclerosis: An Infrequent Combination by Elena Castilla Cabanes, Isaac Lacambra Blasco

“…Cardiac rhabdomyomas are benign cardiac tumours and are often associated with tuberous sclerosis. …”
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Testosterone exacerbates neutrophilia and cardiac injury in myocardial infarction via actions in bone marrow by Elin Svedlund Eriksson, Marta Lantero Rodriguez, Bente Halvorsen, Inger Johansson, Anna K. F. Mårtensson, Anna S. Wilhelmson, Camilla Huse, Thor Ueland, Pål Aukrust, Kaspar Broch, Lars Gullestad, Brage Høyem Amundsen, Geir Øystein Andersen, Mikael C. I. Karlsson, Malin Hagberg Thulin, Alessandro Camponeschi, Dana Trompet, Ola Hammarsten, Björn Redfors, Jan Borén, Elmir Omerovic, Malin C. Levin, Andrei S. Chagin, Tuva B. Dahl, Åsa Tivesten

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Recurrent cardiac tamponade as a complication of prolonged left bundle branch area pacing by Nurshafira Kamarulzaman, Wan Nur Amirah Wan Abdullah, Mohd Khairi Othman, W Yus Haniff W Isa, Zurkurnai Yusof, Ahmad Aizuddin Mohamad Jamali, Zulkeflee Muhammad

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Incidence and temporal trends of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Shenzhen, China (2011–2018) by Hong Zhu, Junpeng Liu, Tianqi Yang, Yan Zhang, Yanjun Xu, Yunfeng Xu, Hao Wu, Li Li, Yufeng Luo, Cai Wen, Tao Yu

Subjects: “…Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest…”
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Efficacy of Novel Noncontrast Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Methods in Indicating Fibrosis in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy by Maedeh Sharifian, Nahid Rezaeian, Sanaz Asadian, Ali Mohammadzadeh, Ali Nahardani, Kianosh Kasani, Yaser Toloueitabar, Ali Mohammad Farahmand, Leila Hosseini

“…In hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), myocardial fibrosis is routinely shown by late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) in cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging. We evaluated the efficacy of 2 novel contrast-free CMR methods, namely, diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and feature-tracking (FT) method, in detecting myocardial fibrosis. …”
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Correlation between Obesity and Left Atrial Enlargement in Patients Using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance by Solos Jaturapisanukul, Yodying Kaolawanich, Methat Meechuen, Thananya Boonyasirinant

Subjects: “…cardiac magnetic resonance…”
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Evidence for Transfer of Membranes from Mesenchymal Stem Cells to HL-1 Cardiac Cells by Robert A. Boomsma, David L. Geenen

“…This study examined the interaction of mouse bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) with cardiac HL-1 cells during coculture by fluorescent dye labeling and then flow cytometry. …”
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Adherence to prehospital thoracostomy practice guidelines for traumatic cardiac arrest: A retrospective study by Nicolas Beysard, Tara Agudo, Peter Serfozo, Tobias Zingg, Perrine Truong, Roland Albrecht, Vincent Darioli, Mathieu Pasquier

Subjects: “…Traumatic cardiac arrest…”
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A Predictive Model for Super-Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: The QQ-LAE Score by Xi Liu, Yiran Hu, Wei Hua, Shengwen Yang, Min Gu, Hong-Xia Niu, Li-Gang Ding, Jing Wang, Shu Zhang

“…It is important to identify super-responders who can derive most benefits from cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). We aimed to establish a scoring model that can be used for predicting super-response to CRT. …”
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Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia After Cardiac Arrest and Prevention Strategies: A Narrative Review by Harinivaas Shanmugavel Geetha, Yi Xiang Teo, Sharmitha Ravichandran, Amos Lal

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Surgical recurrence of cardiac myxomas in patients with the Carney complex condition: A literature review by Xicheng Li, Pengfei Li, Xuejuan Zhang, Di Han

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