Impairment of myocardial perfusion correlates with heart failure severity in patients with non‐compaction cardiomyopathy by Andraz Cerar, Martina Jaklic, Sabina Frljak, Gregor Poglajen, Gregor Zemljic, Barbara Guzic Salobir, Maja Dolenc Novak, Monika Stalc, Rok Zbacnik, Mirta Kozelj

“…ABSTRACT Aims Non‐compaction cardiomyopathy (NCM) is a congenital heart disease characterized by an arrest of the myocardial compaction process. Although NCM patients have impaired formation of microvasculature, the functional impact of these changes remains undefined. …”
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Global longitudinal strain and its dynamics after replacement of aortal valve in patients with severe aortic stenosis by N.V. Ponych, O.O. Nemchyna, O.J. Zharinov, O.A. Yepanchintseva, B.M. Todurov

“…In turn, the positive dynamics of GLS significantly depended on the initial functional class of heart failure, the stage of arterial hypertension, the degree of tricuspid insufficiency, LV EF, the index of volume LA in the preoperative period. …”
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Presencia de factores de riesgo para enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles en población supuestamente sana en Cienfuegos by Yoel Hernández Guerra, José Ángel González Alonso, Ignacio Marrero Silva, Carlos Manuel Mora Hernández, Janet Villafuerte Reinante, Alain Rodríguez Gómez

“…La enfermedad crónica más prevalente fue la hipertensión arterial (21,21 %), y entre los factores de riesgo, la obesidad (43,93 %) y el tabaquismo (33,33 %). …”
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Caracterización de ancianos frágiles y sus cuidadores by Marina Selin Ganén, Marlén del Valle Pérez

“…<strong><br />Resultados: </strong>en los ancianos predominó  el grupo de 70-79 años (41,3 %), con poca variación en el sexo; predominaron el déficit visual (89, 9 %), la hipertensión arterial (66, 6 %) y la diabetes mellitus (30, 6 %) en los antecedentes patológicos personales; el 48 % estaba en la categoría dos de la escala geriátrica de evaluación funcional. …”
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Clinical features of autonomic dysfunction in children with anti-N-methyl-D aspartic receptor encephalitis by Dongqing Li, Jing Sun, Guannan Li, Shuo Miao, Jian Yang, Jianzhao Zhang

“…The most prevalent symptom of autonomic dysfunction was cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction(21/22, 95%),with the specific manifestations being sinus tachycardia (8 cases), ventricular premature beats (2 cases), atrioventricular block (2 cases), atrial premature beats (3 cases), and sinus bradycardia (4 cases),hypertension(1 case) and cardiac arrest(1 case). Other symptoms included gland secretion dysfunction (19/22, 86%),ventilate dysfunction(3/22,14%), thermoregulatory dysfunction (3/22,14%), bladder dysfunction(2/22,9%). …”
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Research of <i>PNPLA3</i> I148M Gene Polymorphism in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, with Liver Cirrhosis and with Hepatocellular Carcinoma by V. V. Petkau, G. A. Tsaur, E. N. Bessonova, A. A. Karimova

“…Additional risk factors for HCC associated with NAFLD are overweight (OR = 5.14; 95 % Cl: 1.94–13.67; p &lt; 0.001), arterial hypertension (OR = 8.49; 95 % Cl: 3.05–23,62; p &lt; 0.001) and diabetes mellitus (OR = 8.57; 95 % Cl: 1.03–71.48; p = 0.032).Conclusion. …”
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20 ans d’Observatoire photographique des paysages dans le Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord by Romy Baghdadi

“…After nearly 20 years of almost uninterrupted extended photographic activity on the part of the Photographic Observatory of the Landscape, supplemented by mediation, pedagogical activities, and artistic and cultural promotion, the Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park and the Alsace Champagne Ardenne Regional Environmental, Development and Housing Agency wanted to review the changes which occurred in the landscape during this period. …”
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Coronary plaque characteristics quantified by artificial intelligence-enabled plaque analysis: Insights from a multi-ethnic asymptomatic US population by Guadalupe Flores Tomasino, Caroline Park, Kajetan Grodecki, Jolien Geers, Donghee Han, Andrew Lin, Keiichiro Kuronuma, Nipun Manral, Emily Xing, Heidi Gransar, Sebastien Cadet, Alan Rozanski, Piotr J. Slomka, Michelle Williams, Daniel S. Berman, Damini Dey

“…African American patients were also associated with higher PCAT (β=5.8, P<0.001), along with family history of coronary artery disease (β=2.1, P=0.04). Conclusions: Our study showed a uniformly high prevalence of atherosclerosis in this asymptomatic cohort, with lower plaque volumes of all sub-components in women. …”
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Relationship between body mass index and clinical events in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. by Tatsuro Yamazaki, Hideki Kitahara, Daichi Yamashita, Takanori Sato, Sakuramaru Suzuki, Takashi Hiraga, Tadahiro Matsumoto, Takahiro Kobayashi, Yuji Ohno, Junya Harada, Kenichi Fukushima, Tatsuhiko Asano, Naoki Ishio, Raita Uchiyama, Hirofumi Miyahara, Shinichi Okino, Masanori Sano, Nehiro Kuriyama, Masashi Yamamoto, Naoya Sakamoto, Junji Kanda, Yoshio Kobayashi

“…<h4>Background</h4>It is still unclear whether body mass index (BMI) affects bleeding and cardiovascular events in patients requiring oral anticoagulants (OAC) for atrial fibrillation (AF) and antiplatelet agents after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for coronary artery disease (CAD). The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between BMI and clinical events in patients who underwent PCI under OAC therapy for AF.…”
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« Grândola Vila Morena » : l’hymne de la contestation portugaise by Marie-Noëlle Ciccia

“…Écrite et enregistrée en 1971 par l’artiste engagé José Afonso (Zeca Afonso) en hommage à la « Sociedade Musical Fraternidade Operária Grandolense » (Société musicale Fraternité ouvrière de Grândola — petite ville agricole de l’Alentejo au Sud du Portugal), la chanson « Grândola Vila Morena » est devenue un chant à la fois politique et fortement identitaire, symbole de la contestation du pouvoir, dès lors qu’elle a été choisie par les militaires comme signal de la révolte contre le régime salazariste l’Estado Novo, et diffusée à la Radio Renascença de Lisbonne dans la nuit du 24 au 25 avril 1974. …”
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Requiem – Alàgbà, Dr., Prince, Mosọbalájé Ajíbádé Àkàndé Adébáyọ̀ Fálétí, OON, DLitt., FNAL, JP, a.k.a ‘Pa Fálétí’ to Some; ‘Bàbá Fálétí’ to all and Sundry.... by Pamela J. Olubunmi Smith

“…Olubunmi Smith Thanks to the immense, providential endowment trumpeted on the airwaves, and flashed on screen, and showcased on makeshift stages from hamlet, to village, to town squares and city halls, and planted in almost every household so the gen-X and gen-Y Yorùbá can, in varying degrees, claim knowledge of and familiarity with Bàbá Fálétí, the man, the artist, the actor, the prodigious poet, indeed, the half-sung, consummate bard, the cultural icon, beloved son of Yorùbáland. …”
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hiperinsulinemia como um fator associado à hipovitaminose D em crianças e adolescentes com excesso de peso by Mariana Rodrigues Barreiros da Silva, Cecília Lacroix de Oliveira, Flávia dos Santos Barbosa Brito, Paulo Collett-Solberg, Isabel Rey Madeira, Beatriz Louise Costa Themístocles, Fernanda Mussi Gazolla

“…Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo transversal, descritivo e retrospectivo que coletou e analisou, entre os anos de 2022 e 2023, dados de prontuários de 92 indivíduos (5 a 12 anos) com excesso de peso, participantes de um ambulatório de pesquisa em obesidade infantil, quanto ao perfil bioquímico, antropométrico, de consumo alimentar, atividade física e pressão arterial, entre outros, associados às concentrações séricas de 25(OH)D. …”
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Predictive value of the perivascular fat attenuation index for MACE in young people suspected of CAD by Yani Yu, Dongkai Shan, Xi Wang, Zinuan Liu, Guanhua Dou, Junjie Yang, Yuqi Liu, Yundai Chen

“…The perivascular FAI at the proximal segment of the right coronary artery (RCA) was measured and grouped into high FAI and low FAI according to the optimal cut-off value, and the association between a high FAI and major adverse cardiac events (MACE) was evaluated by Cox hazard regression. …”
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Projective test of a treason psychological construct by Ildar M. Yusupov

“…The objective of the theoretical and empirical research is to construct a diagnostic tool based on the protective mechanism of a subjects projective identification while the subject attests the deeds of a thoroughly familiar person. …”
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Etiology of Emergency Visit and In-Hospital Outcomes of Patients with COPD by Xueyang Zhang, Qingtao Zhou, Shengfeng Wang, Qingbian Ma, Yongchang Sun

“…The first 3 causes for emergency visit were AECOPD (n = 314, 80.1%), acute coronary artery syndrome with or without congestive heart failure (n = 24, 6.1%), and pulmonary embolism (n = 13, 3.3%). …”
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Clinical, laboratory and histopathologica investigation of the protective effect of dimethylsulfoxide (dmso) on experimentally induced various types of intestinal strangulation obs... by Cengiz Ceylan, Yılmaz Koç

“…The dogs in groups 1 and 2 were subjected to 1 hour ol no flow ischemia and 1 hour of reperfusion, and then, for Ihe treatment ol animals at the beginning of reperfusion, group 1 was treated with 0.9% NaCI 15 ml/kg), and the Olher with 20% DMSO (1 g/kg) The dogs in groups 3 and 4 were subjected lo 24 hours of low How ischemia and t hour ot reperfusion, and then, tor Ihe treatment of animals at the beginning of reperfusion. group 3 was treaied with 0.9% NaCI (5 ml/kg), and Ihe other wilh 20% DMSO (1 g/kg) To carry out no flow (aperfusion) ischemia the jeiunal artery and vein of the distal jejunum close to ileum were clamped completely wilh Bulldog clamps in groups 1 and 2. …”
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Cardiovascular health in breast cancer patients: insight on BRCA1/2 mutations impact by Panagiotis Mallios, Mehdi Dehghan Manshadi, Laila Hubbert, Tajeri Aydin, Claudia Maes, Johanna Rantala, Annelie Liljegren, Narsis A. Kiani, Elham Hedayati

“…Sporadic-BC patients exhibited a higher overall cardiovascular burden, including arrhythmias, coronary artery disease, and stroke. Conclusions Distinct cardiovascular profiles between BRCA-BC and Sporadic-BC patients underscore the need for tailored survivorship care. …”
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Efecto de la fotobiomodulación vascular en el control de la ansiesad infantil en el cuidado odontológico. Ensayo clínico aleatorizado doble ciego by Elizabeth Grudzien, Magdalena San Martin, Laura Hermida, Anna Carolina Ratto Tempestini Horliana, Sandra Kalil Bussadori, Lara Motta Jansiski

“…También fueron medidos   parámetros fisiológicos: presión arterial (PA), oximetría(O), y frecuencia cardíaca (FC).  …”
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Comparison of the factors that influence the pattern of procurement and usage of antithrombotic drugs by Mohamed Mansor Manan, Aswani Yanti Baharudin, Qi Ying Lean, Jagjit Singh Dhaliwal, Sachinjeet Kaur Sodhi Dhaliwal, Muhammad Junaid Farrukh, Ching Siang Tan, Long Chiau Ming

“…The mean difference in terms of DDDs of the studied antithrombotic drugs impacts patient demographic characteristics, smoking history, presence of atherosclerotic diseases and peripheral artery diseases, comorbidity, patient compliance, and bleeding history. …”
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Determinación del estado de salud bucal en pacientes discapacitados del Área VII en Cienfuegos by Ana Belkys Hernández Millán, Irma Aracelia Sueiro Sánchez, Caridad Delfina Manresa Peñalver, Zenia Lissette Hernández Millán, Dania Lissette Hurtado Sánchez, Teresita de Jesús Barrio Pedraza

“…<br /><strong>Resultados:</strong> el género femenino fue el más afectado, y la edad más representativa la de 35-59 años, predominaron las enfermedades crónicas degenerativas, los enfermos en la clasificación epidemiológica según estado de salud bucal, la hipertensión arterial entre las enfermedades sistémicas. Antecedentes de caries fue el factor de riesgo más relevante, resultando la gingivitis crónica edematosa, con un mayor porcentaje. …”
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