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Best holiday gift ideas for heart patients

Heart Sisters

Just 24 days to go before Santa slides down our chimneys! What’s your favourite suggestion for heart patient gifts this year?

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Echocardiography, the AHA, and 100 Years

Circulation

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue 23 , Page 1819-1822, December 3, 2024.

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Lung cancer screening with computed tomography finds coronary artery disease in 83% of cases

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Lung cancer screening with low-dose chest computed tomography (CT) may detect more than just lung cancer. As research in the Canadian Medical Association Journal shows, these CTs can identify coronary artery calcium, a strong risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD), in patients without cardiac symptoms.

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Cardiology Month in Review: November 2024

HCPLive

Our Cardiology Month in Review for November 2024 spotlights the approval of acoramidis and top content from AHA 2024.

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Left atrial dysfunction relates to symptom onset in patients affected by severe degenerative mitral regurgitation

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Left atrium (LA) is far from simply being a passive connection chamber between left ventricle and the pulmonary circulation. In patients affected by mitral regurgitation (MR) an impairment in LA compliance and.

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Endocrinology Month in Review: November 2024

HCPLive

Our Endocrinology Month in Review for November 2024 highlights recent headlines in diabetes and endocrinology as well as 5 new episodes of Diabetes Dialogue.

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Adipsin improves diabetic hindlimb ischemia through SERPINE1 dependent angiogenesis

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Adipsin (complement factor D, CFD), as the first described adipokine, is well-known for its regulatory effects in diabetic cardiovascular complications. However, its role in diabetic hind-limb ischemia was not.

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A simple way to estimate Trans-Aortic gradient without doppler in Aortic stenosis

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

Here is a simple research paper on echocardiography , yet comprehensive, that assessed aortic leaflet separation distance with mean aortic gradient and valve area in patients with aortic stenosis. Kudos to the authors. It adds more pride, a validation of an important echo parameter in aortic stenosis has come from my part of the country, in a small town of Kerala.I am sure , It deserves to be published in JASE or ESC Imaging journal, which would have spread the importance of this study to more a

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Long-QT Trafficking Map

Circulation

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue 23 , Page 1882-1884, December 3, 2024.

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The function of miRNAs in the immune system's inflammatory reaction to heart failure

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Heart failure is the end stage of cardiovascular disease, with high morbidity and mortality rates worldwide. Heart failure is associated with long-term and insufficient inhibition of inflammatory response. miRNA is a class of endogenous, non-coding, single-stranded small RNA molecules, that can regulate gene expression through translational inhibition or degradation of targeted mRNA, widely regulate myocardial remodeling, inflammatory response, and other pathological processes, and play an impor

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Highlights From the Circulation Family of Journals

Circulation

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue 23 , Page 1898-1903, December 3, 2024.

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Uncommon presentation of left main congenital coronary aneurysm: a rare case report

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Coronary aneurysm, a dilated segment of the coronary artery, is a rare condition with a prevalence ranging from 0.02% to 0.2%. According to the current literature, reports of large aneurysms in the left main artery are extremely rare. We present a case of a 43-year-old male patient presenting with cough, wheezing, and dyspnea after a cold. Initial examinations suggested viral myocarditis, but further evaluation revealed a giant aneurysm in the left main coronary artery.

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Letter by Yang and Zhang Regarding Article, “Clinical Impact of Routine Assessment of Patient-Reported Health Status in Heart Failure Clinic: The PRO-HF Trial”

Circulation

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue 23 , Page e468-e468, December 3, 2024.

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Midterm outcomes of patients with native heart recovery after Impella 5+ for cardiogenic shock

European Journal of Heart Failure

Summary of key study outcomes. Abstract Aims Left ventricular unloading by percutaneous microaxial flow-pump devices has been shown to improve survival in patients with cardiogenic shock (CS). The objective of the study is to examine whether Impella 5.0/5.5 (5+) support is effective in facilitating heart recovery, overall survival, and quality of life.

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Pitfalls of Choosing a Study End Point Including Cardiovascular Death in Comparative Clinical Trials

Circulation

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue 23 , Page 1823-1825, December 3, 2024.

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What is arterial switch operation for TGA?

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Arterial switch operation is the ideal corrective surgery for D-transposition of great arteries. I has to be done quite early in life before the left ventricular muscle mass regressed due to the lower load of the pulmonary circulation. Rare long term problems include narrowing of the pulmonary artery and aortic regurgitation due to aortic root enlargement.

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