Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2020 Feb 01
A case of recurrent constrictive pericarditis induced by pericardial substitution with an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene membrane.
Taguchi S, Kitamura T, Matsukuma S, Odate T, Ariyoshi T, Hamawaki M, Otsubo C, Kurohama H, Mihara Y
A 72-year-old man presented with recurrent constrictive pericarditis, which developed 6 months after pericardiectomy, and pericardial substitution wit ...
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Med. J. Malaysia
Early outcome of cardiac surgery in dialysis-dependent end-stage renal failure patients.
Chong KS, Pau CP, Azmi MI, Taib ME, Dillon J
Preoperative dialysis-dependent renal failure is a strong independent risk factor for in-hospital mortality and morbidity after open heart surgery. Th ...
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Am. Heart J.
Long-term clinical outcomes with use of an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor early after heart transplantation.
Arashi H, Sato T, Kobashigawa J, Luikart H, Kobayashi Y, Okada K, Sinha S, Honda Y, Yeung AC, Khush K, Fearon WF
The safety and efficacy of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition (ACEI) after heart transplantation (HT) is unknown. This study examined long-term ...
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Nutrition
Abnormal fluid distribution and low handgrip strength index as predictors of mortality in Mexican patients with chronic heart failure.
Castillo-Martínez L, Rodríguez-García WD, González-Islas DG, Orea-Tejeda A, Lozada-Mellado M, Rodríguez-Silverio J, Reyes-García JG
In patients with heart failure, fluid alteration and low muscle strength frequently coexist because of their reduced physical activity and sedentary b ...
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J. Nutr. Biochem.
Emodin and emodin-rich rhubarb inhibits histone deacetylase (HDAC) activity and cardiac myocyte hypertrophy.
Evans LW, Bender A, Burnett L, Godoy L, Shen Y, Staten D, Zhou T, Angermann JE, Ferguson BS
Pathological cardiac hypertrophy is a classical hallmark of heart failure. At the molecular level, inhibition of histone deacetylase (HDAC) enzymes at ...
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