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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38393925/serum-pentraxin-3-levels-in-term-neonates-with-persistent-pulmonary-hypertension
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
A E A Asal, Z F Oshaiba, E N A Mansour, O H Abd Elaziz, A A A Nasr
BACKGROUND: Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the neonate (PPHN) is a serious disorder. The long pentraxin 3 (PTX3) plays an important role in angiogenesis, cell proliferation, tissue repair and cell regulation. The present study aims to assess the diagnostic and clinical value of PTX3 in PPHN. METHODS: The present case-control 60 full-term neonates diagnosed with PPHN by echocardiography within 72 hours of birth. In addition, there were 30 age and sex-matched healthy neonates who served as controls...
February 21, 2024: Journal of Neonatal-perinatal Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38390369/severe-diastolic-dysfunction-as-a-clue-to-the-cause-of-stroke-a-case-report
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Maya Maalouf, William J Mandel, Charles Pollick
BACKGROUND: The echocardiographic determination of cardiac causes of stroke focuses on the presence of left ventricular thrombus, valvular vegetations, and patent foramen ovale. Transoesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) is indicated when the transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) is inconclusive or when there is clinical suspicion of cardiac causes that may have been missed by TTE. The presence of severe diastolic dysfunction on TTE in the absence of any other cardiac abnormality or cardiac history is not usually considered a clue to the cause of stroke...
February 2024: European Heart Journal. Case Reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38385425/kidney-transplant-recipient-with-cerebral-paradoxical-embolism-following-recurrent-idiopathic-deep-vein-thrombosis-and-pulmonary-embolism-case-report-and-review-of-the-literature
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REVIEW
Osama Gheith, Hassanen Abo Atya, Ayman Maher Nagib, Ahmed Sami, Prasad Nair, Medhat Alawady, Khaja M Sharfuddin, Ahmed Fathy, Wesam Mattar, Ahmed Abass, Abdulwahab Mahmoud, Mohamed Al Ajmi, Torki Al Otaibi
Paradoxical embolism occurs when a thrombus crosses an intracardiac defect into the systemic circulation. Here, we present the case of a 35-yearold male kidney transplant recipient with a cerebral paradoxical embolism associated with a spontaneous venous thromboembolism. This patient had recurrent deep venous thrombosis and showering emboli to the lung and paradoxically to the brain through patent foramen ovale, and we treated him successfully. The role of bubble echocardiography was essential in diagnosis to avoid contrast-induced nephropathy...
January 2024: Experimental and Clinical Transplantation
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38381323/association-between-patent-foramen-ovale-and-migraine-evidence-from-a-resting-state-fmri-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yusha Tang, Huaiqiang Sun, Chris Plummer, Simon J Vogrin, Hua Li, Yajiao Li, Lei Chen
A relationship between migraine without aura (MO) and patent foramen ovale (PFO) has been observed, but the neural basis underlying this relationship remains elusive. Utilizing independent component analysis via functional magnetic resonance imaging, we examined functional connectivity (FC) within and across networks in 146 patients with MO (75 patients with and 71 patients without PFO) and 70 healthy controls (35 patients each with and without PFO) to elucidate the individual effects of MO and PFO, as well as their interaction, on brain functional networks...
February 21, 2024: Brain Imaging and Behavior
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38380718/transesophageal-echocardiography-a-bibliometric-analysis-from-1979-to-2022
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REVIEW
Silei Pan, Zhengkai Li, Yan Wang, Hailong Bing, Haibo Song, Qinjun Chu
OBJECTIVE: Heart disease poses a significant global health challenge. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has gained prominence in clinical practice because of advancements in visual medicine. The present bibliometric analysis provides an overview of TEE research, identifies trends, and highlights emerging topics. METHODS: A comprehensive search of TEE-related literature from the establishment of the Web of Science Core Collection (WOSCC) until 2022 was conducted...
February 2024: Echocardiography
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38379633/artificial-intelligence-enabled-electrocardiogram-ai-ecg-does-not-predict-atrial-fibrillation-following-patent-foramen-ovale-closure
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Omar Baqal, Eiad A Habib, Elfatih A Hasabo, Francesca Galasso, Timothy Barry, Reza Arsanjani, John P Sweeney, Peter Noseworthy, F David Fortuin
BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a known complication following patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure. AI-enabled ECG (AI-ECG) acquired during normal sinus rhythm has been shown to identify individuals with AF by noting high-risk ECG features invisible to the human eye. We sought to characterize the value of AI-ECG in predicting AF development following PFO closure and investigate key clinical and procedural characteristics possibly associated with post-procedural AF. METHODS: We performed a retrospective analysis of patients who underwent PFO closure at our hospital from January 2011 to December 2022...
April 2024: IJC Heart & Vasculature
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38379240/comparison-of-echocardiographic-and-clinical-characteristics-in-embolic-stroke-and-migraine-patients-with-patent-foramen-ovale
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Fuat Polat, Zeynettin Kaya, Barış Yaylak, Tolga Onuk
BACKGROUND: This single-center observational study aimed to compare the echocardiographic and clinical features in patients diagnosed with migraine and embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) who presented with a known patent foramen ovale (PFO). METHODS: Two-dimensional and color Doppler images were obtained using various transthoracic echocardiography views for both migraine and ESUS patients. Suspected PFO cases underwent further assessment through contrast echocardiography and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)...
February 2024: Echocardiography
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38375707/risk-factors-for-the-development-of-cryptogenic-stroke-and-the-predictive-value-of-right-to-left-shunt-in-patent-foramen-ovale
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Y-H Yu, H Liu, J-H He, S Chen, H-H Mao, B Dong
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the right-to-left shunt of the patent foramen ovale and the risk score for paradoxical embolism in cryptogenic stroke, as well as the risk factors for the development of cryptogenic stroke. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A retrospective analysis was performed on 257 patients with cryptogenic stroke who were diagnosed and treated in our hospital from February 2020 to January 2022 as a study group, and 98 patients who were diagnosed and treated at the Department of Neurology in our hospital at the same time and excluded from stroke, were selected as the control group...
February 2024: European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38373018/a-matching-adjusted-indirect-comparison-of-results-from-reduce-and-respect-two-randomized-trials-on-patent-foramen-ovale-closure-devices-to-prevent-recurrent-cryptogenic-stroke
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Scott E Kasner, Lars Sondergaard, Mitesh Nakum, Melissa Gomez Montero, Mahmoud Hashim, Erik J Landaas
AIMS: Two randomized clinical trials, REDUCE and RESPECT, demonstrated that patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure in combination with antithrombotic therapy was more effective for the prevention of recurrent ischemic stroke compared with antithrombotic therapy alone. The aim of this study was to determine the relative efficacy and safety of the PFO closure devices used in REDUCE (HELEX and CARDIOFORM Septal Occluders) compared with the device used in RESPECT (Amplatzer PFO Occluder). METHODS: An unanchored matching-adjusted indirect comparison (MAIC) of the PFO closure arms of the REDUCE and RESPECT trials was performed using patient-level data from REDUCE weighted to match baseline characteristics from RESPECT...
February 19, 2024: Journal of Medical Economics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38372519/-not-available
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sabrine Majdoub Fehri, Wafa Fekih, Mohamed Khrouf, Hamida Kwas, Hichem Denguir
The hepatopulmonary syndrome is defined as the triad of liver disease, pulmonary gas exchange abnormalities leading to arterial deoxygenation and widespread pulmonary vascular dilatation. It is one of the not infrequently cases of dyspnea within patients with liver disease. We report the case of a 32-year-old woman with cirrohsis and portal hypertention who presented with dyspnea worsning progressively. The blood gas revealed a deep hypoxemia with a PaO2 rate 42mmHg but clinically well tolerated. Pulmonary embolism and pneumonia were rapidly excluded by a CT pulmonary angiography...
May 5, 2023: La Tunisie Médicale
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38371032/a-case-report-of-under-recognized-conditions-in-pulmonary-embolism-patent-foramen-ovale-and-right-ventricular-thrombus
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Satoshi Sera, Yuji Okazaki, Kenichiro Kashiwa, Toshihisa Ichiba
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a potentially life-threatening condition that presents with a spectrum of clinical symptoms ranging from asymptomatic to hemodynamic instability. The early diagnosis in the emergency department is often challenging. Although the association between patent foramen ovale (PFO) and thromboembolic events in patients with PE is well-documented, the significance of the presence of PFO in patients with PE may be underrecognized. In addition, the occurrence of right ventricular thrombus (RVT) in PE is a rare but significant complication with implications for disease management...
January 2024: Curēus
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38369548/optimum-phosphate-ion-removal-from-aqueous-solutions-using-roller-kiln-industrial-solid-waste
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Dalia A Ali, Walaa A Abdelwahab, Mai H Roushdy
Water scarcity is the most imperative predicament that concerns the population. In this research, a roller kiln (RK) industrial solid waste was used in the adsorption of phosphate ions from aqueous solutions thus converting a waste to wealth through aiding in serving as a water treatment application. The RK waste was produced from an Egyptian factory with a flow rate of million tons/day. Surface characterization for this solid waste was performed including transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), Fourier transform infra-red (FTIR), zeta potential (ZP), and particle size distribution (PSD)...
February 18, 2024: Scientific Reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38367262/ignored-role-of-paroxysmal-atrial-fibrillation-in-the-pathophysiology-of-cryptogenic-stroke-in-patients-with-patent-foramen-ovale-and-atrial-septal-aneurysm
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ertan Yetkin, Hasan Atmaca, Bilal Çuğlan, Kenan Yalta
The association between cryptogenic stroke (CS) and patent foramen ovale (PFO) with or without atrial septal aneurysm (ASA) has been a debate for decades in terms of pathophysiologic processes and clinical courses. This issue has become more interesting and complex, because of the concerns associating the CS with so-called normal variant pathologies of interatrial septum, namely ASA and PFO. While there is an anatomical pathology in the interatrial septum, namely PFO and ASA, the embolic source of stroke is not clearly defined...
February 1, 2024: Current Cardiology Reviews
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38363912/ischemic-stroke-as-an-initial-performance-of-polycythemia-vera-in-young-adults-a-case-report-and-literature-review
#34
REVIEW
Shuo Hui, Jingru Zhao, Tiantian Huo, Lipeng Dong, Yanzhao Xie, Xinyao Wang, Manli Zhang
INTRODUCTION: As the second leading cause of death and disability worldwide, stroke is mainly caused by atherosclerosis and cardiac embolism, particularly in older individuals. Nevertheless, in young and otherwise healthy individuals, the causes of stroke can be more diverse and may include conditions such as patent foramen ovale, vasculitis, coagulopathies, genetic factors, or other undetermined causes. Although these other causes of stroke account for a relatively small proportion compared to ischemic stroke, they are becoming increasingly common in clinical practice and deserve attention...
February 16, 2024: Medicine (Baltimore)
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38361556/very-late-patent-foramen-ovale-occluder-device-structural-dysfunction-and-thrombosis
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Rami M Abazid, Osama Smettei, Jasmin Nari, Sabe De, Andrew Mathew, Kumar Sridhar, Guo Lin-Rui Ray, Nikolaos Tzemos
Mechanical dysfunction of patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure device is extremely rare. We present a 58-year-old male patient who had multiple episodes of ischemic strokes 3 years after PFO closure, which was related to PFO device mechanical dysfunction and thrombosis. He was successfully treated with surgical intervention.
February 7, 2024: JACC. Case reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38357055/a-rare-case-of-spontaneous-pneumothorax-leading-to-cerebral-air-embolism
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Zakaria Alagha, Amro Al-Astal
Cerebral arterial air embolism (CAE), a rare subtype of air embolism, carries a 21% mortality rate. We present a unique case involving a 69-year-old female with a history of usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) who suffered a transient ischemic attack (TIA) due to CAE. Unlike typical cases, CAE in this instance resulted from spontaneous pneumothorax, not the more common iatrogenic causes. Adding complexity, an unexpected discovery emerged during evaluation: a patent foramen ovale, contributing to paradoxical embolism...
January 2024: Curēus
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38353336/patent-foramen-oval-and-esus-in-cryptogenic-stroke-still-a-complex-puzzle
#37
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Diana-Elena Iov, Mariana Floria, Daniela Maria Tanase
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
February 2024: Echocardiography
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38353217/does-atrial-septal-anatomy-still-matter-in-the-etiological-evaluation-of-ischemic-stroke-beyond-the-age-of-60
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Antoine Dusonchet, Olivier Varenne, Tania Puscas, Malika Saadi, Albert Hagege, David Calvet, Jean-Louis Mas, Guillaume Turc
BACKGROUND: Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is causally associated with stroke in some patients younger than 60 years, especially when it is large or associated with an atrial septal aneurysm (ASA). After 60 years of age, this association is less well understood. We assessed the relationships between detailed atrial septal anatomy and the cryptogenic nature of stroke in this population. METHODS AND RESULTS: We reviewed all patients aged 60 to 80 years admitted to our stroke center for ischemic stroke who underwent contrast echocardiography between 2016 and 2021...
February 14, 2024: Journal of the American Heart Association
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38343995/characterization-of-activated-carbon-produced-from-the-green-algae-spirogyra-used-as-a-cost-effective-adsorbent-for-enhanced-removal-of-copper-ii-application-in-industrial-wastewater-treatment
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Zohra Djezzar, Amel Aidi, Hanane Rehali, Sbarina Ziad, Tarik Othmane
In this study, we prepared porous carbon (SPAC) derived from the green algae Spirogyra (SP), which was activated using natural lemon through pyrolysis at 600 °C for 3 h, and investigated its adsorption ability and performance towards copper ions in an aqueous solution. The physicochemical characteristics of SPAC were evaluated using FTIR, BET, SEM/EDS, XRD and pHPZC analyses and the results were compared with those of the raw algae (SP). The results indicated the presence of rich surface functional groups and that SPAC possessed a highly porous structure that increased the specific surface area by about 1...
February 7, 2024: RSC Advances
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38331445/platypnea-orthodeoxia-syndrome-pos-in-a-patient-who-had-undergone-partial-liver-resection
#40
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Bhavik Sandip Shah, Girish Ramkrishna Sabnis, Dhiraj Kumar, Charan Lanjewar
A South Asian male in his early 60s presented with acute-onset dyspnoea on postoperative day 4 after undergoing middle hepatic vein sacrificing partial liver resection for epithelioid angiomyolipoma. The patient's SpO2 on presentation was 65% in standing position which improved to 90% in left lateral decubitus. He was suspected of having platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome (POS) which was confirmed on echocardiogram with microbubble contrast showing a large intracardiac right-to-left shunt. The patient was taken up for transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO)...
February 7, 2024: BMJ Case Reports
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