Kim, Tae Wan Ko, Ryoung Eun Na, Soo Jin Chung, Chi Ryang Choi, Ki Hong Park, Chi-Min Yang, Jeong Hoon
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Background Limited data are available on the association of malnutrition with the occurrence of delirium in the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU). Thus, we aimed to analyze whether nutritional indices and their components can predict the development of delirium in CICU. Methods We enrolled 2,783 patients admitted to the CICU of Samsung Medical Cen...
Feng, Weiqi Li, Huili Wang, Qiuji Li, Chenxi Wu, Jinlin Yang, Jue Fan, Ruixin
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Backgrounds The goal of this study was to assess the impact of neutrophil count, in patients with acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD).Methods This study retrospectively collected data from patients between September 2017 and June 2021. Youden's index was used to determine the optimal cut-off value for the neutrophil count and patients were divid...
Galli, Mattia Costa, Francesco Angiolillo, Dominick J.
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Wang, Xi Yang, Xinyue Lu, Wenjie Pan, Liang Han, Zhanying Pan, Sancong Shan, Yingguang Wang, Xule Zheng, Xiaolin Li, Ran
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Background Data on drug-coated balloons (DCB) for de novo coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) are limited. We aimed to investigate the long-term outcomes of substitution of drug-eluting stents (DES) by DCB. Methods We compared the outcomes of less DES strategy (DCB alone or combined with DES) and DES-only strategy in treating de novo coronary CT...
Yevtushenko, Pavlo Goubergrits, Leonid Franke, Benedikt Kuehne, Titus Schafstedde, Marie
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Introduction The computational modelling of blood flow is known to provide vital hemodynamic parameters for diagnosis and treatment-support for patients with valvular heart disease. However, most diagnosis/treatment-support solutions based on flow modelling proposed utilize time- and resource-intensive computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and are the...
Ayyoub, Sana Blanco, Isabel Izquierdo-García, José Luis Tura-Ceide, Olga
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Grab, Maximilian Hundertmark, Fabian Thierfelder, Nikolaus Fairchild, Matthew Mela, Petra Hagl, Christian Grefen, Linda
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Background Preoperative anxiety in cardiac surgery can lead to prolonged hospital stays and negative postoperative outcomes. An improved patient education using 3D models may reduce preoperative anxiety and risks associated with it.Methods Patient education was performed with standardized paper-based methods (n = 34), 3D-printed models (n = 34) or ...
Tsai, Wen-Hsuan Zeng, Yi-Hong Lee, Chun-Chuan Chien, Ming-Nan Liu, Sung-Chen Chien, Kuo-Liong Cheng, Shih-Ping Tseng, Po-Jung Tsai, Ming-Chieh
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Objective To determine the association between thyroid cancer and coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation, cerebrovascular disease, and cardiovascular disease mortality.Methods The PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases were searched for eligible studies from inception to September 22, 2022. Keywords included “thyroid cancer”, “atrial ...
Pollevick, Matias E. Wan, Elaine Y.
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Xiao, Mingzhu Lai, Disheng Yu, Yumin Wu, Qingqing Zhang, Caojin
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Pulmonary hypertension has high disability and mortality rates. Among them, pulmonary hypertension caused by left heart disease (PH-LHD) is the most common type. According to the 2022 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension, PH-LHD is classified as group 2 pulmonary hypertension. PH-LHD belongs to postcapillary ...
