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Clipping Spline Technique Progresses Reproductive Health and Cardiac Development Research

DAIC

An improved understanding of heart development could help inform new clinical strategies in managing congenital heart diseases, which are the most common type of birth defects, said research team leader Shang Wang from Stevens Institute of Technology.

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Case Report: Laboratory detection of a thrombotic tendency in a family with hypodysfibrinogenemia and a novel FGG mutation

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

IntroductionHypodysfibrinogenemia is a rare congenital fibrinogen disorder (CFD) which may induce thrombotic and bleeding events. Therefore, patient management needs careful evaluation. They all carried the same heterozygous c.1124A>G

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Calculating Relative Lung Perfusion Using Fluoroscopic Sequences and Image Analysis: The Fluoroscopic Flow Calculator

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

BACKGROUND:Maldistribution of pulmonary blood flow in patients with congenital heart disease impacts exertional performance and pulmonary artery growth. Currently, measurement of relative pulmonary perfusion can only be performed outside the catheterization laboratory. Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print.

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Does this T wave pattern mean anything?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Electrical alternans — was first observed in the laboratory by Herring in 1909. Amplitude or direction of the P wave, QRS complex, ST segment and/or T wave may all be affected ( although P wave alternans is rare ). Alternating interval duration ( of PR, QRS or QT intervals ) may also be seen.

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The Nation’s Heart: Ghana

Global Cardiac Surgery

It has been reported that the estimated burden of congenital heart disease (CHD) in Ghana approximates 372 per million population , a disproportionally high number due to the higher fertility rate in the country relative to other countries in the Region. million people, with 10.95 million children (38.8% of total) under 15 years old.

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Basics of Echocardiography

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Transcript of the video: Echocardiography is now not restricted to the echocardiographic laboratory. This becomes more difficult in complex congenital heart diseases where the cardiac chamber positions and size may vary. It is used in the emergency department, at bedside, in the intensive care unit as well as in the operating room.

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A woman in her 20s with syncope

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Electrical alternans — was first observed in the laboratory by Herring in 1909. Amplitude or direction of the P wave, QRS complex, ST segment and/or T wave may all be affected ( although P wave alternans is rare ). Alternating interval duration ( of PR, QRS or QT intervals ) may also be seen.