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PO-05-060 BE STILL MY NEW BEATING HEART: A CASE OF ATRIAL STANDSTILL FOLLOWING ORTHOTOPIC HEART TRANSPLANTATION

HeartRhythm

Recognized causes include drugs, myocardial ischemia, and hypoxia. Its association with orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT) is not known. Atrial standstill is a rare condition characterized by the absence of electrical and mechanical activity of the atria.

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Abstract 4113494: Gut Microbiota Modulation by Immunosuppression and Cardiac Cell Therapy in a Nonhuman Primate Ischemia/Reperfusion Model of Cardiac Regeneration

Circulation

End-stage ischemic heart disease necessitates heart transplantation, and emerging cell therapy presents a promising solution to address donor scarcity. Disruption of gut microbiota significantly influences various diseases and treatments, including transplantation.

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Novel Role for Cardiolipin as a Target of Therapy to Mitigate Myocardial Injury Caused by Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Circulation

BACKGROUND:Cardiolipin is a mitochondrial-specific phospholipid that maintains integrity of the electron transport chain (ETC) and plays a central role in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury. Circulation, Ahead of Print. Tafazzin is an enzyme that is required for cardiolipin maturation.

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Two promising approaches in the treatment of myocardial infarction: stem cells and gene therapy

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

At present, the main methods to treat ischemic heart disease are drug therapy, intervention and operation. These methods only alleviate symptoms of heart failure and myocardial ischemia and improve patients' quality of life by partially restoring myocardial reperfusion.

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Understanding an Enlarged Heart (Cardiomegaly): Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

MIBHS

Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) CAD, which involves the narrowing or blockage of coronary arteries due to plaque buildup, can reduce blood flow to the heart. This may result in ischemia (lack of oxygen to the heart muscle), causing parts of the heart to weaken and enlarge.

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Heart Pump Improves Survival After Severe Heart Attacks

DAIC

of those who received the Impella pump had died at six months after randomization; there was a 13 percentage point absolute reduction in the rate of death, the study’s primary endpoint, in favor of the heart pump. Among 355 patients who were included in the analysis, 58.5% of those who received standard care alone and 45.8%

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A teenager with chest pain, a troponin below the limit of detection, and "benign early repolarization"

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

He was readmitted a few weeks later for a heart failure exacerbation, diuresed, and discharged again. The last information available is that the patient was undergoing heart transplant evaluation. She died before she could get a heart transplant. They just could not believe that a young woman could have an OMI.