scholarly journals Endomyocardial biopsy in the hands of the electrophysiologist: the ‘one‐stop shop’ for arrhythmic non‐ischaemic cardiomyopathy. Letter regarding the article ‘Heart Failure Association of the ESC, Heart Failure Society of America and Japanese Heart Failure Society Position statement on endomyocardial biopsy’

Author(s):  
Paolo Compagnucci ◽  
Antonio Dello Russo ◽  
Michela Casella
Author(s):  
Petar M. Seferović ◽  
Hiroyuki Tsutsui ◽  
Dennis M. McNamara ◽  
Arsen D. Ristić ◽  
Cristina Basso ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 631-634
Author(s):  
Valeriu Gabi Dinca ◽  
Gheorghe Manole ◽  
Daniel Cochior ◽  
Alexandra Ligia Dinca

The present study aims at determining on the one hand the growth differentiation factor 15 significance as possible risk biomarker for this condition and, on the other hand, the degree of correlation between its serum concentration and the class of inotropism deficit.The value of the current research stems from the very selected theme, the activity of GDF-15, member of the superfamily of cytokines TGF-b recognized as having implication in atherosclerosis, but almost unexplored as role in the myocardiumremodeling processes, more precisely in fibrosis.


2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. e238047
Author(s):  
Alicia Lefas ◽  
Neil Bodagh ◽  
Jiliu Pan ◽  
Ali Vazir

We describe the case of an 86-year-old man with a background of severe left ventricular dysfunction and ischaemic cardiomyopathy who, having been optimised for heart failure therapy in hospital, unexpectedly deteriorated again with hypotension and progressive renal failure over the course of 2 days. Common causes of decompensation were ruled out and a bedside echocardiogram unexpectedly diagnosed new pericardial effusion with tamponade physiology. The patient underwent urgent pericardiocentesis and 890 mL of haemorrhagic fluid was drained. Common causes for haemopericardium were ruled out, and the spontaneous haemopericardium was thought to be related to introduction of rivaroxaban anticoagulation. The patient made a full recovery and was well 2 months following discharge. This case highlights the challenges of diagnosing cardiac tamponade in the presence of more common disorders that share similar non-specific clinical features. In addition, this case adds to growing evidence that therapy with direct oral anticoagulants can be complicated by spontaneous haemopericardium, especially when coadministered with other agents that affect clotting, renal dysfunction and cytochrome P3A5 inhibitors.


2021 ◽  
pp. 102111
Author(s):  
Ryan Alexander Hickmott ◽  
Abdulhameed Bosakhar ◽  
Sebastian Quezada Rojas ◽  
Mikaela Barresi ◽  
David Walker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
One Stop ◽  

Quaerendo ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 240-249
Author(s):  
Marieke Van Delft ◽  
Marco De Niet

2002 ◽  
Vol 124 (4) ◽  
pp. 537-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gong Cheng ◽  
Jean W. Zu

In this paper, a mass-spring-friction oscillator subjected to two harmonic disturbing forces with different frequencies is studied for the first time. The friction in the system has combined Coulomb dry friction and viscous damping. Two kinds of steady-state vibrations of the system—non-stop and one-stop motions—are considered. The existence conditions for each steady-state motion are provided. Using analytical analysis, the steady-state responses are derived for the two-frequency oscillating system undergoing both the non-stop and one-stop motions. The focus of the paper is to study the influence of the Coulomb dry friction in combination with the two frequency excitations on the dynamic behavior of the system. From the numerical simulations, it is found that near the resonance, the dynamic response due to the two-frequency excitation demonstrates characteristics significantly different from those due to a single frequency excitation. Furthermore, the one-stop motion demonstrates peculiar characteristics, different from those in the non-stop motion.


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