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Growth and development of the pulmonary vascular bed in patients with tetralogy of Fallot with or without pulmonary atresia.
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Mechanical Stress Conditioning and Electrical Stimulation Promote Contractility and Force Maturation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Human Cardiac Tissue
Tissue engineering enables the generation of functional human cardiac tissue with cells derived in vitro in combination with biocompatible materials. Human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived ...
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Ischemic Postconditioning in Pigs
From the Institut für Pathophysiologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Germany.
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Flow-dependent coronary artery dilatation in humans.
To determine the role of endothelium-mediated flow-dependent coronary dilatation in humans, we studied the coronary dilatation exerted by maximal pharmacologic increase of coronary flow in 14 patient ...
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Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH)
From the Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom (J.P.-Z., C.T.); University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium (M.D.); Medical University of Vienna, Vienna ...
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Differences in Short-Term Versus Long-Term Outcomes of Older Black Versus White Patients With Myocardial Infarction
From the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (R.M., A.Y.C., L.T., T.Y.W., K.L.T., M.T.R., E.D.P.); and National Heart Centre ...
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Abstract P500: 24-Month Follow-Up of the ‘Stand and Move at Work’ Sedentary Behavior Intervention: Effects on Cardiometabolic Risk in Those With Dysglycemia
Long-term effects of workplace sedentary behavior interventions on cardiometabolic risk are poorly understood. Stand and Move at Work was a multi-site group randomized trial in 24 worksites (N=630, 74 ...
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Imatinib Mesylate as Add-on Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
From Medizinische Hochschule, Hannover, Germany (M.M.H.); Columbia University, New York, NY (R.J.B.); University of Alabama at Birmingham (R.C.B.); Arizona Pulmonary ...
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Effects of Beta Adrenergic Blockade on the Circulation, with Particular Reference to Observations in Patients with Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis
From the Cardiology Branch, National Heart Institute, Bethesda, Maryland. The circulatory effects of blocking the beta adrenergic receptors with Nethalide were studied in 10 patients with hypertrophic ...
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Biglycan Deficiency Causes Spontaneous Aortic Dissection and Rupture in Mice
Background— For the majority of cases, the cause of spontaneous aortic dissection and rupture is unknown. An inherited risk is associated with Marfan syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV, and loci ...
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Rhythm Versus Rate Control Therapy and Subsequent Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
From the Divisions of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (M.A.T., E.R., H.B., L.P.); Department of Pharmacy Practice and ...
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Randomized Double-Blind Assessment of the ONSET and OFFSET of the Antiplatelet Effects of Ticagrelor Versus Clopidogrel in Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease
Background— Ticagrelor is the first reversibly binding oral P2Y12 receptor antagonist. This is the first study to compare the onset and offset of platelet inhibition (IPA) with ticagrelor using the P ...