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Mashup Score: 4Uremic Pruritus; Its Prevalence, Pathophysiology and Management - 2 month(s) ago
Open access peer-reviewed chapter
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Mashup Score: 1Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke Prevention - 6 month(s) ago
Atrial fibrillation is the most common sustained arrhythmia encountered in adults and is associated with an increased morbidity and mortality due to both causing and contributing to an increase in the risk of stroke and heart failure. AF constitutes a significant public health concern. It is estimated that its management accounts for 1% of the National Health Service budget in the United Kingdom and between $6 and $26 billions of annual healthcare spending in the United States. This chapter includes the epidemiology and genetics of atrial fibrillation, with a special focus on the management of non-valvular atrial fibrillation, how and when to follow a rate control or rhythm control treatment strategy atrial fibrillation including catheter ablation. The chapter also includes assessment of a patient’s risk of stroke in the setting of atrial fibrillation as well as the options for anticoagulation and left atrial appendage closure.
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Mashup Score: 21Structure-Function Relationship of Heart Valves in Health and Disease - 10 month(s) ago
The heart valves allow unidirectional and unobstructed passage of blood without regurgitation, trauma to blood elements, thromboembolism, and excessive stress concentrations in the leaflet and supporting tissue. In order to achieve this, the heart valves rely of their unique macroscale anatomy, histoarchitecture and ultrastructural features that allow them to accommodate repetitive changes in shape and dimension throughout the cardiac cycle. This chapter is focused on the structure-function relationship of the heart valves, with particular focus on the aortic and mitral valves, discussing how the biochemical, histoarchitectural and anatomical features influence valvular function during the cardiac cycle and how valvular function dictates valvular architecture and ECM constitution. The chapter examines the structure-function relationship of valvular tissue by correlating its microscale histoarchitecture and biochemical constitution to its mesoscale biomechanics and macroscale function d
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Mashup Score: 25Bleeding in Patients with Antiphospholipid Antibodies - 1 year(s) ago
The antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) are commonly associated with thrombotic events and obstetric complications. However, apart from the bleeding complications of antithrombotic therapy, the acquired coagulopathy caused by the aPL, particularly by lupus anticoagulant and anticardiolipin antibodies, might be occasionally manifested as a hemorrhagic syndrome with various clinical severity. Bleeding symptoms vary from mild (mucocutaneous) up to life-threatening (gastrointestinal, intracranial). The bleeding may be the first manifestation of aPL or appear concomitantly with thrombosis. The underlying hemostatic changes include thrombocytopenia, platelet function disorders, and coagulation factor inhibitors or deficiencies, namely prothrombin, FVII, FVIII, FX, and FXI. Thrombocytopenia is the most common finding, seen in up to 53% of patients with aPL, although it is usually mild to moderate and associated with significant bleeding only in a minority of cases. Of interest, patients with se
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Mashup Score: 1Hernia as a Complication of Metabolic Bariatric Surgery - 2 year(s) ago
Metabolic Bariatric Surgery (MBS) is increasingly gaining ground, given that it constitutes the most effective treatment of obesity and associated health problems, with enduring results and a well-documented safety profile. Nevertheless, certain issues may rise in the medium and long term. Among them, there is a heterogeneous group of complications under the umbrella term “post-bariatric hernia”, including internal hernias, abdominal wall hernias, and hiatal hernias. Internal hernias constitute the most studied category, but evidence on the other categories is not lacking. This chapter will attempt to cover diagnostic, treatment, and preventive aspects in the management of hernia post-MBS following a comprehensive, evidence-based approach. In brief, with regards to the prevention of internal hernias, suturing of all defects is strongly recommended for Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB), but the evidence is less clear when it comes to newer bypass procedures, such as One-Anastomosis/Mini G
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A good understanding of liver anatomy is required for performing precise liver resection. However, the currently described methods of liver segmentation based on portal and hepatic veins are inconclusive. We proposed a system of liver segmentation based on previous reports and our data. Three-dimensional computed tomography software based on artificial intelligence was used to analyze the portal…
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Myelodysplastic morphology of blood cells can be encountered not only in myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) but also in nonclonal disorders like viral, bacterial, parasitic infections, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, polyarteritis nodosa, immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), iron deficiency anemia, megaloblastic anemia, dysgranulopoietic neutropenia, congenital neutropenia, cases with microdeletion…
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Mashup Score: 2Baricitinib in the Treatment of COVID-19 - 2 year(s) ago
Baricitinib is a novel Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor which has recently been included in recommendations for treatment of COVID-19. This chapter is focused on discussing the evidence available regarding the safety and efficacy of use of baricitinib alone or in combination with other therapies for treatment of patients with COVID-19. A systematic literature search was conducted for this purpose to…
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Mashup Score: 3Baricitinib in the Treatment of COVID-19 - 2 year(s) ago
Baricitinib is a novel Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor which has recently been included in recommendations for treatment of COVID-19. This chapter is focused on discussing the evidence available regarding the safety and efficacy of use of baricitinib alone or in combination with other therapies for treatment of patients with COVID-19. A systematic literature search was conducted for this purpose to…
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Mashup Score: 4Perspective Chapter: Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (ViV) for Failed Bioprosthetic Valves - 3 year(s) ago
Aortic valve disease remains the second most common valvular heart disease worldwide. Surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) with mechanical or bioprosthetic valves and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with bioprosthetic valves are both approved therapies for patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) across all surgical risk categories. On the other hand, SAVR remains the mainstay…
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