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  1. Hyperbilirubinemia after heart valve surgery (HVS) with cardiopulmonary bypass is frequently observed and associated with worse outcomes. We investigated the characteristics and prognosis of patients with seve...

    Authors: Xiaolan Chen, Ming Bai, Lijuan Zhao, Yan Yu, Yuan Yue, Shiren Sun and Xiangmei Chen

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2021 21:16

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  2. We aimed to use the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care III database to build a nomogram to identify 30-day mortality risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) patients in intensive care unit (ICU).

    Authors: Runnan Shen, Ming Gao, Yangu Tao, Qinchang Chen, Guitao Wu, Xushun Guo, Zuqi Xia, Guochang You, Zilin Hong and Kai Huang

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2021 21:11

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  3. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Kamilu M. Karaye, Hadiza Sa’idu, Suleiman A. Balarabe, Naser A. Ishaq, Bushra Sanni, Haruna Abubakar, Baba Lawan Mohammed, Tijjani Abdulsalam, Jamilu Tukur and Idris Y. Mohammed

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2021 21:4

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    The original article was published in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:457

  4. Angiography is a highly effective invasive method for diagnosing coronary artery diseases but can lead to certain psychological problems such as stress, anxiety, and depression. This study aimed to compare the...

    Authors: Camellia Torabizadeh, Sara Rousta, Sakineh Gholamzadeh, Javad Kojouri, Kavoos Jamali and Mohammad Mahdi Parvizi

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2021 21:3

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  5. There are differences of opinion about the beneficial or detrimental effects of opium consumption on cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). So, we aimed to study the association between opium use and CVDs.

    Authors: Parvin Khalili, Fatemeh Ayoobi, Maryam Mohamadi, Ahmad Jamalizadeh, Carlo La Vecchia and Ali Esmaeili-nadimi

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2021 21:2

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  6. Conflicting information exists regarding the association between insulin resistance (IR) and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). We described the associations between obesity, fasting insulinemia, homeostasis ...

    Authors: Bernard Kianu Phanzu, Aliocha Nkodila Natuhoyila, Eleuthère Kintoki Vita, Jean-René M’Buyamba Kabangu and Benjamin Longo-Mbenza

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2021 21:1

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  7. Population-based levels of the chronic low-grade systemic inflammation biomarker, C-reactive protein (CRP), vary widely among traditional populations, despite their apparent absence of chronic conditions assoc...

    Authors: Pedro Carrera-Bastos, Maelán Fontes-Villalba, Michael Gurven, Frits A. J. Muskiet, Torbjörn Åkerfeldt, Ulf Lindblad, Lennart Råstam, Johan Frostegård, Yinon Shapira, Yehuda Shoenfeld, Yvonne Granfeldt, Kristina Sundquist and Tommy Jönsson

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:524

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  8. To explore the clinical benefits of revascularization in patients with different levels of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) from the perspective of quantitative flow ratio (QFR).

    Authors: Jiaxin Zhong, Qin Chen, Long Chen, Zhen Ye, Huang Chen, Jianmin Sun, Juchang Hong, Mingfang Ye, Yuanming Yan, Lianglong Chen and Yukun Luo

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:523

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  9. The The Roadmap Using Story Telling project used a narrative medicine (NM) framework to assess the perspectives of people with heart failure (HF), their informal caregivers and HF specialists of the impact of ...

    Authors: Marco Testa, Antonietta Cappuccio, Maura Latella, Silvia Napolitano, Massimo Milli, Massimo Volpe and Maria Giulia Marini

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:522

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  10. Calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD) pathophysiology is a complex, multistage process, usually diagnosed at advanced stages after significant anatomical and hemodynamic changes in the valve. Early detection of...

    Authors: Ishita Tandon, Shelby Johns, Alan Woessner, Jessica Perez, Delaney Cross, Asya Ozkizilcik, Timothy J. Muldoon, Srikanth Vallurupalli, Muralidhar Padala, Kyle P. Quinn and Kartik Balachandran

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:521

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  11. Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death and years of life lost worldwide. While effective treatments are available for both acute and chronic disease stages there are unmet needs for effecti...

    Authors: Christoph Herrmann-Lingen, Christian Albus, Martina de Zwaan, Franziska Geiser, Katrin Heinemann, Martin Hellmich, Matthias Michal, Monika Sadlonova, Ralf Tostmann, Rolf Wachter and Birgit Herbeck Belnap

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:520

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  12. Eosinophilic myocarditis (EM) is a rare form of myocarditis. Clinical presentation is various, includes cardiogenic shock and can often be fatal. Diagnosis is based on myocardial eosinophilic infiltration in e...

    Authors: Mintje Bohné, Da-Un Chung, Eike Tigges, Hendrick van der Schalk, Daniela Waddell, Niklas Schenker, Stephan Willems, Karin Klingel, Dietmar Kivelitz and Edda Bahlmann

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:519

    Content type: Case report

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  13. It has been noted that there is an increase in the incidence of acute cardiovascular events (CVEs) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) during an acute exacerbation (AE), thereby causi...

    Authors: Wei-ping Hu, Tsokyi Lhamo, Feng-ying Zhang, Jing-qing Hang, Yi-hui Zuo, Jian-lan Hua, Shan-qun Li and Jing Zhang

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:518

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  14. Heart failure (HF) is a global health issue, and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) is one of the most effective surgical treatments for HF with coronary artery disease. Unfortunately, the incidence of postop...

    Authors: Hongyuan Lin, Jianfeng Hou, Hanwei Tang, Kai Chen, Hansong Sun, Zhe Zheng and Shengshou Hu

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:517

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  15. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common inherited cardiovascular disease that affects approximately one in 500 people. HCM is a recognized genetic disorder most often caused by mutations involving...

    Authors: Lazar Velicki, Djordje G. Jakovljevic, Andrej Preveden, Miodrag Golubovic, Marija Bjelobrk, Aleksandra Ilic, Snezana Stojsic, Fausto Barlocco, Maria Tafelmeier, Nduka Okwose, Milorad Tesic, Paul Brennan, Dejana Popovic, Arsen Ristic, Guy A. MacGowan, Nenad Filipovic…

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:516

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  16. The association between different ABO blood groups and mortality of aortic dissection (AD) remains controversial. This study aimed to examine whether different ABO blood groups affect the prognosis of AD.

    Authors: Song Huang, Yequn Chen, Zhaotao Huang, Shiwan Wu, Nianling Xiong, Xiru Huang, Xin Wang, Chang Chen, Bin Wang, Weiping Li, Liangli Hong, Shu Ye and Xuerui Tan

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:515

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  17. This study aimed to reveal the association of diabetes mellitus and dialysis-dependent renal failure with the lesion severity and chronic total occlusion (CTO) in patients undergoing femoropopliteal endovascul...

    Authors: Mitsuyoshi Takahara, Yoshimitsu Soga, Masahiko Fujihara, Daizo Kawasaki, Amane Kozuki and Osamu Iida

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:514

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  18. Currently, how to accurately determine the patient prognosis after a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) remains unclear and may vary among populations, hospitals, and datasets. The aim of this study was ...

    Authors: Nan Gao, Xiaoyong Qi, Yi Dang, Yingxiao Li, Gang Wang, Xiao Liu, Ning Zhu and Jinguo Fu

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:513

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  19. Patients with Heart Failure (HF) show impaired functional capacities which have been related to their prognosis. Moreover, physical functional performance in functional tests has also been related to the progn...

    Authors: Iván José Fuentes-Abolafio, Brendon Stubbs, Luis Miguel Pérez-Belmonte, María Rosa Bernal-López, Ricardo Gómez-Huelgas and Antonio Ignacio Cuesta-Vargas

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:512

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  20. Data on clinical characteristics of acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) in Malaysia especially in East Malaysia is lacking.

    Authors: Hwei Sung Ling, Bui Khiong Chung, Pin Fen Chua, Kai Xin Gan, Wai Leng Ho, Elora Yoke Ling Ong, Cindy Hui San Kueh, Yie Ping Chin and Alan Yean Yip Fong

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:511

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  21. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a common treatment for patients with coronary heart disease, and intra-stent restenosis (ISR) is a serious complication after PCI. It’s necessary to identify the pot...

    Authors: Pengfei Wang, Haixia Qiao, RuiJuan Wang, Ruitian Hou and Jingtao Guo

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:510

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  22. The ALDH2 rs671 genetic polymorphism has been linked with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), but comprehensive epidemiological studies are lacking. An observational, retrospective big data study was carried out to ...

    Authors: Danchen Wang, Yutong Zou, Songlin Yu, Songbai Lin, Honglei Li, Yicong Yin, Ling Qiu, Tengda Xu and Jie Wu

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:509

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  23. Acute aortic dissection type A is a life-threatening disease required emergency surgery during acute phase. Different clinical manifestations, laboratory tests, and imaging features of patients with acute aort...

    Authors: Juntao Kuang, Jue Yang, Qiuji Wang, Changjiang Yu, Ying Li and Ruixin Fan

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:508

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  24. With the rising number of hip surgeries, simple and cost-effective tools for surgery risk assessment are warranted. The analysis of heart rate variability (HRV) may not only provide critical insights into the ...

    Authors: Regina Csanády-Leitner, Franz J. Seibert, Corinna M. Perchtold-Stefan, Werner Maurer-Ertl, Kathrin Hilgarter and Helmut K. Lackner

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:507

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  25. The aim of present study was to examine the preoperative prevalence and distribution of impaired left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LVGLS) in elderly patients with symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS) un...

    Authors: Jonas Agerlund Povlsen, Vibeke Guldbrand Rasmussen, Henrik Vase, Kaare Troels Jensen, Christian Juhl Terkelsen, Evald Høj Christiansen, Mariann Tang, Anders Lehmann Dahl Pedersen and Steen Hvitfeldt Poulsen

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:506

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  26. Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) complicated by Eisenmenger syndrome (ES) remains to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Giving increasing evidences of benefit from targeted therapies, ES pati...

    Authors: Jing Xu, Liang Wang, Yunli Shen, Liang Geng and Fadong Chen

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:505

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  27. Annually > 10% of patients with atrial fibrillation on oral anticoagulation undergo invasive procedures. Optimal peri-procedural management of anticoagulation, as judged by major bleeding and thromboembolic ev...

    Authors: M. Unverdorben, C. von Heymann, A. Santamaria, M. Saxena, T. Vanassche, J. Jin, P.  Laeis, R. Wilkins, C. Chen and P. Colonna

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:504

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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2021 21:91

  28. A high prevalence rate of hypertension (HTN) and its subsequent serious complications made this disease a major health-treatment concern in many societies. The current study aimed to investigate the prevalence...

    Authors: Mostafa Bijani, Saeed Parvizi, Azizallah Dehghan, Massih Sedigh-Rahimabadi, Mahsa Rostami-chijan, Maryam Kazemi, Mohammad Mehdi Naghizadeh, Alireza Ghaemi, Reza Homayounfar and Mojtaba Farjam

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:503

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  29. The study was performed to assess the diagnostic capability of ECG on the cardiogenic shock (CS) in acute myocarditis. A new score was derived from the combination of the ECG parameters and the diagnostic valu...

    Authors: Dan Yang, Qing Dai, Han Wu, Jianzhou Chen, Jingmei Zhang and Zhonghai Wei

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:502

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  30. Psychiatric disorders are significantly associated with the incidence and prevalence of cardiovascular diseases, mortality, hospital readmissionn. Oral and dental hygiene may play a role in such association. T...

    Authors: Zahra Darabi, Farid Najafi, Roya Safari-Faramani and Yahya Salimi

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:501

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  31. Inflammation is involved in the pathogenesis and progression of coronary artery diseases (CADs), including acute coronary syndrome. The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been identified as a novel marke...

    Authors: Yi Yang, Yanan Xu, Jun Wang, Xueqin Zhai and Haibing Jiang

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:500

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  32. In recent years, Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) has expanded rapidly in healthcare research but its application specifically to the field of cardiology has been limited. This study presents essential in...

    Authors: François A. M. Jean, Igor Sibon, Mathilde Husky, Thierry Couffinhal and Joel Swendsen

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:499

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  33. Some studies have reported that nitrate intake from vegetables was inversely associated with many vascular diseases, but few studies have paid attention to the relationship between urinary nitrate and cardiova...

    Authors: Zhuo Wu, Ting Tian, Wang Ma, Wen Gao and Ninghong Song

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:498

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  34. Systematic investigation and analysis of cardiovascular health status (CVHS) of Chinese women is rare. This study aimed to assess CVHS and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) burden in the Chinese w...

    Authors: Tian-Wen Han, Yu-Qi Liu, Wei Dong, Xiao-Juan Bai, Yu-Yang Liu, Xi Su, Yu-Ming Li, Ju-Ying Qian, Mei-Xiang Xiang, Lin Cai, Qian Lin, Jing-Bo Hou, Jie Yang, Dan-Dan Li, Huan-Wan Yang, Shan-Shan Zhou…

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:497

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  35. To evaluate the prognostic value of peak serum lactate and lactate clearance at several time points in cardiogenic shock treated with temporary mechanical circulatory support (MCS) using veno-arterial extracor...

    Authors: Fernando Luís Scolari, Daniel Schneider, Débora Vacaro Fogazzi, Miguel Gus, Marciane Maria Rover, Marcely Gimenes Bonatto, Gustavo Neves de Araújo, André Zimerman, Daniel Sganzerla, Lívia Adams Goldraich, Cassiano Teixeira, Gilberto Friedman, Carisi Anne Polanczyk, Luis Eduardo Rohde, Regis Goulart Rosa and Rodrigo Vugman Wainstein

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:496

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  36. Fear of movement (kinesiophobia) after an acute cardiac hospitalization (ACH) is associated with reduced physical activity (PA) and non-adherence to cardiac rehabilitation (CR).

    Authors: P. Keessen, C. H. M. Latour, I. C. D. van Duijvenbode, B. Visser, A. Proosdij, D. Reen and W. J. M. Scholte op Reimer

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:495

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  37. Infective endocarditis has a relevant clinical impact due to its high morbidity and mortality rates. Right-sided endocarditis has lower complication rates than left-sided endocarditis. Common complications are...

    Authors: Rubi Stephani Hellwege and Meinrad Gawaz

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:494

    Content type: Case report

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  38. QT dispersion (QTD) represents inhomogeneous ventricular repolarization such that an increased QTD may predispose the heart to malignant ventricular arrhythmias (VAs). This study was conducted to compare QTD i...

    Authors: Abbas Valizadeh, Sahar Soltanabadi, Saeed Koushafar, Maryam Rezaee and Reza Jahankhah

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:493

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  40. Clinic blood pressure measurement (CBPM) is currently the most commonly used form of screening for hypertension, however it might have a problem detecting white coat hypertension (WCHT) and masked hypertension...

    Authors: Auttakiat Karnjanapiboonwong, Thunyarat Anothaisintawee, Usa Chaikledkaew, Charungthai Dejthevaporn, John Attia and Ammarin Thakkinstian

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:491

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  41. Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is a widely accepted indicator of renal function. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between eGFR and 3-year clinical outcomes among Chinese pati...

    Authors: Huaibin Wan, Juan Wang, Yanmin Yang, Xin Fan, Dongdong Chen and Ning Bian

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:490

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  43. Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the commonest birth defect. Studies estimating the prevalence of CHD in school-age children could therefore contribute to quantifying unmet health needs for diagnosis and trea...

    Authors: Yingjuan Liu, Sen Chen, Liesl Zühlke, Sonya V. Babu-Narayan, Graeme C. Black, Mun-kit Choy, Ningxiu Li and Bernard D. Keavney

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:488

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  44. To explore potential value of guard-wire technology during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with ostial coronary lesions.

    Authors: Xiaoqiong Wang, Xuemei Zong, Bingqiang Li, Zhanying Han, Xinjie Duan, Ying Li, Jing Zhang, Yaohui Wang and Yaoli Wang

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:487

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  45. Several biomarkers have been proposed as independent predictors of poor outcomes in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). We investigated whether adding information obtained from routine blood te...

    Authors: Pyung Chun Oh, Young Sil Eom, Jeonggeun Moon, Ho-Jun Jang, Tae-Hoon Kim, Jon Suh, Min Gyu Kong, Sang-Don Park, Sung Woo Kwon, Soon Yong Suh, Kyounghoon Lee, Seung Hwan Han, Taehoon Ahn and Woong Chol Kang

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:486

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  46. The definitions of contrast-associated acute kidney injury (CA-AKI) are diverse and have different predictive effects for prognosis, which are adverse for clinical practice. Few articles have discussed the rel...

    Authors: Zhubin Lun, Li Lei, Dianhua Zhou, Ming Ying, Liwei Liu, Guanzhong Chen, Jin Liu, Yibo He, Huanqiang Li, Zhidong Huang, Yongquan Yang, Jianfeng Ye and Yong Liu

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:485

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  47. Transcatheter closure (TCC) and surgical closure (SC) are the two main approaches for congenital coronary artery fistula (CCAF), but data on the comparisons of the efficacy and safety of these two approaches a...

    Authors: Xiaoyong Wang, Chengcheng Pang, Xiaobing Liu, Shushui Wang, Zhiwei Zhang, Jimei Chen, Jian Zhuang and Chengbin Zhou

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:484

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  49. Lung tumor embolization leading to acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is rare. Previouscases of lung tumor embolization were reported in the coronary artery. We describe here a case of lung tumor embolization l...

    Authors: Jichun Liu, Hao Chen, Xiangrong Xie, Yuwen Yang and Shengxing Tang

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:482

    Content type: Case report

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  50. Keshan disease is an endemic cardiomyopathy of undefined causes. Being involved in the unclear pathogenesis of Keshan disease, a clear diagnosis, and effective treatment cannot be initiated. However, the rapid...

    Authors: Zhenzhen Li, Jin Wei, Yanping Zhang, Gaopeng Li, Huange Zhu, Na Lei, Qian He, Yan Geng and Jianhong Zhu

    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:481

    Content type: Study protocol

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