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Double outlet right ventricle with single coronary artery
03 May 2012
Nikhil Prakash Patil, Karuna Katti, Deepak Kumar Satsangi
A 27-year-old lady underwent surgery for double outlet right ventricle (DORV) and left ventricular hypoplasia. The patient had malposed great vessels with an aorta (Ao) levo-anterior to a diminutive p...
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Internal cardiac defibrillator implant-associated angiosarcoma presenting as suspected implant pouch infection
30 April 2012
Steven Christopher Smith, Kurt David Bernacki, Jonathan William Haft, Jonathan Brad McHugh
Abstract: Medical implants have been rarely associated with the development of sarcomas. We report, to our knowledge, the first case of a high-grade epithelioid angiosarcoma developing in the capsule ...
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Lack of thrombospondin-2 reduces fibrosis and increases vascularity around cardiac cell grafts
18 April 2012
Hans Reinecke, Thomas E. Robey, John L. Mignone, Veronica Muskheli, Paul Bornstein, Charles E. Murry
Abstract: Background: Fibrosis around cardiac cell injections represents an obstacle to graft integration in cell-based cardiac repair. Thrombospondin-2 (TSP-2) is a pro-fibrotic, anti-angiogenic matr...
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Atypical fibroxanthoma developing on a pacemaker pocket mimicking a pyogenic granuloma
13 April 2012
M. Carmen González-Vela, Waleska Salcedo, Carlos Neira, Marcos A. González-López, Higinio Ayala, J. Fernando Val-Bernal
Abstract: Malignant tumors at the site of implantation of a pacemaker generator, although rare, have been reported in the literature. We present a case of an 89-year-old man with atypical fibroxanthom...
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Cardiovascular risk and atherosclerosis prevention
13 April 2012
Jiri Frohlich, Ahmad Al-Sarraf
Abstract: Until recently, coronary artery disease (CAD) was the leading cause of death in the developed countries. Its remarkable decline can be attributed to our knowledge of the major risk factors i...
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