BACKGROUND: Coagulation factor XI (FXI) inhibitors are a promising and novel class of anticoagulants, but a recent animal study found that FXI inhibition exacerbated diastolic dysfunction and heart ...
BACKGROUND: Cardiomyocytes in the adult human heart show a regenerative capacity, with an annual renewal rate of ≈0.5%. Whether this regenerative capacity of human cardiomyocytes is employed in heart ...
Kawasaki disease (KD), an acute self-limited febrile illness that primarily affects children <5 years old, is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in developed countries, with the potential of ...
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From the Center for Systems Biology (W.C.P., M.N., F.K.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston. From the Center for Systems Biology (W ...
Idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis (IHSS) is a disease characterized by marked hypertrophy of the left ventricle, involving in particular the interventricular septum and the left ventricular ...
The index patient was a 36-year-old man, who presented initially with mood and anxiety disorders characterized by important depressive episodes. Previous clinical records revealed a slightly impaired ...