Publications by authors named "A A Starshinova"

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  • * Diagnosing sarcoidosis is challenging due to its diverse presentations and the absence of specific biomarkers, leading to complications in understanding its course and treatment.
  • * The review emphasizes the need for new diagnostic criteria and recommends developing a reliable immunological or imaging marker to improve diagnosis and prognosis for patients with chronic sarcoidosis.
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  • This study investigated thrombotic and hemorrhagic complications during pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum in women with prosthetic heart valves (PHV), covering 88 pregnancies from January 2011 to December 2022.
  • Of the pregnancies, 79 resulted in live births, with higher miscarriage rates in the mechanical valve prosthesis (MVP) group compared to the biological valve prosthesis (BVP) group, alongside notable thrombotic complications predominantly in the MVP group.
  • While effective anti-factor Xa activity control was noted to reduce thrombotic events, the study highlighted a concerning rate of postpartum hemorrhagic complications, suggesting a need for revising anticoagulant therapy protocols.
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Despite the achievements of modern medicine, tuberculosis remains one of the leading causes of mortality globally. The difficulties in differential diagnosis have particular relevance in the case of suspicion of tuberculosis with other granulomatous diseases. The most similar clinical and radiologic changes are sarcoidosis.

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Histiocytoses are rare diseases characterised by infiltration of affected organs by myeloid cells with a monocyte or dendritic cell phenotype. Symptoms can range from self-resolving localised forms to multisystemic lesions requiring specific treatment. To demonstrate extremely rare cases of CD68-negative cardiac histiocytosis with expression of SARS-CoV-2 antigen in infiltrate cells.

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