Reverse Onco-Cardiology: What Is the Evidence for Breast Cancer? A Systematic Review of the Literature.

Breast cancer and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) represent significant global health challenges, with CVD being the leading cause of mortality and breast cancer, showing a complex pattern of incidence and mortality. We explore the intricate interplay between these two seemingly distinct medical conditions, shedding light on their shared risk factors and potential pathophysiological connections. A specific connection between hypertension (HTN), atrial fibrillation (AF), myocardial infarction (MI), and breast cancer was evaluated.

Eosinophilic Myocarditis in a Patient With Infection.

A 40-year-old woman with a pulmonary embolism, central nervous system infarcts, and eosinophilia was referred for evaluation. Findings on echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance were consistent with eosinophilic myocarditis with left ventricular involvement. Further examination led to the diagnosis of infection, and treatment with ivermectin and rivaroxaban resulted in clinical, laboratory, and cardiac imaging improvement.

Cardiac MRI in Autoimmune Diseases: Where Are We Now?

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) allows the early diagnosis of various cardiovascular pathophysiologic phenomena in autoimmune diseases. Preliminary studies suggest that CMR holds a promising role in initiating the necessary changes in anti-rheumatic and cardiac treatment among patients with autoimmune diseases and cardiovascular diseases (CVD). It is widely known that the presence of late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) has been related to a worse cardiovascular prognosis.

Pregnancy in a Patient With Tetralogy of Fallot and Borderline Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.

Management of pregnancy in patients with complex congenital heart disease and pulmonary arterial hypertension has always been a challenge. We are presenting a patient with complex congenital heart disease and borderline pulmonary arterial hypertension who complicated with pulmonary embolism during pregnancy. ().

Improved regional function after autologous bone marrow-derived stem cell transfer in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a randomized, double-blind strain rate imaging study.

Aims: To investigate whether intracoronary transfer of bone marrow progenitor cells (BMPCs) early after reperfusion of an acute myocardial infarction improves regional myocardial function in a randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled strain rate imaging study.

Methods And Results: Regional myocardial deformation was measured using velocity-derived strain rate imaging in 67 STEMI patients randomized 1:1 to intracoronary infusion of BMPC (n = 33) or placebo (n = 34). Myocardial segments were grouped into infarct (n = 232), border (n = 250), and remote (n = 526) based on MRI-delayed enhancement and the perfusion territory of the infarct-related vessel.

Determinants and impact of microvascular obstruction in successfully reperfused ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Assessment by magnetic resonance imaging.

Microvascular obstruction (MVO) is an important and independent determinant of post-infarct remodeling. Fifty-two patients with a successfully reperfused ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (MI) were studied with MRI in the first week and at 4 months post-infarction. On early (i.

Autologous bone marrow-derived stem-cell transfer in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: double-blind, randomised controlled trial.

Background: The benefit of reperfusion therapies for ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI) is limited by post-infarction left-ventricular (LV) dysfunction. Our aim was to investigate the effect of autologous bone marrow-derived stem cell (BMSC) transfer in the infarct-related artery on LV function and structure.

Methods: We did a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in 67 patients from whom we harvested bone marrow 1 day after successful percutaneous coronary intervention for STEMI.

Assessment of ventricular coupling with real-time cine MRI and its value to differentiate constrictive pericarditis from restrictive cardiomyopathy.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of respiratory-related ventricular coupling to differentiate patients with constrictive pericarditis (CP) and restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM). In 18 histologically proven cases of CP, 6 patients with inflammatory pericarditis (IP), 15 RCM patients and 17 normal subjects, real-time cine MRI was performed in the cardiac short-axis (basal half of the ventricles) during operator-guided deep respiration. The images were analyzed for ventricular septal position and shape during early ventricular filling.

Real-time cine MRI of ventricular septal motion: a novel approach to assess ventricular coupling.

The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to evaluate in real-time, the effects of respiration in ventricular septal motion and configuration in normal volunteers and cardiac patients. Real-time cine MRI studies, using the steady-state free precession (SSFP) technique, were performed in the cardiac short-axis during operator-guided deep inspiration and expiration in normal volunteers (N = 6), and in patients with constrictive pericarditis (CP; N = 6), restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM; N = 4), chronic cor pulmonale (N = 5), and pericardial effusion. The respiratory effects on septal position and configuration during early ventricular filling were visually assessed.

The eggshell of hawaiianDrosophila: structural and biochemical studies inD. grimshawi and comparison toD. melanogaster.

The eggshell of the Hawaiian speciesDrosophila grimshawi was analyzed in terms of its structure and biochemical composition. It is generally similar toD. melanogaster in radial structure except that the inner endochorion is relatively compact and the outer endochorion is thick (1.