Publications by authors named "Minh Tran Duc"

ALCAPA is a rare congenital anomaly that presents with left ventricular (LV) dysfunction and mitral valve regurgitation. The mortality rate is roughly 90% if the intracoronary collateral isn't significantly augmented. Malignant arrhythmias resulting in sudden death are common, affecting nearly 90% of patients with a mean age of 35 years.

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Purpose We investigated the impact of intravascular ultrasound guidance on reducing the incidence of contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Methods Ninety-nine patients were enrolled in this prospective cohort who were not randomly assigned to angiography-guided percutaneous coronary intervention or intravascular ultrasound-guided percutaneous coronary intervention. The patients were hospitalized at the Vietnam National Heart Institute - Bach Mai Hospital between 2019 and 2020.

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Deep intertrabecular recesses and overly pronounced trabeculations in one ventricle are the hallmarks of noncompaction cardiomyopathy (NCCM), a rare congenital cardiomyopathy but very rarely right ventricle (RV), or both ventricles may be involved. We reported a 5-day-old preterm newborn with signs of congestive heart failure that the transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) revealed deep intertrabecular recesses perfused from the left ventricle (LV) and RV cavity, as well as significantly increased wall thickness of the right ventricles and hypertrabeculations in the apical and midventricular segments.

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Burr entrapment is a serious risk when performing rotational atherectomy on specific anatomical features of lesions such as tortuosity, calcification, and acute angulation. This occurrence, known as the phenomenon in Japanese, is caused by the burr's proximal section being unable to ablate while pulling back the burr, leaving the distal end of the burr covered in diamond crumbs capable of lesion ablation following rotation. There are reports of different approaches used to retrieve an entrapped rotablator burr.

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Acute pericarditis is the most common pericardial disease in clinical practice and frequently in young and middle-aged people. The past decade has dramatically increased electronic cigarettes or vapes in developing countries. However, there are no case reports describing vaping-induced acute pericarditis.

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A 74-year-old man developed a subacute thrombosis with a stent graft occlusion, 4 months after an endovascular aneurysm repair. He presented with lateral lower limb ischemia and presented intermittent claudication. Using an intra-arterial thrombolysis transcatheter infusion and angioplasty.

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Settled in Vietnam, the Ede ethnic group exhibits unique heritages that belong to the Austronesian-speaking groups. In this study, we genotyped 23 autosomal short tandem repeat (STR) markers in 397 unrelated samples from the Ede population and recorded the first data of allele frequencies and forensic parameters for the Ede. Data analysis revealed high values of the combined discrimination power (0.

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Today, in rural isolated areas or so-called 'medical deserts', access to diagnosis and care is very limited. With the current pandemic crisis, now even more than ever, telemedicine platforms are gradually more employed for remote medical assessment. Only a few are tailored to comprehensive teleneuropsychological assessment of older adults.

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Background: Given the current COVID-19 pandemic situation, now more than ever, remote solutions for assessing and monitoring individuals with cognitive impairment are urgently needed. Older adults in particular, living in isolated rural areas or so-called 'medical deserts', are facing major difficulties in getting access to diagnosis and care. Telemedical approaches to assessments are promising and seem well accepted, reducing the burden of bringing patients to specialized clinics.

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