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- VA-ECMO techniques have advanced and are particularly beneficial for patients with reversible low cardiac output, such as the case of a 21-year-old male with congenital heart disease who experienced severe shock following an upper gastrointestinal bleed.
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- After optimizing care in the ICU and adjusting ventilation strategies, the patient's condition stabilized, allowing for extubation and the discontinuation of certain medications, reflecting a positive recovery trajectory.
Complex Coronary Artery Fistula in a Young Adult: Not Seeing the Wood for the Trees.
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November 2023
Department of Cardiology, Mohammed V Military Hospital, Mohammed V University, Rabat, MAR.
Coronary artery fistulas (CAFs) represent rare congenital anomalies that exhibit a wide range of clinical implications and a heightened risk of complications. It is imperative to accurately identify and delineate these fistulas to avoid missed diagnoses and to recommend suitable therapeutic measures. We present the case of a 46-year-old obese woman who was hospitalized for chest pain associated with palpitations.
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Objective: Trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) is a metabolite derived from the microbial processing of dietary phosphatidylcholine and carnitine and the subsequent hepatic oxidation. Due to its prothrombotic and inflammatory mechanisms, we aimed to assess its role in the prediction of adverse events in a susceptible population, namely patients with atrial fibrillation.
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Every cloud has a silver lining: COVID-19 chest-CT screening prevents unnecessary cardiac surgery.
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