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Cureus
December 2024
Pulmonology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, SAU.
A 52-year-old female patient with a history of atrial septal defect repair presented with progressive dyspnea and echocardiographic findings suggestive of pulmonary hypertension (PH). Incidentally, a lung mass was discovered on computed tomography (CT). Initial evaluation revealed World Health Organization functional class III symptoms and significant weight loss.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRes Pract Thromb Haemost
January 2025
Thrombosis Research Group, Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Background: A high level of plasma coagulation factor (F)VIII is an established and likely causal risk factor for venous thromboembolism (VTE). Procoagulant phospholipids (PPLs) facilitate FVIII activity in coagulation.
Objectives: To assess the association between plasma levels of FVIII and risk of future VTE according to PPL clotting time (PPL), an inverse surrogate measure of plasma PPL activity.
BMC Cardiovasc Disord
January 2025
Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Background: Unlike non-rheumatic atrial fibrillation (AF), where left atrial thrombus (LAT) is predominantly confined to the left atrial appendage (LAA), a significant proportion of LAT in rheumatic AF occurs within the left atrial cavity (LAC). However, LAC thrombosis in rheumatic AF has not been extensively studied. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of LAT and its subtypes and identify potential predictors of LAT.
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January 2025
Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, 6-7-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo, 160-0023, Japan.
JACC Asia
December 2024
Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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