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    Systemic transthyretin amyloidosis: carpal tunnel syndrome in a Portuguese population (CarPoS)
    Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common type of entrapment neuropathy and affects approximately 1% to 5% of the general population, mostly patients older than 50 years. CTS is present in var [...] Read more.
    Sofia Pimenta ... Elisabete Martins
    Published: October 24, 2024 Explor Cardiol. 2024;2:217–223
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.37349/ec.2024.00035
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    Echocardiographic findings and subsequent risk of native valve endocarditis
    Aim: The association of echocardiographic findings and subsequent risk of left-sided native valve endocarditis (LS-NVE) is undefined. The aim of this study was to determine if transthoracic echoc [...] Read more.
    Juan A. Quintero-Martinez ... Larry M. Baddour
    Published: September 24, 2024 Explor Cardiol. 2024;2:204–216
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.37349/ec.2024.00034
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    Enhancing patient care: a multimodality strategy for dilated cardiomyopathy in Chagas disease
    Chagas disease is a systemic illness characterized by acute and chronic phases. If untreated, it can lead to dysfunction of vital organs, notably the heart, ultimately resulting in heart failure. Tr [...] Read more.
    Luigy Vasquez-Yeng ... Nilda Espinola-Zavaleta
    Published: September 22, 2024 Explor Cardiol. 2024;2:196–203
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.37349/ec.2024.00033
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    Valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement: state of art
    Redo surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) has long been the standard treatment for severe symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS) and insufficiency, but transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) ha [...] Read more.
    Marco Fabio Costantino ... Luisiana Stolfi
    Published: August 16, 2024 Explor Cardiol. 2024;2:183–195
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.37349/ec.2024.00032
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    Uncommon threads: pneumopericardium complexity following liver catheter removal in pancreatic cancer
    Pneumopericardium, the presence of air within the pericardial sac, is a rare but critical condition that can lead to severe complications such as tension pneumopericardium and cardiac tamponade, cau [...] Read more.
    Ahmed Basuoni ... Marwa Makhlouf
    Published: August 06, 2024 Explor Cardiol. 2024;2:178–182
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.37349/ec.2024.00031
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    Vascular senescence and atherosclerotic plaque vulnerability: investigating the telomere-mitochondria crosstalk—rationale and design of the VICTORIA Study
    Vascular aging is recognized as one of the hallmarks of atherosclerosis. Currently, a growing body of evidence suggests that there exists a mutual crosstalk between telomere dysfunction and mitochon [...] Read more.
    Jonica Campolo ... Maria Grazia Andreassi
    Published: July 24, 2024 Explor Cardiol. 2024;2:168–177
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.37349/ec.2024.00030
    This article belongs to the special issue Molecular Mechanisms of Cardiovascular Aging
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    Percutaneous versus open cannulation for mechanical support in patients with right ventricular failure after left ventricular assist device placement
    Aim: Temporary right ventricular assist device (t-RVAD) is an option for those patients in right ventricular failure (RVF) after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) resistant to ionotropic ther [...] Read more.
    Amit Prasad ... Behzad Soleimani
    Published: July 18, 2024 Explor Cardiol. 2024;2:158–167
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.37349/ec.2024.00029
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    Cardiac tamponade after thrombectomy
    Pulmonary embolism (PE) is the third leading cause of cardiovascular mortality worldwide. Percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy is indicated in patients with contraindications to thrombolysis. Compli [...] Read more.
    Shruthi Sivakumar ... Suzette Graham-Hill
    Published: July 17, 2024 Explor Cardiol. 2024;2:148–157
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.37349/ec.2024.00028
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    Reinforcing the aneurysmal aorta by additional layering: old and new strategies to prevent rupture
    Adventitial crosslinking is a method in current investigational stage for preventing the rupture of aortic aneurysms. It is based on the photochemical crosslinking of adventitial collagen by [...] Read more.
    Traian V. Chirila
    Published: June 24, 2024 Explor Cardiol. 2024;2:134–147
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.37349/ec.2024.00027
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    Laboratory markers of metabolic syndrome
    Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is known as a non-communicable disease (NCD) that affects more and more individuals. MetS is closely related to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), cardiovascular disease (CVD [...] Read more.
    Filipa Morgado ... Leonel Pereira
    Published: June 24, 2024 Explor Cardiol. 2024;2:114–133
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.37349/ec.2024.00026
    This article belongs to the special issue Molecular Mechanisms of Cardiovascular Aging
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