Yajuan Zhang, Jun Yan^*, Qiang Wang, Shoujun Li, Jing Sun, Shuo Dong, Jiachen Li

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.16, No.4, pp. 383-392, 2021, DOI:10.32604/CHD.2021.015479 - 19 April 2021

Abstract Background: The long-term outcomes of patients treated with a Kawashima procedure and keeping the antegrade pulmonary blood flow (AnPBF) in single-ventricle (SV) and interrupted inferior vena cava (IVC) heart disease is still uncertain as yet. Methods: We investigated 18 patients who underwent the Kawashima procedure with SV physiology and an interrupted IVC between January 2009 and June 2018, perioperative, operative and postoperative characteristics were recorded. Results: A total of 18 patients underwent the Kawashima procedure at a median age of 2.7 years (range 0.5–24.7 years), of which 12 (66.7%) were male and 6 (33.3%) were female. The… More >

Elio Caruso^*, Silvia Farruggio, Salvatore Agati, Corrado Di Mambro

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.16, No.4, pp. 309-331, 2021, DOI:10.32604/CHD.2021.015470 - 19 April 2021

Abstract Fetal arrhythmias reach up around 10% of the total third-level perinatal cardiology references. Sustained bradycardia is defined as a baseline fetal heart rate (FHR) of less than 110 bpm sustained for at least 10 min. The overall incidence of malignant fetal bradyarrhythmias, such as complete atrioventricular block (AVB) and channellopathies, is relatively rare, 1:5000 pregnancies, but represents a serious emergency for the gynecologist, neonatologists, and pediatric cardiologists. Fetal complete AVB is strongly associated with maternal connective tissue disease, but it can be also associated with congenital heart disease and usually with a poorer prognosis with More >

D. Venugopal¹, T. Jayasankar^2,*, N. Krishnaraj³, S. Venkatraman⁴, N. B. Prakash⁵, G. R. Hemalakshmi⁵

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.28, No.1, pp. 27-38, 2021, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2021.015205 - 17 March 2021

Abstract Comprehensive evaluation of common complex diseases associated with common gene mutations is currently a hot area of human genome research into causative new developments. A multi-fractal analysis of the genome is performed by placing the entire DNA sequence into smaller fragments and using the chaotic game representation and systematic methods to calculate the general dimensional spectrum of each fragment. This is a time consuming process as it uses floating point to represent large data sets and requires processing time. The proposed Regressive Multi-Array Deep Neural Classifier (RMDNC) system is implemented to reduce the computation time,… More >

Muhammad Waqas Nadeem^1,2, Hock Guan Goh^1,*, Muhammad Adnan Khan³, Muzammil Hussain⁴, Muhammad Faheem Mushtaq⁵, Vasaki a/p Ponnusamy¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.2, pp. 2481-2496, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.014649 - 05 February 2021

Abstract The contemporary evolution in healthcare technologies plays a considerable and significant role to improve medical services and save human lives. Heart disease or cardiovascular disease is the most fatal and complex disease which it is hardly to be detected through our naked eyes, as numerous people have been suffering from this disease globally. Heart attacks occur when the ranges of vital signs such as blood pressure, pulse rate, and body temperature exceed their normal values. The efficient diagnosis of heart diseases could play a substantial role in the field of cardiology, while diagnostic time could… More >

Raisa Nazir Ahmed Kazi^1,*, Manjur Kolhar², Faiza Rizwan²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.66, No.2, pp. 1237-1250, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2020.012707 - 26 November 2020

Abstract The widespread use of smartwatches has increased their specific and complementary activities in the health sector for patient’s prognosis. In this study, we propose a framework referred to as smart forecasting CardioWatch (SCW) to measure the heart-rate variation (HRV) for patients with myocardial infarction (MI) who live alone or are outside their homes. In this study, HRV is used as a vital alarming sign for patients with MI. The performance of the proposed framework is measured using machine learning and deep learning techniques, namely, support vector machine, logistic regression, and decision-tree classification techniques. The results More >

E. David Crawford¹, Andrew V. Schally²

Canadian Journal of Urology, Vol.27, No.2, pp. 10167-10173, 2020

Abstract Introduction: In this article we advance a potential explanation for the incidence of cardiovascular (CV) and cardiometabolic risk in patients undergoing androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer. Our conceptual model involves the differential impact of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists and antagonists on the follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) system.
Materials and methods: Authors searched online repositories and meeting abstract databases for relevant materials.
Results: Mounting evidence links FSH with development and progression of prostate cancer. What is also becoming clear is that the differential effects of GnRH agonists and antagonists on FSH may at least partially explain the differing… More >

Coralie Katharina Dicks¹, Gerhard-Paul Diller¹, Kristina Wasmer², Paul C. Helm^3,4, Ulrike M. M. Bauer^3,4, Helmut Baumgartner¹, Stefan Orwat^1,#, Alicia Jeanette Fischer^1,#,*

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.15, No.2, pp. 117-125, 2020, DOI:10.32604/CHD.2020.011520 - 23 June 2020

Abstract Background: Sudden cardiac death is a leading cause of death in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). Risk stratification for implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) remains difficult due to limited data about use and outcome of device therapy in CHD patients in larger community-based cohorts. Methods and results: Out of a dataset with more than 50,000 patients registered at the German National Register for Congenital Heart Defects, 109 patients (median age 35.5; IQR 23.75–46.00), 68 (62%) male) with an ICD were identified and were retrospectively analyzed. Although the number of implantations increased steadily throughout the investigated time interval… More >

Karina V. Bunting^1,2,*, Francesco Formisano³, Jennifer Green¹, Richard P. Steeds^1,2, Lucy Hudsmith¹, Paul Clift^1,2

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.15, No.2, pp. 89-100, 2020, DOI:10.32604/CHD.2020.011376 - 23 June 2020

Abstract Objective: To determine the accuracy of assessing univentricular function in adult Fontan patients using three-dimensional (3D) volumetric echocardiography. Design: A prospective observational study in an adult Fontan patient cohort. Setting: University Hospitals Birmingham, NHS Foundation Trust. Patients: 26 patients were enrolled in the study all aged over 18 years, possessing the Fontan anatomy, with no contraindications to Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) imaging and in sinus rhythm. Intervention: All patients underwent transthoracic echocardiography using a Philips EPIQ 7 and X5-1 transducer. End diastolic volume (EDV), end systolic volume (ESV), stroke volume (SV) and ejection fraction (EF) were obtained using… More >

Pengshou Xie¹, Guoqiang Ma^{1, *}, Tao Feng¹, Yan Yan^{1, 2}, Xueming Han¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.64, No.2, pp. 1127-1137, 2020, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2020.09695 - 10 June 2020

Abstract Undoubtedly, uncooperative or malicious nodes threaten the safety of Internet of Vehicles (IoV) by destroying routing or data. To this end, some researchers have designed some node detection mechanisms and trust calculating algorithms based on some different feature parameters of IoV such as communication, data, energy, etc., to detect and evaluate vehicle nodes. However, it is difficult to effectively assess the trust level of a vehicle node only by message forwarding, data consistency, and energy sufficiency. In order to resolve these problems, a novel mechanism and a new trust calculating model is proposed in this… More >

Maria Fedchenko, Zacharias Mandalenakis, Helena Dellborg, Görel Hultsberg‐Olsson, Anna Björk, Peter Eriksson, Mikael Dellborg

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.14, No.4, pp. 549-558, 2019, DOI:10.1111/chd.12785

Abstract Background: The aging patient with adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) faces the risk of developing atherosclerotic disease. Patients with coarctation of the aorta (CoA) are especially vulnerable because of an inherent high risk of developing hy‐ pertension. However, data on the prevalence of other cardiovascular risk factors are scarce. Therefore, this study aimed to describe the prevalence of traditional cardio‐ vascular risk factors (diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, smoking, obesity, and sedentary lifestyle) in adult patients with CoA.
Methods: Patients with CoA who were registered at the ACHD clinic in Gothenburg were asked to participate in a comprehensive cardiovascular… More >