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Utility of myocardial work by echocardiography in the early diagnosis of cardiotoxicity
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Evaluate the role of myocardial work by echocardiography and determine its utility as an early diagnosis of cardiotoxicity.
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Single-center included 180 patients over 18 years
Published: April 27, 2025 Explor Cardiol. 2025;3:101254
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The link between preterm birth and long-term cardiovascular risk: mechanisms, evidence, and vulnerable populations: a review
Preterm birth, defined as delivery before 37 weeks of gestation, represents a global health concern linked to substantial cardiovascular risk later in life. Individuals born preterm, especially at e
Published: April 22, 2025 Explor Cardiol. 2025;3:101253
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Impact of tricuspid regurgitation on right ventricular myocardial work in patients with pulmonary hypertension: a pilot study
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Significant tricuspid regurgitation (TR) may be a confounding factor when assessing right ventricular (RV) function with imaging techniques. Global myocardial work (GMW) has been proposed as
Published: April 22, 2025 Explor Cardiol. 2025;3:101252
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Age-related atrial fibrillation: is there a role for the gut microbiome?
Age-related atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common condition that has yet to be fully understood, with mechanisms to explain its development under investigation. Notably, cellular senescence, cardiac
Published: March 24, 2025 Explor Cardiol. 2025;3:101251
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Comparison of short-term and long-term effects of peroral L-carnitine intake: clinical implications of elevated TMAO levels in cardiovascular complications
L-Carnitine (LC) is integral to energy production and fatty acid metabolism, facilitating the transport of long-chain fatty acids into mitochondria for β-oxidation. It modulates metabolic pathway
Published: February 10, 2025 Explor Cardiol. 2025;3:101250
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Extubation of patients with COVID-19 acute respiratory failure during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support is associated with improved survival
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), or COVID-19, infection resulting in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) requiring veno-venous or veno-arterial extracorpo
Published: February 05, 2025 Explor Cardiol. 2025;3:101249
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Who is the author: genuine, honorary, ghost, gold, and fake authors?
While authorship practices can vary across different disciplines, authorship should reflect the individuals who have made a substantial contribution to the research project, take public
Published: May 13, 2024 Explor Cardiol. 2024;2:88–96
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Coronary external diameter index for assessing coronary artery involvement in Kawasaki disease
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Transthoracic echocardiography is commonly used to assess coronary artery dilatation in Kawasaki disease (KD). However, existing criteria often miss early abnormalities. This study examines
Published: October 31, 2023 Explor Cardiol. 2023;1:103–113
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Review
Mitral valve prolapse—arrhythmic faces of the valve disease
Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is a relatively common mitral valvulopathy and the most common cause of isolated primary mitral regurgitation (MR) requiring surgical repair. It affects about 1–3% of t
Published: October 31, 2023 Explor Cardiol. 2023;1:72–87
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Why and when should be lipoprotein(a) level measured?
Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is composed of a low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and glycoprotein (a)—apo(a). The size and concentration of Lp(a) in serum can vary among individuals and is determined by gene
Published: December 29, 2023 Explor Cardiol. 2023;1:180–192
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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
Published: June 24, 2024 Explor Cardiol. 2024;2:114–133
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B-lines by lung ultrasound in cardiology
Pulmonary congestion is a key determinant of heart failure, but for a long time it has been an elusive target for the clinical cardiologist in the pre-B-line era, despite research efforts of Carlo G
Published: November 14, 2024 Explor Cardiol. 2024;2:265–279
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Editorial
Who is the author: genuine, honorary, ghost, gold, and fake authors?
While authorship practices can vary across different disciplines, authorship should reflect the individuals who have made a substantial contribution to the research project, take public
Published: May 13, 2024 Explor Cardiol. 2024;2:88–96
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Original Article
Coronary external diameter index for assessing coronary artery involvement in Kawasaki disease
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Transthoracic echocardiography is commonly used to assess coronary artery dilatation in Kawasaki disease (KD). However, existing criteria often miss early abnormalities. This study examines
Published: October 31, 2023 Explor Cardiol. 2023;1:103–113
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Review
Diagnostic modalities for ischemic heart disease: evaluating the role of stress echocardiography, cardiac CT, and myocardial perfusion scintigraphy in guiding coronary angiography
Cardiovascular diseases, particularly ischemic heart disease (IHD), are the leading cause of mortality globally, accounting for 16% of deaths. Effective management of ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) i
Published: January 13, 2025 Explor Cardiol. 2025;3:101243
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Review
B-lines by lung ultrasound in cardiology
Pulmonary congestion is a key determinant of heart failure, but for a long time it has been an elusive target for the clinical cardiologist in the pre-B-line era, despite research efforts of Carlo G
Published: November 14, 2024 Explor Cardiol. 2024;2:265–279
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Review
Emerging technologies and applications in multimodality imaging for ischemic heart disease: current state and future of artificial intelligence
Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is a major global health issue, frequently resulting in myocardial infarction and ischemic cardiomyopathy. Prompt and precise diagnosis is essential to avert complicatio
Published: November 11, 2024 Explor Cardiol. 2024;2:253–264
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Who is a reviewer? The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly phenotypes
By offering their expertise, reviewers help authors improve their work and also support editors in selecting high-quality studies, thereby reinforcing the integrity of scientific literature. Much li
Published: January 23, 2025 Explor Cardiol. 2025;3:101248
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Who is the author: genuine, honorary, ghost, gold, and fake authors?
While authorship practices can vary across different disciplines, authorship should reflect the individuals who have made a substantial contribution to the research project, take public
Published: May 13, 2024 Explor Cardiol. 2024;2:88–96
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Low-doses ionizing radiation exposure: an emerging causal risk factor for cardiovascular disease
Published: December 11, 2023 Explor Cardiol. 2023;1:141–147
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Noninvasive identification and therapeutic implications of supernormal left ventricular contractile phenotype
Left ventricular (LV) function is typically evaluated through LV ejection fraction (EF), a robust indicator of risk, showing a nonlinear increase in mortality rates below 40%. Conversely,
Published: June 17, 2024 Explor Cardiol. 2024;2:97–113
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Normal physiologic coronary flow velocity gradient across the left anterior descending artery in healthy asymptomatic subjects
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Coronary flow velocity (CFV) can be obtained with transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD). The physiologic flow velocity gradient across th
Published: August 31, 2023 Explor Cardiol. 2023;1:42–48
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Nanoparticles loaded with the DNA methyltransferase inhibitor SGI-1027 decrease murine atherosclerosis and inflammation in cultured human macrophages
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The DNA of the atheroma is hypermethylated relative to adjacent healthy vascular tissue. A significant portion of hypermethylated loci in the atheroma DNA map to genes related to macrophage
Published: April 10, 2024 Explor Cardiol. 2024;2:49–66
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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
Published: July 24, 2024 Explor Cardiol. 2024;2:168–177
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