Background: Although Plasmodium falciparum is classically associated with severe malaria, Plasmodium vivax—once thought to cause only benign disease—is now recognized as capable of producing life-threatening complications, including acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), ren...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2025/v14i4517
Background: Patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) complicated by heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) are at increased risk for malignant ventricular arrhythmias due to ischemia-related electrical instability and impaired repolarization reserve (Al-Khatib et...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2026/v15i1523
Background: Severe valvular pulmonary stenosis (PS) in adults and elderly patients is uncommon and technically challenging due to large annuli, dysplastic or calcified valves, and suboptimal performance of standard balloons. The Accura balloon—originally designed for mitral valvo...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2026/v15i1522
Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is present in approximately 20–25% of the general population but is implicated in only a small subset of ischemic strokes, particularly in young adults with cryptogenic events. Stroke in individuals under 45 years accounts for only 10–15% of all ischemi...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2025/v14i4503
Kalyan Munde, Rahul Sonawane, Samkit Mutha, Anant Munde, Ruchit Shah, Khalil Shaikh, Jaykrishna Nihari, Anagh T S, Prasad Jain, Vaishali Gaba, Divya Kantak, Sandip Ghoti, Suvarna Thorat & Dhanlaxmi Chettiar·Cardiology and Angiology: An International Journal·2025
We describe a 72-year-old female with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), atrial fibrillation, and a large ostium secundum atrial septal defect (ASD), who presented with progressive dyspnea, hypoxemia, and acute COPD exacerbation. Despite advanced age, lung disease, arr...
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