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Revista Clinica Espanola Mar 2004
Topics: Cardiac Surgical Procedures; Clinical Trials as Topic; Echocardiography; Humans; Pericardial Effusion; Pericarditis; Pericardium; Spain
PubMed: 15025977
DOI: 10.1157/13058823 -
Ergebnisse Der Inneren Medizin Und... 1970
Review
Topics: Animals; Child; Dogs; Female; Guinea Pigs; Heart; Hemodynamics; Humans; Male; Pericardial Effusion; Pericarditis, Constrictive; Pericardium; Rats
PubMed: 4910908
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Journal of Biophotonics Oct 2019Blood glucose supplies energy to cells and is critical for the human brain. Glycation of collagen, the nonenzymatic formation of glucose-bridges, relates to diseases of...
Blood glucose supplies energy to cells and is critical for the human brain. Glycation of collagen, the nonenzymatic formation of glucose-bridges, relates to diseases of aging populations and diabetics. This chemical reaction, together with its biomechanical effects, has been well studied employing animal models. However, the direct impact of glycation on collagen nano-structure is largely overlooked, and there is a lack of ex vivo model systems. Here, we present the impact of glucose on collagen nanostructure in a model system based on abundantly available connective tissue of farm animals. By combining ex vivo small and wide-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS/WAXS) imaging, we characterize intra- and inter-molecular parameters of collagen in decellularized bovine pericardium with picometer precision. We observe three distinct regimes according to glucose concentration. Such a study opens new avenues for inspecting the effects of diabetes mellitus on connective tissues and the influence of therapies on the resulting secondary disorders.
Topics: Animals; Collagen Type I; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Glucose; Pericardium; Scattering, Small Angle; X-Ray Diffraction
PubMed: 31211508
DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201900106 -
The American Journal of Roentgenology,... Jul 1969
Review
Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Angiocardiography; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Fluoroscopy; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Middle Aged; Pericardium; Pneumopericardium; Pneumothorax, Artificial
PubMed: 4893657
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The Journal of the Association of... Aug 1985
Topics: Adolescent; Child; Echocardiography; Humans; Male; Pericardium; Pneumopericardium; Radiography
PubMed: 4055682
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Acta Cardiologica Jun 2023Pericardial agenesis is a rarely seen congenital defect characterised by the partial or, more rarely complete, absence of the pericardium. Most often asymptomatic, it is...
Pericardial agenesis is a rarely seen congenital defect characterised by the partial or, more rarely complete, absence of the pericardium. Most often asymptomatic, it is usually incidentally discovered following the demonstration of heart's laevorotation on imaging, in the operating room or at autopsy. In this article, we report the case of an 80-year-old patient with asymptomatic complete pericardial agenesis fortuitous discovered. Pericardial agenesis observations are extremely uncommon reported in the literature, which substantiate its original epidemiological character. In addition, this observation brings some clinical, electrical as well as iconographic elements to better understand the pathology and raises clinical suspicions. Finally, this case report confirms the exceptionally symptomatic nature of the pathology, illustrating the irrelevance of treatment or specific follow-up.
Topics: Humans; Aged, 80 and over; Pericardium; Freedom
PubMed: 34670482
DOI: 10.1080/00015385.2021.1991666 -
Kardiologia Polska 2018
Topics: Adolescent; Athletes; Echocardiography; Female; Heart Defects, Congenital; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Pericardium; Radiography, Thoracic
PubMed: 30566221
DOI: 10.5603/KP.2018.0237 -
Journal of Medical Imaging and... Oct 2018
Topics: Diagnosis, Differential; Heart Defects, Congenital; Humans; Pericardium; Radiography, Thoracic
PubMed: 30309085
DOI: 10.1111/1754-9485.33_12785 -
Nature Reviews. Cardiology Oct 2018After decades of directed research, no effective regenerative therapy is currently available to repair the injured human heart. The epicardium, a layer of mesothelial... (Review)
Review
After decades of directed research, no effective regenerative therapy is currently available to repair the injured human heart. The epicardium, a layer of mesothelial tissue that envelops the heart in all vertebrates, has emerged as a new player in cardiac repair and regeneration. The epicardium is essential for muscle regeneration in the zebrafish model of innate heart regeneration, and the epicardium also participates in fibrotic responses in mammalian hearts. This structure serves as a source of crucial cells, such as vascular smooth muscle cells, pericytes, and fibroblasts, during heart development and repair. The epicardium also secretes factors that are essential for proliferation and survival of cardiomyocytes. In this Review, we describe recent advances in our understanding of the biology of the epicardium and the effect of these findings on the candidacy of this structure as a therapeutic target for heart repair and regeneration.
Topics: Animals; Cell Differentiation; Cell Lineage; Cell Proliferation; Cell Survival; Disease Models, Animal; Heart Diseases; Humans; Mice, Transgenic; Organogenesis; Pericardium; Recovery of Function; Regeneration; Regenerative Medicine; Signal Transduction
PubMed: 29950578
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Kardiologia Polska 2015
Topics: Adult; Female; Humans; Pericardium
PubMed: 25791977
DOI: 10.5603/KP.2015.0048