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Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in pregnancy: changes in echocardiogram gradients and association with maternal–fetal outcomes

Background Women with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO) are at risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, which ...
Heart

Medical strategies of cardiovascular protection to reduce cancer therapy-related cardiovascular toxicity: where do we stand?

Cancer therapy has dramatically changed over the past many decades, not only in efficacy but also complexity, with targeted ...
Heart

Drug-coated balloons versus drug-eluting stents for de novo coronary lesions: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials

Background Drug-coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty has emerged as a potential stent-free strategy for percutaneous coronary ...
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Generalisable artificial intelligence ECG trained on public data for outcome prediction after transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Background Artificial intelligence ECG (AI-ECG) models can predict cardiovascular outcomes, but their clinical adoption is ...
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Incidence and predictors of restenosis after coronary stenting in 10 004 patients with surveillance angiography

Objective Systematic investigation of restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with bare metal stents (BMS) or first or second generation drug eluting stents (DES) in large scale, ...
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Origin of symptoms in chronic heart failure

Skeletal muscle abnormalities are highly prevalent in chronic heart failure and are associated with an increase in the ergoreflex, a muscle reflex stimulated by work done. Stimulation of the ...
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Assessment of diastolic function: what the general cardiologist needs to know

Correspondence to: Professor Thomas H Marwick University of Queensland Department of Medicine, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Ipswich Road, Brisbane, Q4102, Australia ...
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Cardiac MRI of Lyme disease myocarditis

Department of Cardiothoracic Radiology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK Correspondence to Dr Stephen P Harden, Department of Cardiothoracic Radiology, University ...
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Improving medication adherence in patients with cardiovascular disease: a systematic review

Objective To evaluate and compare the effect of interventions for improving adherence to medications for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) secondary prevention. Methods We extracted ...
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Paclitaxel-coated balloon versus drug-eluting stent during PCI of small coronary vessels, a prospective randomised clinical trial. The PICCOLETO Study

Background Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of small vessels is limited by an increased risk of restenosis and adverse outcome, even when drug-eluting stents (DES) are employed. In recent ...
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Left atrial appendage: anatomy and imaging landmarks pertinent to percutaneous transcatheter occlusion

Correspondence to Dr JA Cabrera, Hospital Universitario Quirón-Madrid, European University of Madrid, Calle de Diego de Velázquez. Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid 28223, Spain; jac11339{at}yahoo.uk ...
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The diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada E Douglas Wigle MD, Department of Medicine (Cardiology), Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth ...