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Registry data on congenital heart disease trajectories from fetal life through infancy empower patients, relatives and healthcare professionals and expose blind angles

While we already have an understanding of the trajectories of babies who undergo different surgical/interventional procedures ...
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Atrial fibrillation: global burdens and global opportunities

Correspondence to Dr Jelena Kornej, Cardiovascular Medicine and Preventive Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA; jkornej{at}bu.edu If you wish to reuse any or all of this ...
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Asthma and risk of degenerative valvular heart disease: a prospective cohort study

Background Asthma has been associated with the development and progression of various cardiovascular diseases but its relationship with degenerative valvular heart disease (VHD) remains unclear. This ...
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Radiation-induced valvular heart disease

Correspondence to Dr Sanjeev Bhattacharyya, Barts Heart Centre, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London EC1 7AB, UK; Sanjeev.Bhattacharyya{at}bartshealth.nhs.uk Radiation to the mediastinum ...
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Pacemaker lead infection: report of three cases and review of the literature

Pacemaker lead infection is a rare condition, most often occurring when intervention is needed after pacemaker implantation. Diagnosis is by blood cultures and confirmation by transoesophageal ...
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Left ventricular shape predicts different types of cardiovascular events in the general population

Objective To investigate whether sphericity volume index (SVI), an indicator of left ventricular (LV) remodelling, predicts incident cardiovascular events (coronary heart disease, CHD; all ...
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Shared decision making in cardiology: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of interventions to improve shared decision making (SDM) in cardiology with particular focus on patient-centred outcomes such as decisional conflict. Methods ...
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Comparison of lifestyle changes and pharmacological treatment on cardiovascular risk factors

Correspondence to Dr Pedro Marques-Vidal, Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois Departement de Medecine, Lausanne 1011, Switzerland; pedro.marquesvidal{at ...
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Cardiogenic shock in the setting of severe aortic stenosis: role of intra-aortic balloon pump support

1 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA 2 Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA Objective To investigate the haemodynamic ...
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Randomised trial of three rapamycin-eluting stents with different coating strategies for the reduction of coronary restenosis: 2-year follow-up results

1.Medizinische Klinik, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität, Munich, Germany Correspondence to Dr Robert A Byrne, ISAResearch Centre, Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Lazarettstrasse 36, ...
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Heart disease and work

Heart disease is common both in the population at large but also in the population of working age. It is estimated that heart disease, including stroke and high blood pressure, is responsible for more ...
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How to interpret an echocardiography report (for the non-imager)?

Correspondence to Dr Partho P Sengupta, Heart and Vascular Institute, West Virginia University, 1 Medical Center Drive Morgantown, WV 26506, USA; Partho.Sengupta{at}wvumedicine.org To be able to ...