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Treatment of atrial flutter
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, USA Albert L Waldo, MD, Division of Cardiology, Room 3080, Lakeside ...
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High-sensitivity versus conventional troponin for management and prognosis assessment of patients with acute chest pain
Correspondence to Professor Juan Sanchis, Cardiology Department, University Clinic Hospital, Blasco Ibáñez 17, Valencia 46010, Spain; sanchis_juafor{at}gva.es Objectives High-sensitivity troponin ...
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Diagnosis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: role of clinical Doppler echocardiography
Correspondence to Dr Martin Penicka, Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, Moorselbaan 164, Aalst 9300, Belgium; Martin.Penicka{at}olvz-aalst.be ...
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Achieving high-quality care: a view from NICE
Correspondence to Dr Gemma Partridge, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 10 Spring Gardens, London, SW1A 2BU, UK; gemma.partridge{at}nice.org.uk The National Institute for Health and ...
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Association of increased carotid intima-media thickness with the extent of coronary artery disease
Objective: To investigate (a) the relation between intima-media thickness (IMT) in carotid arteries and the extent of coronary artery disease (CAD); and (b) whether IMT is predictive of coronary ...
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Stable coronary syndromes: pathophysiology, diagnostic advances and therapeutic need
1 British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK 2 West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden ...
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Systemic inflammation as a novel QT-prolonging risk factor in patients with torsades de pointes
Objective Increasing evidence indicates systemic inflammation as a new potential cause of acquired long QT syndrome (LQTS), via cytokine-mediated changes in cardiomyocyte ion channels. Torsade de ...
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Atrial fibrillation prevalence, awareness and management in a nationwide survey of adults in China
10 Department of Cardiology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China 11 Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of ...
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Angina: contemporary diagnosis and management
Correspondence to Dr Thomas Joseph Ford, BHF Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, Glasgow G128QQ, UK; tom.ford{at}health.nsw.gov.au ...
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Spectrum of cardiac disease in maternity in a low-resource cohort in South Africa
4 Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Background Lack of evidence-based data on the spectrum of cardiovascular disease ...
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Right ventricular–pulmonary artery coupling in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension occurs in a proportion of patients with prior acute pulmonary embolism and is characterised by breathlessness, persistently raised pulmonary pressures and ...
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Timing and completeness of revascularisation in acute coronary syndromes
Correspondence to Prof Giulio G Stefanini, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele - Milan 20090, Italy; giulio.stefanini{at}gmail.com To discuss the most appropriate ...