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Role of coronary microvascular dysfunction in takotsubo syndrome

Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is an acute and reversible form of heart failure characterised by transient left ventricular (LV) ...
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Implementing clinical practice guidelines in cardiology: accelerating the translation of evidence into practice

Clinical practice guidelines form the foundation of evidence-based care in cardiology, yet gaps persist between the care ...
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Parsimonious echocardiography-based model for predicting long-term all-cause mortality in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Background The Heart Failure Association Pre-test Assessment, Echocardiography and Natriuretic Peptide, Functional testing, ...
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Chocolate intake and risk of clinically apparent atrial fibrillation: the Danish Diet, Cancer, and Health Study

Correspondence to Dr Elizabeth Mostofsky, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Kresge Building, Room 505-B, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA; ...
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Mechanical versus biological aortic valve replacement in patients aged 50–70 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Objectives The optimal prosthetic aortic valve replacement (AVR) for long-term outcomes in patients aged 50–70 years remains uncertain. International guidelines differ; contemporary randomised trials ...
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Life expectancy and determinants of relative survival following surgical aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis

Aim Surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) improves survival in severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS), but whether it fully restores life expectancy is uncertain. This study aimed to evaluate ...
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Diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in the presence of left bundle branch block

Objective Patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the setting of left bundle branch block (LBBB) present an important diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to the clinician.
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Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in contemporary cardiology: physiological insights, novel applications and evolving algorithms

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) allows for the study of the pathophysiology of exercise intolerance through assessment of exercise integrative physiology of the pulmonary, cardiovascular, ...
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Significant lead-induced tricuspid regurgitation is associated with poor prognosis at long-term follow-up

3 Department of Biostatistics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands Correspondence to Dr Nina Ajmone Marsan, Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, ...
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Exercise induced supraventricular tachycardia?

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Infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus mutans.

Members of the viridans group of streptococci are the commonest causes of bacterial endocarditis. However, Streptococcus mutans, a member of this group associated with dental caries which might be ...
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Interstitial lung disease is a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and myocardial infarction

Objectives Despite many shared risk factors and pathophysiological pathways, the risk of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and myocardial infarction (MI) in interstitial lung disease (ILD) remains poorly ...