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Pre-hospital diagnosis, triage and treatment in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction
2 Department of Cardiology, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands 3 Department of Cardiology, Isala Klinieken, Zwolle, The Netherlands Correspondence to Arnoud van 't Hof, Isala klinieken, ...
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Role of echocardiography in the evaluation of syncope: a prospective study
Objective: To study the role of echocardiography in the stepwise evaluation of syncope. Design: A prospective observational study with an 18 month follow up. Setting: University teaching hospital ...
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Inpatient versus outpatient diagnosis of heart failure across the spectrum of ejection fraction: a population cohort study
Background Early heart failure (HF) diagnosis is crucial to ensure that optimal guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) is ...
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Contrast-enhanced computed tomography assessment of aortic stenosis
Objectives Non-contrast CT aortic valve calcium scoring ignores the contribution of valvular fibrosis in aortic stenosis. We assessed aortic valve calcific and non-calcific disease using ...
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Pericardial effusion after cardiac surgery: incidence, site, size, and haemodynamic consequences.
OBJECTIVE--To evaluate the incidence, characteristics, and haemodynamic consequences of pericardial effusion after cardiac surgery. DESIGN--Clinical, echocardiographic, and Doppler evaluations before ...
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The ethics of pacemaker reuse: might the best be the enemy of the good?
1 Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 2 Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA ...
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Long axis function in disease
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Health related quality of life in patients with congestive heart failure: comparison with other chronic diseases and relation to functional variables
Objective: To assess health related quality of life of patients with congestive heart failure; to compare their quality of life with the previously characterised general population and in those with ...
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Impact of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition on post-coronary artery bypass interleukin 6 release
Background: Angiotensin 1 converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors reduce morbidity and mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). This benefit may result from an anti-inflammatory action.
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Pacemaker lead infection: echocardiographic features, management, and outcome
a Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Rennes, France, b Department of Infectious Diseases and Medical Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Dr Claude Daubert, Centre Hospitalier ...
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Relationship of functional mitral regurgitation to new-onset atrial fibrillation in acute myocardial infarction
2 The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Bat Galim, Haifa 31096 Israel Correspondence to Dr Doron Aronson, Department of Cardiology, Rambam ...
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: the interrelation of disarray, fibrosis, and small vessel disease
DESIGN Detailed macroscopic and histological examination at 19 segments of the left and right ventricle and the left atrial free wall. PATIENTS 72 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who had ...