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Prehospital risk stratification in suspected non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome with point-of-care troponin: an individual patient data meta-analysis

Background Emergency Medical Services (EMS) patients with chest pain are often suspected of having non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS). Current risk stratification protocols for ...
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Negative exercise stress echocardiography and long-term outcomes: insights from a retrospective cohort study

Background Exercise stress echocardiography (ESE) is widely used to detect inducible myocardial ischaemia. However, a substantial proportion of ESEs remains inconclusive or shows abnormal ...
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Inflammation markers and risk of developing hypertension: a meta-analysis of cohort studies

Correspondence to Dr Sakineh Shab-Bidar, Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 14155/6117, Iran; s_shabbidar{at ...
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Percutaneous ventricular assist devices in high-risk PCI for older adults: evidence and next steps

Percutaneous ventricular assist devices (pVADs) provide short-term mechanical circulatory support and therefore have potential utility during elective, high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention ...
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Update on percutaneous mitral commissurotomy

Percutaneous mitral commissurotomy (PMC) is the first-line therapy for managing rheumatic mitral stenosis. Over the past two decades, the indications of the procedure have expanded to include patients ...
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Human non-contrast T1 values and correlation with histology in diffuse fibrosis

1 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK 2 Heart Hospital Imaging Centre, Institute of ...
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Cardiac function and obesity

Correspondence to: Ramachandran S Vasan, MD, Framingham Heart Study, 73, Mt Wayte Avenue, Framingham, MA 01702, USA; vasan{at}fram.nhlbi.nih.gov ...
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Hypereosinophilic syndrome: cardiac diagnosis and management

Hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) is a heterogeneous group of conditions that is defined at its core by hypereosinophilia (HE) (blood eosinophil count of >1.5×10 9 /L) and organ damage directly ...
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The Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project (MINAP)

Aims of MINAP To audit the quality of care of patients with acute coronary syndrome and provide a resource for academic research. Quality of care interventions Feedback to hospitals, ambulance ...
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Twenty-five-year trends in myocardial infarction attack and mortality rates, and case-fatality, in six European populations

Objective Due to the burden of coronary heart disease (CHD), the monitoring of CHD trends is required. This study sought to examine the acute myocardial infarction (AMI) trends in attack and mortality ...
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19 Myocardial perfusion reserve by quantitative perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance in dilated cardiomyopathy: association with major adverse cardiovascular events

Introduction Myocardial perfusion reserve (MPR) is the ratio of global myocardial blood flow (MBF) at stress compared with rest. It is independently associated with major adverse events in coronary ...
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Pulmonary artery dissection: an emerging cardiovascular complication in surviving patients with chronic pulmonary hypertension

Correspondence to: Dr Rajdeep S Khattar Manchester Heart Centre, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL, UK; rskhattarhotmail.com Pulmonary arterial dissection is an extremely ...