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Weight loss as a marker of successful decongestion during acute heart failure hospitalisation

Background Effective decongestion is a key therapeutic goal during hospitalisation for acute heart failure (HF), but the ...
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Geographic variation in long-term health outcomes following myocardial infarction in England

Background Nationwide studies report the high incidence of major health outcomes following myocardial infarction (MI). This ...
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Distinct relationships of compartment-specific fat distribution profiles with cardiovascular ageing and future cardiovascular events

Background Obesity is a major contributor to cardiovascular disease (CVD). Different fat depots may have distinct effects on ...
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Comparison of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in Afro-Caribbean versus white patients in the UK

2 Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, University Hospital Lewisham, London, UK 3 National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK Background This study investigated ...
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How short is short enough? Reframing dual antiplatelet therapy duration in the contemporary percutaneous coronary intervention era

For more than two decades, the crucial dilemma of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has remained unchanged: the same therapies used to treat myocardial ...
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Routine use of oxygen in the treatment of myocardial infarction: systematic review

Context: International guidelines recommend the routine use of oxygen therapy in the treatment of myocardial infarction (MI). Objective: To undertake a systematic review and meta-analysis of ...
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Ventricular tachycardia: diagnosis of broad QRS complex tachycardia

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Thyroid disease and the heart

Endocrine Clinic, and Department of Cardiology, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, UK Dr A D Toft, Endocrine Clinic, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh EH3 9YW, UK If you wish to reuse any or all of this article ...
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Sinus venosus syndrome: atrial septal defect or anomalous venous connection? A multiplane transoesophageal approach

Objective: To discuss the anatomical features of sinus venosus atrial defect on the basis of a comprehensive transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) examination and its relation to surgical data.
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Acute stress-induced (takotsubo) cardiomyopathy

Acute stress-induced (takotsubo) cardiomyopathy has a dramatic clinical presentation, mimicking an acute myocardial infarction and is triggered by intense emotional or physical stress. In this paper, ...
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A novel discharge risk model for patients hospitalised for acute decompensated heart failure incorporating N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide levels: a European ...

1 Heart failure Research Center & Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2 Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Maastricht, ...
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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 ...