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Registry data on congenital heart disease trajectories from fetal life through infancy empower patients, relatives and healthcare professionals and expose blind angles

While we already have an understanding of the trajectories of babies who undergo different surgical/interventional procedures ...
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Congenital heart disease in England: a national cohort study from fetal diagnosis to end of infancy

Background Population studies of congenital heart disease (CHD) often include only children receiving cardiac interventions, ...
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Atrial fibrillation: global burdens and global opportunities

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Asthma and risk of degenerative valvular heart disease: a prospective cohort study

Background Asthma has been associated with the development and progression of various cardiovascular diseases but its relationship with degenerative valvular heart disease (VHD) remains unclear. This ...
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Pulmonary valve stenosis in the adult patient: pathophysiology, diagnosis and management

Correspondence to Dr Emily Ruckdeschel, Philadelphia Adult Congenital Heart Center, Philadelphia PA 19104, USA; ruckdesche{at}email.chop.edu Know the epidemiology and presentation of pulmonary valve ...
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Current Issue

Original research: Longitudinal cardiac imaging for assessment of myocardial injury in non-hospitalised community-dwelling individuals after COVID-19 infection: the Rotterdam Study (16 January, 2025) ...
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Cardiac surgery in elderly patients: benefits and resource priorities

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Inflammation in coronary atherosclerosis: diagnosis and treatment

Coronary atherosclerosis is a chronic condition characterised by the development of an atherosclerotic plaque in the inner layer of the coronary artery, mainly associated with cholesterol accumulation ...
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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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Cardiac MRI of Lyme disease myocarditis

Department of Cardiothoracic Radiology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK Correspondence to Dr Stephen P Harden, Department of Cardiothoracic Radiology, University ...
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Cardiogenic shock in the setting of severe aortic stenosis: role of intra-aortic balloon pump support

1 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA 2 Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA Objective To investigate the haemodynamic ...
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Heart disease and work

Heart disease is common both in the population at large but also in the population of working age. It is estimated that heart disease, including stroke and high blood pressure, is responsible for more ...