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Renal denervation for hypertension management in the UK: a Delphi expert consensus

Background Renal denervation (RDN) has emerged as a guideline-recommended therapeutic option in hypertension management with ...
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Estimating 5-year absolute risk of cardiovascular disease using routinely collected electronic medical records from Australian general practices

Background Recent cardiovascular risk equations from the USA and United Kingdom use routinely collected electronic medical records (EMRs), while current equations used in Australia (AusCVDRisk) have ...
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Prognostic implications of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in moderate aortic stenosis

5 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore 6 Department of Cardiology, National University Heart Centre, Singapore Objective To investigate the prognostic ...
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Atrial fibrillation and thromboembolism in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: systematic review

3 First Department of Cardiology, University of Athens, Heart Centre of Young and Athletes (EKKAN), Unit of Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases, Athens, Greece Correspondence to Professor Perry M ...
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Independent prognostic value of functional mitral regurgitation in patients with heart failure. A quantitative analysis of 1256 patients with ischaemic and non-ischaemic ...

1 Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Chirurgiche, Università di Verona, Verona, Italy 2 Dipartimento Cardiaco, Toracico e Vascolare, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy Background Functional mitral ...
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Tetralogy of Fallot: management of residual hemodynamic and electrophysiological abnormalities

Correspondence to Dr Ali N Zaidi, Cardiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA; Ali.Zaidi{at}mountsinai.org Describe the basic anatomical and physiological abnormalities and ...
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Community prevalence, mechanisms and outcome of mitral or tricuspid regurgitation

Objective The study aims were (1) to identify the community prevalence of moderate or greater mitral or tricuspid regurgitation (MR/TR), (2) to compare subjects identified by population screening with ...
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The effects of cold and exercise on the cardiovascular system

1 King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, The Rayne Institute, St. Thomas’ Hospital Campus, London, UK 2 National Institute for Health Research Biomedical ...
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PTCA versus CABG: a different interpretation of the results of randomised trials comparing both treatments

a Service de Cardiologie, CHU Nancy-Brabois, 54500 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France, b La Tour Hospital, 1 Avenue JD Maillard, 1217 Meyrin-Genève, Switzerland Professor N Danchin, Service de Cardiologie, ...
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Pre-procedural fasting for coronary interventions: is it time to change practice?

Introduction Traditionally, patients are kept nil-per-os/nil-by-mouth (NPO/NBM) prior to invasive cardiac procedures, yet there exists neither evidence nor clear guidance about the benefits of this ...
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Long-term follow-up of older patients with Mobitz type I second degree atrioventricular block

1 Division of Cardiology, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 2 Cardiac Arrhythmia and Syncope Center, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of ...
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Recreational drug misuse: issues for the cardiologist

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