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Epidemiology of valvular heart disease in a Swedish nationwide hospital-based register study

Objective Transitions in the spectrum of valvular heart diseases (VHDs) in developed countries over the 20th century have been reported from clinical case series, but large, contemporary ...
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Impact and prognostic implications of aortic stenosis across the heart failure spectrum: a cohort study

Background Aortic stenosis (AS) frequently coexists with heart failure (HF), but its prevalence, prognostic impact and ...
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Clinician-targeted interventions to improve advance care planning in heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Objective Advance care planning (ACP) is widely advocated to contribute to better outcomes for patients suffering from heart failure. But clinicians appear hesitant to engage with ACP. Our aim was to ...
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Pearls and pitfalls in the diagnosis and management of mitral annular calcification

Mitral annular calcification (MAC) is a progressive, degenerative process increasingly recognised for its clinical impact.
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Innovations in cardiac device therapy in the era of advanced rhythm management: implantable defibrillators and conduction system pacing

Cardiac device therapy has significantly evolved since the introduction of the first implantable pacemaker and the subsequent ...
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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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Cardiac tumours: diagnosis and management

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Treating patients with ventricular ectopic beats

Ventricular ectopic beats (VEBs) are commonly seen in daily clinical practice. They are largely asymptomatic but can cause upsetting symptoms in some patients. In normal hearts, their occurrence is ...
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Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: contemporary management and future perspectives

Correspondence to Professor Philip MacCarthy, Department of Cardiology, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, USA; philip.maccarthy{at}nhs.net To learn the optimal management of ...
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Constrictive pericarditis: diagnosis, management and clinical outcomes

Constrictive pericarditis (CP) is a form of diastolic heart failure that arises because an inelastic pericardium inhibits cardiac filling. This disorder must be considered in the differential ...
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Normal presenting levels of high-sensitivity troponin and myocardial infarction

Objective To analyse whether levels of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) below their respective 99th percentile can be used as a single parameter to rule out acute myocardial infarction (AMI) ...
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Diagnostic and prognostic impact of copeptin and high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T in patients with pre-existing coronary artery disease and suspected acute myocardial infarction

6 Servicio de Pneumologia, Hospital del Mar - IMIM, UPF, CIBERES, ISC III, Barcelona, Spain 7 Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital del Mar - IMIM, Barcelona, Spain Correspondence to Professor Dr Christian ...