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How to measure severity of mitral regurgitation
Paul A Grayburn, MD, Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute, 621 North Hall Street, Suite H030, Dallas, TX 75226, USA; paulgr{at}baylorhealth.edu If you wish to reuse ...
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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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Acute pulmonary embolism 1: pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and diagnosis
Dr Martin Riedel, Deutsches Herzzentrum und I. Medizinische Klinik, Technische Universität München, Lazarettstr. 36, D-80636 München, Germanym.riedel{at}dhm.mhn.de If you wish to reuse any or all of ...
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Inpatient versus outpatient diagnosis of heart failure across the spectrum of ejection fraction: a population cohort study
Background Early heart failure (HF) diagnosis is crucial to ensure that optimal guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) is ...
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Contrast-enhanced computed tomography assessment of aortic stenosis
Objectives Non-contrast CT aortic valve calcium scoring ignores the contribution of valvular fibrosis in aortic stenosis. We assessed aortic valve calcific and non-calcific disease using ...
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Pericardial effusion after cardiac surgery: incidence, site, size, and haemodynamic consequences.
OBJECTIVE--To evaluate the incidence, characteristics, and haemodynamic consequences of pericardial effusion after cardiac surgery. DESIGN--Clinical, echocardiographic, and Doppler evaluations before ...
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Health related quality of life in patients with congestive heart failure: comparison with other chronic diseases and relation to functional variables
Objective: To assess health related quality of life of patients with congestive heart failure; to compare their quality of life with the previously characterised general population and in those with ...
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Impact of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition on post-coronary artery bypass interleukin 6 release
Background: Angiotensin 1 converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors reduce morbidity and mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). This benefit may result from an anti-inflammatory action.
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Computed tomographic imaging of patients with native and prosthetic aortic valve stenosis
To understand the role of cardiac CT aortic valve calcium (CT-AVC) in defining stenosis severity in patients with aortic stenosis and discordant echocardiographic measures. To understand the ...
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Pacemaker lead infection: echocardiographic features, management, and outcome
a Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Rennes, France, b Department of Infectious Diseases and Medical Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Dr Claude Daubert, Centre Hospitalier ...
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Sudden adult death syndrome and other non-ischaemic causes of sudden cardiac death
Pathology Department, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, London, UK Correspondence to: Dr Mary N Sheppard Department of Pathology, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK; ...
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Pathophysiology of heart failure following myocardial infarction
The structural and functional abnormalities that lead to cardiac death are coronary artery disease and left ventricular abnormalities related to remodelling (left ventricular hypertrophy, left ...