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Contemporary outcomes of childhood aortic coarctation interventions: a national registry analysis of mortality, reinterventions and hospital resource use
Background Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) has good modern results, but large multicentre longitudinal data on outcomes, especially hospital resource utilisation through childhood and adolescence, are ...
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Single high-sensitivity troponin levels to assess patients with potential acute coronary syndromes: 1-year outcomes
Background A pathway incorporating an option for early discharge based on a single low level of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) at presentation increases the proportion of patients ...
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SUGAR and stents: evaluating long-term percutaneous coronary intervention outcomes in patients with diabetes
Diabetes mellitus is highly prevalent in patients with coronary atherosclerosis. As a result of several factors, including a ...
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Predicting the risk of motor vehicle crash in the first year after cardioverter-defibrillator implantation | Heart
Results In the first year after implantation, there were 352 crashes among 3652 primary prevention ICD recipients and 270 crashes among 3408 secondary prevention ICD recipients. Crash prediction ...
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Top 10 statistical pitfalls: a reviewer’s guide to avoiding common errors
Milestone articles have highlighted the frequency and types of statistical errors in research,1–5 yet fundamental errors ...
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Loneliness and social isolation as risk factors for CVD: implications for evidence-based patient care and scientific inquiry | Heart
A recent meta-analysis has shown that loneliness and social isolation are risk factors for coronary heart disease and stroke.1 These latest findings, specific to cardiovascular outcomes, are ...
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It is time to treat cannabis as an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease | Heart
Legalisation of medical and recreational cannabis commerce is spreading around the world, associated with increased use1 and falling perception of the risk.2 Frequent cannabis use has increased in ...
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Insights from Norway on implementing the 2024 European Society of Cardiology Guidelines for elevated blood pressure and hypertension | Heart
The 2024 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines on elevated blood pressure (BP) and hypertension reflect a shift from binary thresholds towards a risk-based management approach that aims to ...
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Shadows and light in transcatheter mitral valve treatment: recent evidence and implications for clinical practice | Heart
Functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) remains a significant challenge in the management of heart failure (HF), characterised by poor prognosis and high morbidity.1 As the predominant valvular ...
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Prognostic implications of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in moderate aortic stenosis | Heart
Objective To investigate the prognostic impact of left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction in patients with moderate aortic stenosis (AS) and preserved LV systolic function. Methods Patients with a ...
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When absence of evidence equates to evidence of absence: the case of routine use of cerebral embolic protection devices in transcatheter aortic valve implantation | Heart
Objectives This updated hierarchical Bayesian meta-analysis aims to integrate the latest randomised controlled trials (RCTs) on the use of cerebral embolic protection (CEP) in transcatheter aortic ...