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Applying the 2024 European Society of Cardiology Guidelines for the management of elevated blood pressure and hypertension to a Norwegian general population cohort from age 40 ...
Background The 2024 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines for hypertension introduced the ‘elevated BP’ (eBP) category (120–139/70–89 mm Hg). Individuals with persistent eBP (130–139/80–89 ...
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Catheter ablation versus medical rate control for persistent atrial fibrillation in older heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction
Background Patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and atrial fibrillation are mostly elderly patients, and persistent atrial fibrillation (PerAF) with multiple ...
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Incidence and outcomes of unstable angina compared with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Objective Assess the relative incidence and compare characteristics and outcome of unstable angina (UA) and non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). Design Two independent prospective ...
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Management of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1053-7840Paul M Haydock, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8126-9583Andrew S Flett To review the pathophysiology of heart failure with reduced ...
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23 Feasibility assessment for the implementation of a virtual hypertrophic cardiomyopathy follow up clinic in a district general hospital
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has presented unprecedented challenges for day-to-day medical practice. In some hospitals face-to-face clinic consultations have significantly reduced, being replaced ...
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Arcus senilis: its relation to certain attributes and risk factors in patients with coronary heart disease
Coronary Heart Disease Research Unit, St. Vincent's Hospital, and the Departments of Medicine and Social Medicine, University College, Dublin 2, Republic of Ireland The frequency and degree of arcus ...
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Origin of symptoms in chronic heart failure
Skeletal muscle abnormalities are highly prevalent in chronic heart failure and are associated with an increase in the ergoreflex, a muscle reflex stimulated by work done. Stimulation of the ...
BMJ1d
Assessment of coronary artery stenosis by magnetic resonance imaging.
OBJECTIVE: The findings of magnetic resonance and x-ray angiography were compared for assessment of coronary artery stenosis in this validation study. BACKGROUND: Magnetic resonance angiography of the ...
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Genetic variants associated with cardiac hypertrophy-related sudden cardiac death and cardiovascular outcomes in a Finnish population
Background Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a common cause of non-ischaemic sudden cardiac death (SCD). Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) without cardiomyopathy-related myocardial disarray is a common ...
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Utility of high and standard right precordial leads during ajmaline testing for the diagnosis of Brugada syndrome
Division of Cardiac & Vascular Sciences, St George's University of London, London, UK Correspondence to Dr Malini Govindan, Division of Cardiac and Vascular Sciences, St George's University of London, ...
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Absent or occult pulmonary artery.
Of 12 patients with angiographically absent pulmonary artery, 11 were investigated surgically. The previously occult pulmonary artery was found in 10 patients, in five of whom a vestige of an ...