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Maintenance of sinus rhythm with an ablation strategy in patients with atrial fibrillation is associated with a lower risk of stroke and death
1 Department of Cardiology Research, Barts and The London NHS Trust, London, UK 2 Department of Cardiology, The Heart Hospital, London, UK Objective To investigate whether catheter ablation of atrial ...
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Percutaneous cardiac support devices for cardiogenic shock: current indications and recommendations
Correspondence to Dr José P S Henriques, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Department of Cardiology, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands; j.p.henriques{at}amc.uva.nl ...
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A straightforward guide to the sarcomeric basis of cardiomyopathies
The sarcomere is the principal contractile unit of striated muscle. Mutations in genes encoding sarcomeric proteins are responsible for a range of diseases including hypertrophic, dilated and ...
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Management of fetal tachyarrhythmia based on superior vena cava/aorta Doppler flow recordings
1 Fetal Cardiology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Sainte-Justine Hospital, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 2 Cardiology Division, Department of Pediatrics, Sainte-Justine Hospital ...
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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe acute respiratory failure in adults: NICE guidance
ECMO Department, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK Correspondence to Richard Firmin, ECMO Department, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, ...
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Atrial fibrillation and risk of incident heart failure with reduced versus preserved ejection fraction
Objective Associations between atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF) have been established. We compared the extent to which AF is associated with each primary subtype of HF, with reduced ...
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Vardenafil treatment for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: a multicentre, open-label study
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China Correspondence to Professor Z-C Jing, Department of Pulmonary Circulation, Shanghai ...
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Myocardial mechanics of percutaneous intramyocardial septal radiofrequency ablation
Correspondence to Dr Liwen Liu, Department of Ultrasound, Xijing Hospital, Xian, Shaanxi, 710032, China; liuliwen{at}fmmu.edu.cn; Professor David H Hsi, Heart & Vascular Institute, Stamford Hospital, ...
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Automated non-invasive measurement of cardiac output: comparison of electrical bioimpedance and carbon dioxide rebreathing techniques.
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia. Two commercial automated, non-invasive systems for estimation of cardiac output were evaluated. Values of ...
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Fluid challenge and balloon occlusion testing in patients with atrial septal defects
Introduction Careful, stepwise assessment is required in all patients with atrial septal defect (ASD) to exclude pulmonary vascular or left ventricular (LV) disease. Fluid challenge and balloon ...
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Standard ECG for differential diagnosis between Anderson-Fabry disease and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
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Diagnosis of patients with angina and non-obstructive coronary disease in the catheter laboratory
Around 40% of all patients undergoing angiography are found to have normal coronary arteries or non-obstructive coronary artery disease (NOCAD). Despite the high prevalence, this is a group who rarely ...