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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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Grown-up congenital heart (GUCH) disease: current needs and provision of service for adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease in the UK

Executive summary: This report addresses the needs and problems of grown-up congenital heart (GUCH) patients and makes recommendations on organisation of national medical care, training of specialists ...
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Causes of congenital heart disease: an integrative narrative review

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common congenital anomaly, with lifelong implications as survival into adulthood ...
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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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From natural to unnatural history of aortic valve stenosis: a tribute to Dr Braunwald’s legacy

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Grip strength predicts cardiac adverse events in patients with cardiac disorders: an individual patient pooled meta-analysis

Objective Grip strength is a well-characterised measure of weakness and of poor muscle performance, but there is a lack of consensus on its prognostic implications in terms of cardiac adverse events ...
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Prehospital 12-lead ECG and outcomes in acute coronary syndrome

Importance/background The 12-lead ECG is recommended in clinical guidelines for prehospital assessment of patients with ...
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Triple rule out to make a single diagnosis. But what is it?

A 23-year-old man with a 4-year history of recreational hallucinogenic drug misuse presented with a 3-week history of ...
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Left ventricular dysfunction: causes, natural history, and hopes for reversal

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Management of the adult Fontan patient

Correspondence to Dr Wendy M Book, Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; wbook{at}emory.edu Adults with congenital heart disease who underwent the Fontan ...
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Multimodality imaging of the tricuspid valve with implication for percutaneous repair approaches

Nowadays some percutaneous options for tricuspid valve (TV) repair are available: Tricinch (4Tech Cardio, Galway, Ireland) mimicking the Kay procedure, Trialign (Mitralign, Boston, MA, USA) aiming to ...
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Acute native aortic regurgitation: clinical presentation, diagnosis and management

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