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Role of coronary microvascular dysfunction in takotsubo syndrome

Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is an acute and reversible form of heart failure characterised by transient left ventricular (LV) ...
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Implementing clinical practice guidelines in cardiology: accelerating the translation of evidence into practice

Clinical practice guidelines form the foundation of evidence-based care in cardiology, yet gaps persist between the care ...
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Interstitial lung disease is a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and myocardial infarction

Objectives Despite many shared risk factors and pathophysiological pathways, the risk of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and myocardial infarction (MI) in interstitial lung disease (ILD) remains poorly ...
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Diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in the presence of left bundle branch block

Objective Patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the setting of left bundle branch block (LBBB) present an important diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to the clinician.
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Parsimonious echocardiography-based model for predicting long-term all-cause mortality in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Background The Heart Failure Association Pre-test Assessment, Echocardiography and Natriuretic Peptide, Functional testing, ...
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Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in contemporary cardiology: physiological insights, novel applications and evolving algorithms

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) allows for the study of the pathophysiology of exercise intolerance through assessment of exercise integrative physiology of the pulmonary, cardiovascular, ...
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Recreational drug misuse: issues for the cardiologist

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Mechanical versus biological aortic valve replacement in patients aged 50–70 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Objectives The optimal prosthetic aortic valve replacement (AVR) for long-term outcomes in patients aged 50–70 years remains uncertain. International guidelines differ; contemporary randomised trials ...
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Unmasking platypnoea-orthodeoxia syndrome: a systematic review of the pathophysiology, clinical spectrum and outcomes of percutaneous intracardiac shunt closure

Background Platypnoea-orthodeoxia syndrome (POS) is a rare but underdiagnosed cause of positional dyspnoea and hypoxaemia. It results from right-to-left interatrial shunting through a patent foramen ...
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Life expectancy and determinants of relative survival following surgical aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis

Aim Surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) improves survival in severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS), but whether it fully restores life expectancy is uncertain. This study aimed to evaluate ...
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Global prevalence of resistant hypertension: a meta-analysis of data from 3.2 million patients

Correspondence to Dr Jean Joel Bigna, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Centre Pasteur of Cameroon, Yaoundé, Cameroon; bignarimjj{at}yahoo.fr Objective We conducted the first systematic ...
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Isolated right bundle branch block in asymptomatic patients: not inconsequential as previously thought?

Correspondence to Dr Arun R Sridhar, Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; arun11{at}cardiology.washington.edu Bundle branch block (BBB ...