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Forecasting cardiovascular disease risk and burden in China from 2020 to 2030: a simulation study based on a nationwide cohort
Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a significant public health challenge in China. This study aimed to project ...
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Impact of prognostic nutritional index on mortality among patients receiving coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: a retrospective cohort study
Background The Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI), calculated from serum albumin levels and lymphocyte counts, is a simple ...
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Prognostic implications of iron deficiency in patients with atrial fibrillation, with and without chronic heart failure
Background Iron deficiency (ID) is common in patients with atrial fibrillation/flutter (AF), but its prognostic implications and optimal diagnostic criteria, particularly in those with and without ...
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Inpatient versus outpatient diagnosis of heart failure across the spectrum of ejection fraction: a population cohort study
Background Early heart failure (HF) diagnosis is crucial to ensure that optimal guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) is administered to reduce morbidity and mortality. Limited access to ...
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Combined aortic stenosis and regurgitation: double the trouble
Correspondence to Dr Philippe Pibarot, Cardiology, Quebec Heart and Lung Institute, Quebec City, QC G1V 4G5, Canada; philippe.pibarot{at}med.ulaval.ca To be aware of the prevalence, pathophysiology ...
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Bullying in UK cardiology: a systemic problem requiring systemic solutions
Objectives Bullying of trainee doctors has been shown to be associated with detrimental outcomes for both doctors and patients. However, there is limited evidence regarding the level of bullying of ...
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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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Lower socioeconomic status predicts higher mortality and morbidity in patients with heart failure
8 F-CRIN INI-CRCT Cardiovascular and Renal Clinical Trialists, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France Objective It is not fully understood whether and how socioeconomic status (SES) has a prognostic impact in ...
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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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Value of fractional flow reserve in making decisions about bypass surgery for equivocal left main coronary artery disease
OBJECTIVE To investigate the value of coronary pressure derived fractional flow reserve (FFR) measurements in supporting decisions about medical or surgical treatment in patients with angiographically ...
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The emerging burden of hospital admissions of adults with congenital heart disease
4 Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands 5 Department of Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 6 Department of Cardiology, ...
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Forty-six year old man with palpitations
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