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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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Why patients do not attend cardiac rehabilitation: role of intentions and illness beliefs
OBJECTIVE Many patients fail to attend cardiac rehabilitation. Attempts to identify sociodemographic or clinical predictors of non-attendance have not been very successful; therfore, this study aimed ...
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Forty-six year old man with palpitations
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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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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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Lifestyle modifications for treatment of atrial fibrillation
The management of atrial fibrillation (AF) has focused on anticoagulation, rhythm control and ventricular rate control. Recently, a fourth pillar of AF management has been incorporated recognising the ...
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Relations between alcohol consumption, heart rate, and heart rate variability in men
2 Department of Clinical Pharmacology, St George Hospital UNSW, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia Correspondence to: Professor Laurence G Howes, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, St George ...
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A cost-effectiveness model of genetic testing for the evaluation of families with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
5 Centre for Applied Health Economics, School of Medicine, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia 6 Department of Cardiology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia 7 Department of ...
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Management of atrial fibrillation in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is frequent in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis (MS). Pressure overload leads to marked structural and electrical remodelling of left atrium. The frequency 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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Cardiovascular disease and mortality sequelae of COVID-19 in the UK Biobank
Objective To examine association of COVID-19 with incident cardiovascular events in 17 871 UK Biobank cases between March 2020 and 2021. Methods COVID-19 cases were defined using health record linkage ...