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New wearable cardiac acoustic monitoring technology for evaluation of subclinical leaflet thrombosis after transcatheter aortic valve replacement
Background Subclinical leaflet thrombosis (SLT) is a common complication after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Multidimensional CT (MDCT) is the main imaging mortality for the diagnosis ...
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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 ...
BMJ6d
Prevalence and functional impact of chronotropic incompetence in amyloid cardiomyopathy: a multicentre analysis
Background Little evidence is available about heart rate (HR) response to exercise as well as its relationship with functional capacity in amyloid cardiomyopathy. Then, in a multicentre cohort of ...
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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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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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Machine learning with convolutional neural networks for clinical cardiologists
Correspondence to Dr James Philip Howard, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK; research{at}cardiologists.london Understand the paradigm of machine learning.
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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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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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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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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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Vagally mediated atrioventricular block: pathophysiology and diagnosis
Vagally mediated atrioventricular (AV) block is defined as a paroxysmal AV block, localised within the AV node, associated with slowing of the sinus rate. All types of second-degree AV block, ...
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Asymptomatic severe degenerative mitral regurgitation
Degenerative mitral valve disease is common. Up to a quarter of patients with degenerative mitral valve disease may be asymptomatic despite having severe valve regurgitation. Current guideline ...