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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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Exercise induced supraventricular tachycardia?

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Infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus mutans.

Members of the viridans group of streptococci are the commonest causes of bacterial endocarditis. However, Streptococcus mutans, a member of this group associated with dental caries which might be ...
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Silent myocardial infarction: the risk beyond the first admission

Department of Internal Medicine B, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University, Greifswald, Germany Correspondence to Dr Marcus Dörr, Department of Internal Medicine B, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University, Friedrich ...
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ASSA13-14-18 Cold Water Drinking Increases Blood Pressure in Healthy Young Students

Objective Blood pressure (BP) increases when body surface exposures to cold stimulate, but the effect of cold drinking on BP has not been fully evaluated. The arm of this study was to investigate the ...
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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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Drivers of 1-year mortality decline after acute myocardial infarction in England and Wales: a 15-year national cohort study

Background One-year mortality following acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has declined over time, yet the reasons for this improvement remain unclear. Understanding the drivers of these changes is ...
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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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Chocolate intake and risk of clinically apparent atrial fibrillation: the Danish Diet, Cancer, and Health Study

Correspondence to Dr Elizabeth Mostofsky, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Kresge Building, Room 505-B, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA; ...
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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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13 PPCI in a setting of out of hospital cardiac arrest should all patients undergo immediate angiography? experiences at a busy district general hospital

Introduction William Harvey Hospital (WHH) is a busy DGH in Kent and a Regional PPCI centre covering a population of 1.4 million with approximately 650 PPCI per year. This is a Consultant led service ...