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Safety and effectiveness of anticoagulation therapy in older people with atrial fibrillation during exposed and unexposed treatment periods
Background Anticoagulation therapy reduces stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), but it is often underused ...
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Advancing clinical management of left ventricular thrombosis: prevention, detection and treatment modalities in the modern era
Heightened interest in left ventricular thrombus (LVT) stems from the consistent association of subsequent stroke and systemic embolism after LVT, and many aspects of its management still exist in a ...
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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 and objective measure of nutritional status. While PNI has been shown to be a ...
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Understanding coronary artery disease using twin studies
Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, UK Correspondence to Dr Tim Spector, Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, St ...
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215 Increased Atherosclerotic Plaque Macrophage Content following Streptococcus Pneumoniae Pneumonia
Background Clinical studies consistently find an increase in the risk of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) within 1–2 weeks after a respiratory infection. It has yet to be established whether a causal ...
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The pathophysiology of acute coronary syndromes
St George's Hospital Medical School, Histopathology Department, London, UK Professor M J Davies, St George's Hospital Medical School, Histopathology Department, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, UK If ...
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How to succeed in the EEGC: a guide for trainees and their trainers
Correspondence to Dr Chris Plummer, Department of Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, UK; chris.plummer{at}nhs.net If you wish to reuse any or ...
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Patent foramen ovale closure in recreational divers: effect on decompression illness and ischaemic brain lesions during long-term follow-up
Objective To test the effect of patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure on neurological events in divers. Design Prospective, non-randomised, longitudinal three-arm study. Setting Tertiary referral centre.
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Heart and mind: behavioural cardiology demystified for the clinician
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Anatomy of the mitral valve
Correspondence to: Dr Siew Yen Ho, Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College, Dovehouse Street, London SW3 6LY, UK; yen.ho{at}ic.ac.uk According to Walmsley, ...
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Antithrombotic therapy in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation
This review provides a comprehensive overview of the available data on antithrombotic therapy after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). In the absence of large randomised clinical trials, ...