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Intestinal fatty acid binding protein is associated with infarct size and cardiac function in acute heart failure following myocardial infarction
Background In acute heart failure (HF), reduced cardiac output, vasoconstriction and congestion may damage the intestinal ...
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Pregnancy complications and long-term risk of cardiovascular events in women with structural heart disease
Background To determine the frequency of pregnancy complications and their association with the risk of cardiovascular ...
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Predictors of spontaneous pregnancy loss in single ventricle physiology
Background Pregnant patients with single ventricle (SV) physiology carry a high risk of spontaneous pregnancy loss (SPL), yet ...
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Pretransplant cardiac stress testing and transplant wait time in kidney transplantation candidates
Objective Routine screening for cardiovascular disease before kidney transplantation remains controversial. This study aims ...
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Impact of periodontitis as representative of chronic inflammation on long-term clinical outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation
Correspondence to Dr. Jung Ho Heo, Divisionof cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kosin University GospelHospital, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan 602-702, Republic ofKorea. ; ...
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The BE-ALIVE score: assessing 30-day mortality risk in patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes
Aim To create and validate a simple scoring system for predicting 30-day mortality in patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) at their moment of admission. Methods and results 2407 ...
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Sex-specific association of cardiovascular drug doses with adverse outcomes in atrial fibrillation
Objectives Sex differences occur in atrial fibrillation (AF), including age at first manifestation, pathophysiology, treatment allocation, complication rates and quality of life. However, optimal ...
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Internationally validated score to predict the outcome of non-paroxysmal atrial fibrillation ablation: the ‘FLAME score’
Background The clinical effectiveness of ablating non-paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (non-PAF) relies on proper patient selection. We developed and validated a scoring system to predict non-PAF ...
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Cytokine pattern in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with the interleukin-6 receptor antagonist tocilizumab
Background Tocilizumab improves myocardial salvage index (MSI) in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), but its mechanisms of action are unclear. Here, we explored how cytokines ...