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Prediction of worsening heart failure in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy using plasma proteomics

Correspondence to Dr Yuichi J Shimada, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York NY, 10032, USA; ys3053{at}cumc.columbia.edu Objective Heart failure (HF) is one of ...
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Registry data on congenital heart disease trajectories from fetal life through infancy empower patients, relatives and healthcare professionals and expose blind angles

While we already have an understanding of the trajectories of babies who undergo different surgical/interventional procedures ...
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Diagnosis of occult diastolic dysfunction late after the Fontan procedure using a rapid volume expansion technique

Objectives Diastolic dysfunction (DD), a key driver of long-term Fontan outcomes, may be concealed during standard haemodynamic evaluation. We sought to identify Fontan patients with occult DD using ...
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Prospective multicentre single-arm study of an interatrial shunt in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (SUSTAIN-HF): 1-year clinical and haemodynamic outcomes

2 Echocardiography Room of Heart Center, Wuhan Children's Hospital（Wuhan Maternal and Child Healthcare Hospital),Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China ...
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Sex differences in ascending aortic diameter at the time of acute type A aortic dissection

Background Guideline size criteria for prophylactic repair of ascending aortic aneurysm do not account for sex, although some evidence suggests women may experience acute type A aortic dissection ...
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Differentiation between athlete’s heart and dilated cardiomyopathy in athletic individuals

Objective Distinguishing early dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) from physiological left ventricular (LV) dilatation with LV ejection fraction <55% in athletes (grey zone) is challenging. We evaluated the ...
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Correspondence on 'Colchicine and coronary inflammation: absence of evidence is not evidence of absence by Aernoud T L Fiolet et al

Inflammation has been implicated in the pathophysiology of plaque formation and rupture, while anti-inflammatory treatment with colchicine may be associated with cardiovascular risk reduction.1 2 ...
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The evolving epidemiology of valvular aortic stenosis. The Tromsø Study

1 Department of Heart Disease, Division of Cardiothoracic and Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø, Norway 2 Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences ...
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Prognostic implications of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in moderate aortic stenosis

5 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore 6 Department of Cardiology, National University Heart Centre, Singapore Objective To investigate the prognostic ...
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Predicting cardiovascular events from routine mammograms using machine learning

10 The George Institute for Global Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK Background Cardiovascular risk is underassessed in women. Many women undergo screening ...
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Mammography—an opportunity to optimise women’s heart health?

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Loneliness and social isolation as risk factors for CVD: implications for evidence-based patient care and scientific inquiry

Correspondence to Dr Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Brigham Young University, Provo UT 84602, USA; julianne_holt-lunstad{at}byu.edu How should these data inform ...