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Objective We investigated whether a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects the quality of inpatient acute myocardial infarction (AMI) care and long‐term mortality post‐AMI. Methods We analyzed data from 784,091 adults, 6,047 with a diagnosis of RA, from England and Wales hospitalized with AMI between 2005 and 2019 from the Myocardial Ischaemia ...
Megan Butler +8 more
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Takotsubo syndrome in a young woman during puerperium: case report
Introduction. Takotsubo syndrome is a reversibile cardiomyopathy that often occurs during an emotional stress and is more frequent in post-menopausal women. Case presentation.
Mariantonietta D’Agostino +10 more
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Optimizing cardiac rehabilitation
It is known that cardiac rehabilitation (CR) successfully improves health (e.g. blood pressure and lipid profile), quality of life, and risk of mortality. In part 1 of this thesis we focused on changes in objectively measured moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA), sedentary behaviour, fatigue and participation in society during ...
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Women, men and coronary heart disease: a review of the qualitative literature [PDF]
Aim. This paper presents a review of the qualitative literature which examines the experiences of patients with coronary heart disease. The paper also assesses whether the experiences of both female and male patients are reflected in the literature and ...
Annandale E. +44 more
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Objective Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) use in limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (lcSSc) is relatively uncommon because of the lower fibrotic burden and the predominance of vascular complications. In vitro observations and clinical data from transplanted patients suggest a protective effect of MMF on endothelial function.
Enrico De Lorenzis +77 more
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Objective: To investigate training at different intensity levels on cardiac function, exercise capacity, and health-related quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure.
Zhenying Zhang +4 more
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The goal of cardiac rehabilitation is to optimize function through attention to the patient's medical needs, risk factors for recurrent events, physical reconditioning, and psycho-social needs. Medical needs include beta-adrenergic blocking agents and aspirin unless contraindicated, angiotensin converting inhibitors for left ventricular dysfunction ...
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Home versus hospital-based cardiac rehabilitation: A systematic review [PDF]
Comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation has positive effects on many cardiac risk factors (physical activity, smoking status, cholesterol, anxiety and depression) and can lead to improvements in mortality, morbidity and quality of life.
Angus, N. J. +4 more
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BACKGROUND: Exercise is an essential component of contemporary cardiac rehabilitation programs for the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease. Despite the benefits associated with regular exercise, adherence with supervised exercise-based cardiac
Benatar, Joceylne +8 more
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The views of young people with congenital cardiac disease on designing the services for their treatment [PDF]
Background and purpose: There is little documented evidence of young people with congenital cardiac disease being consulted as to what help, if any, they really need in relation to their condition. Most research concentrates on the medical aspects of the
Kendall, L. +3 more
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