The multi-modality cardiac imaging approach to the Athlete's heart: an expert consensus of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging [PDF]
peer reviewedThe term 'athlete's heart' refers to a clinical picture characterized by a slow heart rate and enlargement of the heart. A multi-modality imaging approach to the athlete's heart aims to differentiate physiological changes due to intensive ...
Galderisi, Maurizio +34 more
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MicroRNAs as therapeutic targets in heart diseases [PDF]
Heart failure represents the common end-point of a wide range of heart diseases. We are still far from having a complete understanding of which molecular mechanisms lead to distinct forms of heart failure.
Raso, Andrea
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Objective: The purpose of study was to characterize culprit artery characteristics in terms of presence of thrombus burden in patients with acute myocardial infarction using prevalent parameters of thrombus estimation. Study design: Descriptive study.
Abdul Hameed Siddiqui +8 more
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Analysing the Large Decline in Coronary Heart Disease Mortality in the Icelandic Population Aged 25-74 between the Years 1981 and 2006. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality rates have been decreasing in Iceland since the 1980s. We examined how much of the decrease between 1981 and 2006 could be attributed to medical and surgical treatments and how much to changes in ...
Aspelund, T +43 more
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Summary: Lowering elevated central venous pressure may reduce renal dysfunction in acute heart failure (AHF) patients. The Doraya catheter lowers renal venous pressure by creating a gradient in the inferior vena cava below the renal veins.
Robert Zymliński, MD, PhD +6 more
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Rationale, design and conduct of a randomised controlled trial evaluating a primary care-based complex intervention to improve the quality of life of heart failure patients: HICMan (Heidelberg Integrated Case Management) : study protocol [PDF]
Background: Chronic congestive heart failure (CHF) is a complex disease with rising prevalence, compromised quality of life (QoL), unplanned hospital admissions, high mortality and therefore high burden of illness. The delivery of care for these patients
Herzog, Wolfgang +20 more
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Dying, death and bereavement: a qualitative study of the views of carers of people with heart failure in the UK [PDF]
BACKGROUND: This paper explores carers' views of dying, death and bereavement for family members who had recently died with heart failure adding to a growing literature on end of life experiences for people with conditions other than cancer ...
Seamark David +28 more
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Analyzing Recent Coronary Heart Disease Mortality Trends in Tunisia between 1997 and 2009. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: In Tunisia, Cardiovascular Diseases are the leading causes of death (30%), 70% of those are coronary heart disease (CHD) deaths and population studies have demonstrated that major risk factor levels are increasing.
Critchley Julia A. +23 more
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ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen +23 more
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