BackgroundUnderstanding the relative risk of cardiovascular versus noncardiovascular death is important for designing clinical trials. These risks may differ depending on patient age, sex, and type of acute coronary syndrome (ACS).
Alexander C. Fanaroff+9 more
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Background: The effects of capsaicin on obesity and glucose homeostasis are still controversial and the mechanisms underlying these effects remain largely unknown.
Jun-Xian Song+23 more
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CADUCEUS, SCIPIO, ALCADIA: Cell therapy trials using cardiac-derived cells for patients with post myocardial infarction LV dysfunction, still evolving. [PDF]
The early results of the CArdiosphere-Derived aUtologous stem CElls to reverse ventricUlar dySfunction study were recently published in the Lancet [1]. This study is a phase 1 prospective randomised study, performed at two centres. The study was designed
Terrovitis, J, Yacoub, MH
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A rare cause of myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries-case report of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction caused by a mediastinal mass [PDF]
© The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org ...
Anwar, Majid+2 more
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A Multi-marker Model for Predicting Decompensated Heart Failure in Patients with Prior Acute Myocardial Infarction [PDF]
The aim of the study was to assess the prognostic value of determining the plasma concentration of NT-proBNP and ST2 in the patients with decompensated HF and prior acute myocardial infarction and their combination in this category of patients.Materials ...
Levandovska, K. (Khrystyna)
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Ozone-based chemiluminescence detection (CLD) has been widely applied for determining nitric oxide (•NO) and its derived species in many different fields, such as environmental monitoring and biomedical research.
Junjie Li+3 more
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Background Assessment of quality of care in patients with myocardial infarction (MI) should be based on data that effectively enable determination of quality.
Birga Maier+8 more
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Diagnostic accuracy of 3.0-T magnetic resonance T1 and T2 mapping and T2-weighted dark-blood imaging for the infarct-related coronary artery in Non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction [PDF]
Background: Patients with recent non–ST‐segment elevation myocardial infarction commonly have heterogeneous characteristics that may be challenging to assess clinically. Methods and Results: We prospectively studied the diagnostic accuracy of 2 novel (
Ahmed, Nadeem+16 more
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The effects of hourly differences in air pollution on the risk of myocardial infarction: case crossover analysis of the MINAP database. [PDF]
OBJECTIVES: To investigate associations between air pollution levels and myocardial infarction (MI) on short timescales, with data at an hourly temporal resolution.
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Transient limb ischemia induces remote ischemic preconditioning in vivo [PDF]
Background-Ischemic preconditioning reduces local tissue injury caused by subsequent ischemia-reperfusion (IR), but may also have a salutary effect on IR injury of tissues remote from those undergoing preconditioning.
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