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Non-atherosclerotic myocardial infarction in hypereosinophilic syndrome: emerging insights and therapeutic approaches

Hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) is a heterogeneous disorder characterised by persistent, abnormal eosinophil elevation in ...
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Resting heart rate: what is normal?

Correspondence to Dr David Nanchen, Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, University of Lausanne, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland; david.nanchen{at}chuv.ch ...
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Cardiac tumours: diagnosis and management

Dr Leonard M Shapiro, Department of Cardiology, Papworth Hospital, Papworth Everard, Cambridge CB3 RE, UKlms{at}doctors.org.uk If you wish to reuse any or all of this ...
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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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Atrial fibrillation: global burdens and global opportunities

Correspondence to Dr Jelena Kornej, Cardiovascular Medicine and Preventive Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA; jkornej{at}bu.edu If you wish to reuse any or all of this ...
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Comparative analysis of recurrence rates following various cessation strategies for rilonacept in recurrent pericarditis

Background/objectives Rilonacept (RI), an interleukin (IL)-1α/β cytokine trap, is a biological treatment to prevent recurrence in recurrent pericarditis (RP). Discontinuation of RI in patients after ...
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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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Broadening the concept of ‘burden’ from the assessment of arrhythmias to symptom evaluation in patients with atrial fibrillation

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Joint British Societies’ consensus recommendations for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (JBS3)

British Cardiovascular Society, Association of British Clinical Diabetologists, British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation, British Association for Nursing in Cardiovascular ...