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Risk and protective factors for stroke and transient ischaemic attack in patients with atrial fibrillation: an umbrella review of meta-analyses

Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) is linked to significant morbidity and mortality, with ischaemic stroke being a leading ...
Heart

Frequent premature ventricular complexes and risk of atrial fibrillation, heart failure, stroke and mortality: a meta-analysis

Background/aim Frequent premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) have historically been regarded as benign in structurally ...
Heart

Trends in burden of atrial fibrillation over three decades: a population-based study

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia, with a rising global burden. While previous studies have ...
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Sacubitril/valsartan in the treatment of systemic right ventricular failure

Objective Pharmacological options for patients with a failing systemic right ventricle (RV) in the context of transposition of the great arteries (TGA) after atrial switch or congenitally corrected ...
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Grown-up congenital heart (GUCH) disease: current needs and provision of service for adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease in the UK

Executive summary: This report addresses the needs and problems of grown-up congenital heart (GUCH) patients and makes recommendations on organisation of national medical care, training of specialists ...
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Transoesophageal echocardiography: what the general cardiologist needs to know

Correspondence to Dr Sacha Bull, Department of Cardiology, Royal Berkshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Craven Road, Reading RG1 5AN, UK; sacha.bull{at}royalberkshire.nhs.uk To understand the ...
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The long-term survival and the risks and benefits of implantable cardioverter defibrillators in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Objective Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are routinely used to prevent sudden cardiac death (SCD) in selected hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patients, but the determinants of device ...
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Cardiac output and related haemodynamics during pregnancy: a series of meta-analyses

Objective Cardiac output, a fundamental parameter of cardiovascular function, has consistently been shown to increase across healthy pregnancy; however, the time course and magnitude of adaptation ...
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Recurrent pre-eclampsia and subsequent cardiovascular risk

Objective To determine the association between recurrent pre-eclampsia and long-term cardiovascular hospitalisation. Methods This study identified cardiovascular hospitalisations up to 25 years after ...
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Contemporary natural history of bicuspid aortic valve disease: a systematic review

Correspondence to Dr Milind Y Desai, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Ave, Desk J1.5, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA; ...
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Factors associated with long-term mortality after Fontan procedures: a systematic review

3 The Netherlands Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands—Netherlands Heart Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands Correspondence to Professor Gruschen R Veldtman, Adolescent and Adult ...
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Relative apical sparing of longitudinal strain using two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography is both sensitive and specific for the diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis

Correspondence to Dr James D Thomas, Section of Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA ...