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Trimetazidine: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials in heart failure

1 Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China 2 Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases (Xi'an ...
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The evolving epidemiology of valvular aortic stenosis. The Tromsø Study

1 Department of Heart Disease, Division of Cardiothoracic and Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø, Norway 2 Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences ...
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The bicuspid aortic valve: an integrated phenotypic classification of leaflet morphology and aortic root shape

Objective: To establish a classification of bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) that includes both leaflet morphology and aortic shape. Setting: Two academic medical centres of the University of Washington, ...
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Mode of death in heart failure: findings from the ATLAS trial

Objective: To investigate markers that predict modes of death in patients with chronic heart failure. Design: Randomised, double blind, three period, comparative, parallel group study (ATLAS, ...
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Cardiovascular Risk and Risk Scores: ASSIGN, Framingham, QRISK and others: how to choose

Correspondence to Prof Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe, Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Cardiovascular Research, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK; ...
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Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum: a commonly misdiagnosed mass often leading to unnecessary cardiac surgery

3 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College Correspondence to: Dr I Nadra Department of Cardiology, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, ...
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Inconsistent grading of aortic valve stenosis by current guidelines: haemodynamic studies in patients with apparently normal left ventricular function

Background On echocardiography approximately one-third of patients with severe aortic valve stenosis based on aortic valve area (AVA<1.0 cm 2) demonstrate a non-severe mean pressure gradient (ΔPm; ≤40 ...
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‘Your Heart Forecast’: a new approach for describing and communicating cardiovascular risk?

Correspondence to Dr Susan Wells, Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand; s.wells{at}auckland.ac.nz ...
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Performance of the ASSIGN cardiovascular disease risk score on a UK cohort of patients from general practice

1 School of Computing Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK 2 School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK 3 ICCH, Imperial College London, London, ...