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Post-discharge care after adult cardiac surgery: a national survey of UK National Health Service centres

Background Perioperative mortality has declined substantially after cardiac surgery, but morbidity, mortality and readmission ...
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Predicting cardiovascular events from routine mammograms using machine learning

10 The George Institute for Global Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK Background Cardiovascular risk is underassessed in women. Many women undergo screening ...
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Loneliness and social isolation as risk factors for CVD: implications for evidence-based patient care and scientific inquiry

Correspondence to Dr Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Brigham Young University, Provo UT 84602, USA; julianne_holt-lunstad{at}byu.edu How should these data inform ...
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Mitral stenosis and atrial fibrillation

Correspondence to Dr Dirk Westermann, Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany; d.westermann{at}uke.de Importantly, ...
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Congenital heart disease and cardiac surgery in childhood: effects on cognitive function and academic ability

DESIGN A prospective cross sectional study in which patients were assessed immediately before treatment and 12 months later. PATIENTS Three groups of children aged 3.5–17 years: a group with ...
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Update on management of atrial fibrillation in heart failure: a focus on ablation

Atrial fibrillation is increasingly encountered in patients with heart failure. Both diseases have seen tremendous rises in incidence in recent years. In general, the treatment of atrial fibrillation ...
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Myocardial bridges: morphological and functional aspects.

OBJECTIVE--To assess the arrangement of myocardial bridges. DESIGN--A necropsy study of 90 consecutive hearts (56 male, 34 female). RESULTS--Myocardial bridges, either single or multiple, were seen in ...
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Structured telephone support or non-invasive telemonitoring for patients with heart failure

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Anatomy, echocardiography, and normal right ventricular dimensions

1 Imperial College, National Heart & Lung Institute, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK 2 Imperial College, National Heart & Lung Institute, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK Correspondence to: Dr ...
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Blunt chest trauma: a clinical chameleon

Correspondence to Dr Anton Sabashnikov, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne 50937, Germany; a.sabashnikov{at}gmail.com The incidence of blunt chest trauma ...
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Cardiac MRI of Lyme disease myocarditis

Department of Cardiothoracic Radiology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK Correspondence to Dr Stephen P Harden, Department of Cardiothoracic Radiology, University ...
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Discovery of new biomarkers for atrial fibrillation using a custom-made proteomics chip

Correspondence to Professor Lars Lind, Department of Medical Sciences, University Hospital, Uppsala 751 85, Sweden; lars.lind{at}medsci.uu.se Background Apart from several established clinical risk ...