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Economic evaluation of the TriageHF Plus clinical pathway for device-based remote monitoring in heart failure

Background In 2024, the UK National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommended TriageHF alerts as an option ...
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Natural history of the PR interval and risk of cardiac events and mortality: a nationwide study

Background The PR interval is a ubiquitous parameter available to all clinicians. Studies on associated risk have been ...
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Long-term prognostic impact of complete revascularisation defined by CT-derived fractional flow reserve

Background Complete revascularisation has been associated with improved short-term outcomes in patients with coronary artery ...
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Hypereosinophilic syndrome: considerations for the cardiologist

Eosinophil-mediated endomyocardial damage is a well-known complication in patients with hypereosinophilic syndromes (HES). Although management and survival have improved significantly, some patients ...
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Extremely cold and hot temperatures increase the risk of ischaemic heart disease mortality: epidemiological evidence from China

2 School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 3 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 4 ...
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Air pollution and cardiovascular disease: the Paul Wood Lecture, British Cardiovascular Society 2021

Correspondence to Dr Shruti S Joshi, BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; sjoshi{at}ed.ac.uk Air pollution is associated with up to 8.8 million excess ...
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Premature ventricular complexes and risk of atrial fibrillation and stroke in patients without structural heart disease

Background and objective Prior studies have suggested that patients with premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) may have an increased risk for atrial fibrillation (AF) and stroke. It is unclear ...
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Amiodarone: an effective antiarrhythmic drug with unusual side effects

Correspondence to Dr Lieselot van Erven, Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, Netherlands; l.van_erven{at}lumc.nl ...
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Association between age and readmission after percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction

Correspondence to Professor Jia He, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China; hejia63{at}yeah.net; Dr Matthew I Tomey; matthew.tomey{at}mountsinai.org Objective This study aimed to ...
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Systems of care for heart failure: bridging the divide between primary care and specialist services

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Prognostic value of electrocardiographic abnormalities in adults from the Brazilian longitudinal study of adults’ health

Correspondence to Professor Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro, Internal Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; tom1963br{at}yahoo.com.br Objective ...
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Long-term follow-up of older patients with Mobitz type I second degree atrioventricular block

1 Division of Cardiology, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 2 Cardiac Arrhythmia and Syncope Center, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of ...