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Permanent pacemaker implantation after cardiac surgery and long-term outcome

Background Patients undergoing cardiac surgery are at risk of perioperative conduction system damage leading to permanent ...
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Sex differences in early ventricular fibrillation among patients with fulminant myocarditis in a nationwide registry

Background Fulminant myocarditis is a rare but life-threatening condition frequently complicated by malignant ventricular ...
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Post-heart transplantation immunosuppression and rejection: what the general cardiologist needs to know

While heart transplantation (HT) is the optimal therapy for end-stage heart failure patients, longevity of HT recipients ...
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Prospective evaluation of a self-report-guided strategy for targeted coronary artery calcium imaging

Background Coronary artery calcium (CAC) imaging directly assesses subclinical calcified coronary atherosclerosis but population-wide imaging is not recommended. Simple prescreening may help identify ...
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European Infective Endocarditis (EURO-ENDO) score for predicting 30-day mortality in left-sided infective endocarditis

Background A major challenge in managing left-sided infective endocarditis (LSIE) is identifying patients who will benefit ...
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Elusive benefit of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists in transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis: where do we stand?

The therapeutic landscape of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) has undergone a remarkable transformation over ...
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Feasibility of early double sequential defibrillation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: the double-D randomised pilot trial

Background Double sequential defibrillation (DSD) is a promising treatment for patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) with refractory ventricular fibrillation. The reproducibility and ...
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Cost-effectiveness of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide thresholds for echocardiography referral in primary care heart failure management

Background N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is a key test in primary care to inform which people with possible heart failure (HF) are referred for specialist assessment and ...
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Redefining persistent atrial fibrillation: shifting away from temporal patterns to burden and behaviours

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Beyond diameter: emerging imaging biomarkers for risk stratification in thoracic aortic aneurysms

Thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) is a relatively common, under-recognised and lethal condition. Yet, current management remains anchored on absolute diameter for prophylactic repair, despite many ...
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Premature ventricular contractions burden and long-term ventricular remodelling in patients without structural heart disease

1 Division of Cardiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of) 2 Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University ...
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Global variability in bicuspid aortic valve morphology and aortopathy among patients with severe aortic stenosis referred for transcatheter valve implantation

Background While some studies have investigated the characteristics of patients from Asian versus European regions with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) disease undergoing transcatheter aortic valve ...