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Manganese-enhanced MRI of the myocardium
Gadolinium-based contrast media are widely used in cardiovascular MRI to identify and to highlight the intravascular and extracellular space. After gadolinium, manganese has the second highest ...
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Cardiovascular disease in South America: current status and opportunities for prevention
South America comprises widely different environments consisting of many complex and heterogeneous ethnicities, societies and cultures. During recent decades conspicuous advances in human and societal ...
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41 Novel heart failure biomarker CLEC3B is associated with cardiac fibrosis, and impacts cardiac fibroblast cell function in vitro
Background Through a proteomics approach we have recently identified a novel blood-based biomarker for heart failure called CLEC3B, which exhibits improved diagnostic accuracy over BNP. We have ...
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Anti-inflammatory diet and risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm in two Swedish cohorts
Objective The relationship between dietary patterns and development of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is not well understood. Thus, we prospectively evaluated the association between the ...
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Fluid challenge and balloon occlusion testing in patients with atrial septal defects
Introduction Careful, stepwise assessment is required in all patients with atrial septal defect (ASD) to exclude pulmonary vascular or left ventricular (LV) disease. Fluid challenge and balloon ...
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Early famine exposure and adult disease risk based on a 10-year prospective study of Chinese adults
Correspondence to Prof Jun Lv, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China; lvjun{at}bjmu.edu.cn Objective To comprehensively examine ...
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Effect of apixaban compared with warfarin on coagulation markers in atrial fibrillation
Correspondence to Dr Christina Christersson, Department of Medical Sciences, Cardiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala SE-751 85, Sweden; christina.christersson{at}medsci.uu.se Objectives Compare the ...
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Health, burnout and well-being of UK cardiology trainees: insights from the British Junior Cardiologists’ Association Survey
Background Cardiology training is demanding and associated with high workloads. Poor lifestyle and health among clinicians ...
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Enhanced prediction of atrial fibrillation risk using proteomic markers: a comparative analysis with clinical and polygenic risk scores
Background Proteomic biomarkers have shown promise in predicting various cardiovascular conditions, but their utility in assessing the risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) remains unclear. This study ...
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Universal definition of myocardial infarction: what must we know? What is next?
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Diagnostic accuracy of non-invasive cardiac imaging modalities in patients with a history of coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis
Correspondence to Dr Ibrahim Danad, Department of Cardiology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1081, The Netherlands; i.danad{at}amsterdamumc.nl Background The diagnostic performance of ...