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It is time to treat cannabis as an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease
Legalisation of medical and recreational cannabis commerce is spreading around the world, associated with increased use1 and falling perception of the risk.2 Frequent cannabis use has increased in ...
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Prognostic implications of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in moderate aortic stenosis
5 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore 6 Department of Cardiology, National University Heart Centre, Singapore Objective To investigate the prognostic ...
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Vagally mediated atrioventricular block: pathophysiology and diagnosis
Vagally mediated atrioventricular (AV) block is defined as a paroxysmal AV block, localised within the AV node, associated with slowing of the sinus rate. All types of second-degree AV block, ...
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Management of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1053-7840Paul M Haydock, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8126-9583Andrew S Flett To review the pathophysiology of heart failure with reduced ...
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Cardiovascular health effects of vaping e-cigarettes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Background There is substantial interest in the cardiovascular effects of e-cigarette use, highlighting the need to update our knowledge on the subject. We conducted this review to analyse whether ...
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Positron emission tomography imaging in cardiovascular disease
Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging is useful in cardiovascular disease across several areas, from assessment of myocardial perfusion and viability, to highlighting atherosclerotic plaque ...
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Outcomes of untreated frequent premature ventricular complexes with normal left ventricular function
Correspondence to Dr Marc William Deyell, Heart Rhythm Services, Division of Cardiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6E 1M7, Canada; mdeyell{at}providencehealth.bc.ca Objective The ...
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Updating the Scottish national cardiovascular risk score: ASSIGN version 2.0
Background The Assessing cardiovascular risk using Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (ASSIGN) risk score, developed in 2006, is used in Scotland for estimating the 10-year risk of first ...
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Unusual cause of syncope
Correspondence to Dr Yucheng Chen, Cardiology Division, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China; chenyucheng2003{at}126.com If you wish to reuse any or all of this ...
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37 Personalising MET levels for moderate-vigorous physical activity, where public health recommendations can potentially miscategorise patients as only achieving light activity
1 Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium; Department of Cardiology, UZ Leuven, Belgium 2 Exercise Physiology and Cardiovascular ...
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85 The views and experiences of asymptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis facing intervention: a longitudinal qualitative sub-study of a randomised trial
Introduction Current guidelines recommend surgical or transcatheter aortic valve replacement (AVR) for severe aortic stenosis (AS) once symptoms or left ventricular dysfunction develop, whilst those ...