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Original research: Pulmonary haemodynamics and right heart function during exercise at high versus low altitude in patients with pulmonary vascular disease: a randomised crossover trial (22 May, 2025) ...
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Paclitaxel-coated balloon versus drug-eluting stent during PCI of small coronary vessels, a prospective randomised clinical trial. The PICCOLETO Study

Background Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of small vessels is limited by an increased risk of restenosis and adverse outcome, even when drug-eluting stents (DES) are employed. In recent ...
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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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UK multisociety consensus statement on the emergency management and resuscitation of patients with left-sided Impella support

The use of left-sided Impella microaxial flow pumps has expanded rapidly for the management of cardiogenic shock, left ...
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Habitual chocolate consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease among healthy men and women

4 Department of Public Health & Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK 5 Department of Public Health & Primary Care, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK ...
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Impact of cerebral oxygen saturation on mortality and rehospitalisation in patients with heart failure and the role of physical activity as a modifying factor: the HARVES…

Background The cross-sectional association between cerebral tissue oxygen saturation (SctO2) and heart failure (HF) has been ...
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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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Habitual tub bathing and risks of incident coronary heart disease and stroke

Objective Tub bathing is considered to have a preventive effect against cardiovascular disease (CVD) by improving haemodynamic function. However, no prospective studies have investigated the long-term ...
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Exercise training in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a meta-analysis of randomised trials with trial sequential analysis

Background Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a leading cause of sudden cardiac death (SCD) among young individuals and athletes. Despite increasing evidence supporting exercise, uncertainty remains ...
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Validation of the European Society of Cardiology 0/1-hour algorithm for chest pain triage in Asian emergency departments: a multinational stepped-wedge cluster-randomised trial

Background Rapid triage of patients presenting with chest pain is essential for early diagnosis and safe disposition. The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 0/1-hour hs-cTn algorithm has shown ...
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Association of right atrial strain and long-term outcome in severe secondary tricuspid regurgitation

Objective Severe secondary tricuspid regurgitation (STR) causes significant right atrial (RA) volume overload, resulting in structural and functional RA-remodelling. This study evaluated whether ...
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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 ...