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PTCA versus CABG: a different interpretation of the results of randomised trials comparing both treatments

aService de Cardiologie, CHU Nancy-Brabois, 54500 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France, bLa Tour Hospital, 1 Avenue JD Maillard, 1217 Meyrin-Genève, Switzerland Professor N Danchin, Service de Cardiologie, ...
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Synergistic effects of female-specific conditions and genetic risk on cardiometabolic disease: a cohort study

Background The role of female-specific factors in the occurrence and progression of cardiometabolic disease (CMD) across different genetic risks remains incompletely clear. This study aimed to ...
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43 Elevated troponin during hospital admission with infection associated with increased short and long-term mortality

Introduction Troponin elevation in patients with sepsis is associated with increased in-hospital mortality in small studies of patients requiring intensive care, and more recently in patients ...
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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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Prehospital 12-lead ECG and outcomes in acute coronary syndrome

Importance/background The 12-lead ECG is recommended in clinical guidelines for prehospital assessment of patients with ...
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Effect of an integrated care model on ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction management in China: a prospective, multicentre, non-randomised controlled study

Background Early reperfusion therapy is critical in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). However ...
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Management of arrythmias during pregnancy

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Clinical features and response at head-up tilt test of patients with situational syncope

Objective The study compared clinical characteristics and response at head-up tilt test (HUTT) between situational (SS) and vasovagal syncope (VVS). Methods Consecutive patients who underwent ...
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Diagnosis, risk stratification and management of myocarditis

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Evolution of coronary stents: innovations, antithrombotic strategies and future directions

Implantation of drug-eluting stents (DESs) remains central to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and chronic coronary syndromes (CCS). DES platforms, polymers ...
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Mitochondrial disease and the heart

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Complications of cardiac catheterisation in children

Correspondence to Dr Thomas Krasemann, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Evelina London Children's Hospital, St Thomas Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7EH, UK; thomas.krasemann{at}gstt ...