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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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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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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 and management of resistant hypertension

Correspondence to Professor Richard J McManus, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6GG, UK; ...
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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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Management of arrythmias during pregnancy

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The Birmingham rehabilitation uptake maximisation study (BRUM): a randomised controlled trial comparing home-based with centre-based cardiac rehabilitation

Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK University Department of Medicine at City Hospital, Birmingham, UK Dr Kate Jolly, Department of Public Health and ...