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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 ...
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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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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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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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162 Coronary artery calcification on non-gated, non-cardiac ct has prognostic and treatment implications regardless of age

1 Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath, Combe ParkBath, BAS BA1 3NG, United Kingdom 2 Royal United Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Introduction Coronary artery ...
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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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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 ...
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Handheld echocardiographic screening for rheumatic heart disease by non-experts

Objectives Handheld echocardiography (HAND) has good sensitivity and specificity for rheumatic heart disease (RHD) when performed by cardiologists. However, physician shortages in RHD-endemic areas ...
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Midterm outcomes of rheumatic mitral valve repair versus replacement in a dual-centre retrospective study

Background Rheumatic mitral valve disease remains a major global health challenge. Determining optimal surgical approaches is ...
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Place and causes of acute cardiovascular mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic

Objective To describe the place and causes of acute cardiovascular death during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods Retrospective cohort of adult (age ≥18 years) acute cardiovascular deaths (n=5 87 225) in ...