Author(s):
Reinaldo B Bestetti
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3 years ago
More than a century after its discovery, Chagas disease still is a major health problem in Latin America, with 5.7 million people in 21 countries being affected by it.1 Moreover, about 70 million people are at risk of acquiring the illness.1 Cases of Chagas disease are now found globally; there are more than 400,000 immigrants with this disease living in Europe (mainly in Spain, Italy and France)…
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Job title: Consultant in cardiology and cardiovascular magnetic resonance Professor of cardiomyopathy
Dr. Sanjay Prasad ran the Virgin London Marathon in 2016 to raise money for the Alexander Jansons Foundation, an organisation which was set up to fund research conducted by the Royal Brompton Hospital into causes, prevention and cures for Myocarditis.¹ He is also a musician and used to play in a jazz band.
Academic History
Dr. Prasad studied for his medical degree at the University of Wales in…
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Job title: Professor and Clinical Co-Chief of Cardiology
Personal History
Dr Gregg Curtis Fonarow is a Cardiologist and Professor based in the Los Angeles area.
Academic History
In 1987, he obtained his M.D. from the University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine. He then completed his internship, residency and fellowship between 1988-1993 at the UCLA School of Medicine.1
His research interests centre on heart…
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Job title: Professor of Medicine and Director of Cardiomyopathy Program
DrLynne Stevenson is aProfessor of Medicine and Director of Cardiomyopathy Program atVanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, US.
Herresearch experience includes acute and ambulatory hemodynamic monitoring, exercise physiology, heart failure hospitalisations and the interface of arrhythmias and sudden death risk with left ventricular dysfunction.
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Author(s):
Demilade Adedinsewo
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4 months ago
AHA 23 - We are joined by Dr Demilade Adedinsewo (Mayo Clinic, US) to discuss the findings from a study investigating the effectiveness of an artificial intelligence-enabled ECG (AI-ECG) for cardiomyopathy detection in an obstetric population.In the intervention arm, the digital stethoscope correctly identified 92% of those with ejection fraction <50% and 100% of those with ejection fraction …
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Job title: Consultant Cardiologist
Dr Alexander Lyon is a leading London-based consultant cardiologist, specialising in the field of heart failure, cardiomyopathy, cardio-oncology and takotsubo syndrome. He is highly experienced, and is well-versed in all aspects of cardiology. Along with his private clinics at Royal Brompton Hospital and in central London, he is also senior lecturer for the National Heart and Lung Institute at…
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Job title: Director of Electrophysiology Laboratory
Research Expertise
Electrophysiology of the human atria and ventricles
Mechanism of supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias
Anatomic and electrophysiologic substrate of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias.
Catheter ablative therapy in atrial and ventricular arrhythmias
Device therapy in management of ventricular arrhythmias
Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy and cardiac arrhythmias
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Author(s):
John Anthony,
Karen Sliwa
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3 years ago
‘Heart failure’ is a term that may be loosely or precisely defined. The development of pulmonary oedema does not necessarily indicate a cardiac cause and of the cardiac causes for pulmonary oedema, not all can be attributed to left ventricular failure.1 The majority of women developing symptoms and signs of heart failure during pregnancy have no known pre-existing cardiomyopathy. This article…
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