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Author(s):
Milton Packer
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3 years ago
Patients with a broad range of systemic inflammatory rheumatic diseases (i.e. rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis) are exceptionally prone to cardiovascular disorders, but previous work concerning the development of heart disease in these individuals has largely focused on the risk of MI.
However, the most important cardiovascular…
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Anne Grete Semb
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Paul F Dellaripa
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Job title: Associate Professor
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Winter Peaks in Heart Failure
Author(s):
Simon Stewart
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Trine T Moholdt
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Louise M Burrell
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et al
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3 years ago
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Author(s):
Lars H Lund
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3 years ago
The cut-off values for “normal” ejection fraction (EF) are poorly defined. The EchoNoRMAL study suggested a lower boundary of 49–57%.1 The American Society of Echocardiography and European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging consider a normal EF and normal range (±2 SD) as 62% (52–72%) in men and 64% (54–74%) in women.2 By these criteria, an EF of 40–49% would not be considered normal.
However…
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Author(s):
Aniket S Rali
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Sergio Trevino
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Edward Yang
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et al
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3 years ago
Dear Editor,
Case Presentation
A 50-year old female presented to the emergency department with a 6-day history of fever, progressively worsening cough and shortness of breath. The patient did not report any contact with anyone who had been recently unwell or had been travelling. Upon arrival to the emergency room, the patient was noted to be severely hypoxaemic by pulse oximetry (66%) and in…
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Author(s):
Artemio García-Escobar
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Juan Manuel Grande Ingelmo
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3 years ago
To the Editor,
We congratulate Nadar and Shaikh for their excellent review of the use of biomarkers in heart failure (HF), as well as the new biomarkers currently under investigation.1
Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is a measure of the heterogeneity of distribution of red blood cell size. A high RDW implies a large variation in red blood cell (RBC) size (anisocytosis) and a low RDW…
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Author(s):
Yang Yang
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Aniket S Rali
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Christian Inchaustegui
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et al
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3 years ago
Dear Editor,
The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as salvage therapy in the most severe cases of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has been associated with reduced mortality, particularly at high-volume centres. We report a case series of seven patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-associated ARDS treated with ECMO.
In select COVID-19 patients suffering…
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Author(s):
Kanako Teramoto
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Tiew-Hwa Katherine Teng
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Chanchal Chandramouli
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et al
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1 year ago
Author(s):
Nida Ahmed
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Sabahat Ahmed
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Julia Grapsa
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3 years ago
The internet has an all-encompassing influence in our professional and private lives, and a crucial part of this is information on matters relating to our health. The online search ‘how to know chest pains are serious’ increased by 8,781% between 2015 and 2018.1 More than just acute presentations are being searched online. An analysis of 10 million cardiovascular disease (CVD)-related searches of…
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