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Predicting cardiovascular events from routine mammograms using machine learning

Background Cardiovascular risk is underassessed in women. Many women undergo screening mammography in midlife when the risk ...
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Revascularisation strategies for non-acute myocardial ischaemic syndromes

Background Contemporary guidelines by the European Society for Cardiology and American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association for the treatment of non-acute myocardial ischaemic syndromes ...
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Predictive performance of cardiovascular disease risk prediction models in older adults: a validation and updating study

Background Current cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk prediction models tailored for older adults are inadequate. This study aimed to validate, update and assess the utility of widely used CVD risk ...
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Long-term cardiovascular risks after atrial fibrillation diagnosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Background and aims Absolute risk estimates of long-term cardiovascular complications after atrial fibrillation (AF) diagnosis from contemporary cohorts are needed to guide clinical care. Quantifying ...
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Anatomy of the mitral valve

Correspondence to: Dr Siew Yen Ho, Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College, Dovehouse Street, London SW3 6LY, UK; yen.ho{at}ic.ac.uk According to Walmsley, ...
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Diastolic stress echocardiography: from basic principles to clinical applications

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) looms as a major public heart challenge with increasing prevalence due to an ageing population. Diagnosis can be challenging due to non-specific ...
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Diagnosis and management of dilated cardiomyopathy

Department of Cardiological Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK Dr PM Elliott, Department of Cardiological Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London ...
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Pregnancy outcomes in women with aortic coarctation

Objective Pregnancy in women with aortic coarctation (CoA) has an estimated moderately increased risk (mWHO II–III) of adverse cardiovascular, obstetric or fetal events, but prospective data to ...
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Prevalence, incidence and survival of heart failure: a systematic review

Correspondence to Dr Gregory Roth, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA; rothg{at}uw.edu Studies of the epidemiology of heart failure in ...
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Measuring left ventricular volume and ejection fraction with the biplane Simpson’s method

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Contemporary predictors of death and sustained ventricular tachycardia in patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot enrolled in the INDICATOR cohort

2 NIHR Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK Objective Patients with repaired ...