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Author(s):
Christopher J White
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3 years ago
More than three-quarters of a million Americans will suffer a stroke this year. Stroke ranks as the third most common cause of death after heart disease and cancer. It is the number one cause of disability among adults and the main reason for rehabilitation. Many, but not all, strokes are related to atherosclerosisÔÇöthe same disease that causes heart attacks. Blockage of one of the two main…
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Author(s):
Olivier F Bertrand
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Tift Mann
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3 years ago
The highlights of the last decade in interventional cardiology have been the introduction of drug-eluting stents and an overall simplification of percutaneous coronary interventional procedures from a technological standpoint. Indeed, most interventions currently consist of either direct stenting or pre-dilatation followed by stent implantation; the use of rotational atherectomy and other niche…
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Author(s):
Jack Copeland
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3 years ago
Mechanical circulatory support (MCS) devices are changing heart failure therapy. A spectrum of devices have become essential to the management of a variety of heart failure scenarios and, in the next few decades, this spectrum will expand and improve thousands of lives each year. The field has grown slowly and at considerable cost over the past 50 years but is now moving rapidly. Devices as small…
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Author(s):
Pragnesh Parikh
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KL Venkatachalam
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3 years ago
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common pathologic clinical arrhythmia lasting more than 30 seconds, and its incidence and prevalence continue to increase. It has been estimated that 5.9 % of patients aged >65 years suffer from AF.1 In the Rotterdam study, 17.8 % of patients over 85 had AF.2 The lifetime risk for developing AF in both men and women above age 40 is one in four.3 This…
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Left Atrial Appendage Closure Devices for Stroke Prevention in Patients with Non-Valvular AF
Author(s):
Daniel A McBride
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Timothy M Markman
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Jackson J Liang
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et al
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3 years ago
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Author(s):
Catherine R Weinberg
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Amier Ahmad
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Boyangzi Li
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et al
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3 years ago
Dyspnea, palpitations, edema, and fatigue are common symptoms during pregnancy. For women with congenital heart disease (CHD), it may be difficult to discern whether symptoms are due to normal pregnancy or underlying cardiac disease. Although most women with CHD tend to experience successful pregnancies, morbidity and mortality are significantly increased with more complex CHD lesions.1–6 Women…
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Author(s):
Carlos Vazquez-Sosa
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Stacey D Clegg
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James C Blankenship
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2 years ago
Author(s):
Erik M Kelly
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Donald E Cutlip
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3 years ago
Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common chronic diseases, affecting >30 million people in the US and 422 million worldwide.1,2 Alarmingly, both the incidence and prevalence of type 2 diabetes have doubled in the US since 1990.3 This is driven by an aging population, obesity, physical inactivity, and prolonged survival in those with diabetes, among other factors. It is estimated that…
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Author(s):
Leo Buckley
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Ahmed Aldemerdash
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3 years ago
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the US.1,2 Although advances in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease have contributed to a decline in mortality rates, this favorable trend has slowed over the past several years.3 Recently, however, a revival of cardiovascular drug development has introduced new treatment options to the market, with several promising…
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