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Norman K Hollenberg
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3 years ago
Chocolate and cocoa are gifts of the Americas to the rest of mankind. When the Spanish conquistadors came to the New World about 500 years ago, they found ingestion of cocoa to be part of the Inca culture. Its use was reserved for royalty, and its function involved sexual interest and sexual performance—the king had a substantial harem. In the past several hundred years, a wide variety of medical…
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Foreword
Author(s):
Karen R Lui
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3 years ago
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Author(s):
Nandita S Scott
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3 years ago
The US has the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world, at an estimated 26.4 deaths per 100,000 live births. This rate is rising, although it is falling in other wealthy nations.1 Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of maternal death, so cardiologists need to build on their knowledge and enhance their proficiency on the management of cardiovascular disease during pregnancy.2
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Author(s):
Sanjiv Kaul
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3 years ago
Contrast echocardiography (CE) is 40 years old this year. Gamiak and Shah first described the use of ultrasound (US) contrast in 1968 during the early days of M-mode echocardiography.1 In that study, US contrast was produced by inadvertently introducing air bubbles in the indocyanine green solution that was injected into the left heart during cardiac catheterisation and observing its appearance…
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BCIS ACI 2024
Start date:
Jan 31, 2024
End date:
Feb 02, 2024
Event
Author(s):
David Playford
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Kate Hanneman
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2 months ago
In this video, Dr Kate Hanneman (University of Toronto, CA) and Prof David Playford (Hollywood Private Hospital, AU) sit down to discuss the main talking points raised by the recent AHA scientific statement, "Value Creation Through Artificial Intelligence and Cardiovascular Imaging".Recorded remotely from Toronto and Nedlands, 2024.Editor: Jordan RanceVideo Specialist: Dan Brent
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Author(s):
Christopher M Kramer
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3 years ago
Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Ischemic Heart Disease
Left Ventricular Structure and Function at Rest
The most fundamental quantitative measurements of the heart include those of ventricular size and function. Due to its high spatial and temporal resolution and the freedom to image in any plane, cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is especially suited for this task…
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Author(s):
Aniket S Rali
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Andrew J Sauer
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3 years ago
In late December 2019, an outbreak of an unknown disease called a pneumonia of uncertain cause occurred in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.1 Over the next few days, several independent laboratories identified the causative agent as a novel coronavirus.2–4 The WHO has temporarily named this virus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), and the related infectious disease…
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