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Angina pectoris is a symptom that is usually, in the developed world, caused by obstruction to the coronary arteries by the enlargement of atheromatous lesions; there are other causes. The symptom can limit lifestyle, but more importantly is a repetitive reminder to the patient of the presence of heart disease, causing continual anxiety because of the belief that angina is the portent of early…
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The use of iodinated contrast media (CM) for both diagnostic imaging and interventional studies continues to increase. The introduction of multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) scanners allows for quicker imaging of internal organs, and image acquisition is now fast enough for study of the coronary arteries. This technology requires the delivery of a high concentration of iodine to the…
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Cardiovascular disease is both the dominant health problem and the major cause of mortality for adult women in the US, claiming the lives of nearly 500,000 women annually. The staggering impact is that a US woman dies from cardiovascular disease almost every minute.
Although cardiovascular disease has traditionally been perceived to be a problem predominantly of men, since 1984, more US women…
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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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1 year ago
ESC 22 - In this short interview filmed onsite at ESC Congress 2022, Dr Douglas Bradley (University of Toronto, Toronto, CA) discusses the findings of the ADVENT-HF Trial (NCT01128816).
ADVENT-HF was designed to determine if a respiratory device, Adaptive Servo Ventilation can reduce the risk of cardiovascular hospitalisations and death in patients with heart failure and sleep apnoea. 732…
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Effective translation of reperfusion therapy to mortality reductions in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) remains both time-critical in its implementation and dependent on optimal antithrombotic therapy. Innumerable clinical studies have explored several antithrombin and antiplatelet therapies in the immediate management of STEMI. With the wide array of the therapies now…
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Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has been established as a therapeutic option for patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis who are considered to be of intermediate, high or prohibitive surgical risk.1–5 As a result of favorable TAVR outcomes and substantial improvements in transcatheter heart valve (THV) technologies and implantation techniques, the feasibility of broadening…
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5 years ago
Prof Michael J Reardon (Houston Methodist, Texas, US) and Dr Nicolas van Mieghem (Rotterdam, NL) discuss the corevalve low-risk TAVR trial - self-expanding transcatheter or surgical aortic valve replacement in patients at low risk of surgical mortality.
Filmed on site at ACC 2019 by Radcliffe Cardiology.
Videography: Josh Birch
Educational lead: Liam O'Neill (Chief Operating Officer)
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3 years ago
The approach to the treatment of a variety of cardiovascular disorders has undergone remarkable change over the past two decades. The use of both percutaneous interventions in patients with acute myocardial infarction and automatic implantable cardiodefibrillators in patients with ventricular arrhythmias represent important examples. The cardiology community is currently in the process of another…
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