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Author(s):
Miho Fukui
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João L Cavalcante
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3 years ago
Degenerative calcific aortic stenosis (AS) is one of the most common valvular heart diseases, affecting >3% of those aged >65 years in the West.1 As a result of an aging population, the prevalence of AS is expected to increase. Severe AS causes chronic pressure overload of the left ventricle (LV), resulting in LV hypertrophy (LVH), diastolic dysfunction, an increase in the size of the left…
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Computed Tomographic Angiography and Nuclear Myocardial Perfusion Imaging—A Comparison in Detecting…
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Matthew J Budoff
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Ambarish Gopal
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3 years ago
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Author(s):
Matthew J Budoff
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Ambarish Gopal
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3 years ago
The cost and the risk of invasive angiography have encouraged the development of new diagnostic methods that allow the coronary arteries to be visualized non-invasively. The last decade has seen great strides in the field of cardiac imaging, particularly in the ability of cardiac computed tomographic angiography (CTA) to visualize the coronary lumen with excellent diagnostic accuracy (see Table 1…
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Detection of Silent Coronary Artery Disease in Asymptomatic Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
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Frans J Th Wackers
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Janice A Davey
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3 years ago
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Author(s):
Sonika Malik
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Anju Bhardwaj
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Matthew Eisen
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et al
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3 years ago
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common and serious manifestation of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in the US. The incidence is estimated to be 50 per 100,000 but increases to 500 per 100,000 in the elderly.1 There is a wide spectrum of clinical severity with mortality estimates of 1–2 % in stable individuals and up to 30 % in patients presenting…
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Roderick Tung
Job title: Associate Professor of Medicine Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology
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George A Beller
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3 years ago
A significant amount of data has accumulated over the past 20 years, demonstrating the value of exercise or pharmacologic stress non-invasive cardiovascular imaging techniques for the diagnostic and prognostic assessment of patients with suspected or known cardiovascular disease.1-8 Stress can be induced by either multistage exercise testing that is symptom-limited or by pharmacologic means with…
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Author(s):
James L Januzzi
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3 years ago
The use of natriuretic peptide testing has dramatically risen recently, in recognition of the value of these blood tests for assisting in the evaluation of patients with suspected heart failure (HF). B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is formed as a consequence of production of a 108-amino-acid precursor peptide that is synthesised within the cardiomyocyte; this 'pro-BNP108' is subsequently cleaved…
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Author(s):
James L Januzzi
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3 years ago
The use of natriuretic peptide testing has dramatically risen recently, in recognition of the value of these blood tests for assisting in the evaluation of patients with suspected heart failure (HF). B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is formed as a consequence of production of a 108-amino-acid precursor peptide that is synthesised within the cardiomyocyte; this 'pro-BNP108' is subsequently cleaved…
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Author(s):
Darwin Jeyaraj
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David S Rosenbaum
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3 years ago
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the US with 700,000 deaths annually, of which 460,000 are attributable to sudden cardiac death (SCD). SCD is usually attributed to ventricular fibrillation (VF). Despite recent reductions in cardiac mortality from other causes, the incidence of SCD remains high with minimal decline in the last decade. The large majority of patients who suffer life…
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