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Matthew R Weir
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3 years ago
The lower level to which blood pressure should be taken and how soon treatment should be started are key considerations where aging and cardiovascular mortality risks are concerned. It has long been taught that blood pressure should be allowed to rise to a level deemed pre-hypertensive or hypertensive before non-pharmacological and pharmacological therapy is embarked upon. Is this really the…
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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
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Karen R Lui
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3 years ago
Article
Author(s):
Harold Djodjo Kano
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Wei Sun
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4 months ago
Author(s):
Gurleen Kaur
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Swati Chand
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Devesh Rai
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et al
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1 year ago
Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY)
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John Forrest
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1 year ago
ACC.23/WCC - We are joined onsite by Dr John Forrest (Yale Valve Clinic, US) in this short video, who outlines the three-year outcomes of the Evolut Low-Risk Trial(Medtronic Cardiovascular) (NCT02701283).
This study aimed to compare transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) using Medtronic's TAVR valve with surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in over 2000 patients with aortic stenosis…
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Author(s):
Nicolas M Van Mieghem
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Michael J Reardon
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4 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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Author(s):
Derrick L Woodward
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Dhanansayan Shanmuganayagam
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John D Folts
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3 years ago
Epidemiological studies indicate an inverse relationship between the consumption of fruits and vegetables, rich in polyphenolic compounds, and cardiovascular disease.2 These findings offer an explanation for the 'French Paradox™, the paradoxical observation that the French have a lower incidence of cardiovascular disease than Americans, despite having similar cardiac risk factors.3 The French…
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Sara C Martinez
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Sharonne N Hayes
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3 years ago
Pregnancy is a physiologic challenge, with significant hormonal, metabolic, and hemodynamic changes. Cardiac output is objectively increased by the fifth week after the last menstrual period and continues to grow by approximately 45 % by 24 weeks in the normal, singleton pregnancy. This is facilitated by elevations in heart rate and stroke volume and a decrease in systemic vascular resistance…
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