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Severity of mobility limitation and adverse outcomes in heart failure
Background Mobility limitation is prevalent in patients with heart failure (HF), but the dose-response relationship between ...
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Prognostic implications of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in moderate aortic stenosis
5 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore 6 Department of Cardiology, National University Heart Centre, Singapore Objective To investigate the prognostic ...
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Vagally mediated atrioventricular block: pathophysiology and diagnosis
Vagally mediated atrioventricular (AV) block is defined as a paroxysmal AV block, localised within the AV node, associated with slowing of the sinus rate. All types of second-degree AV block, ...
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Management of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1053-7840Paul M Haydock, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8126-9583Andrew S Flett To review the pathophysiology of heart failure with reduced ...
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Cardiovascular health effects of vaping e-cigarettes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Background There is substantial interest in the cardiovascular effects of e-cigarette use, highlighting the need to update our knowledge on the subject. We conducted this review to analyse whether ...
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Positron emission tomography imaging in cardiovascular disease
Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging is useful in cardiovascular disease across several areas, from assessment of myocardial perfusion and viability, to highlighting atherosclerotic plaque ...
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37 Personalising MET levels for moderate-vigorous physical activity, where public health recommendations can potentially miscategorise patients as only achieving light activity
1 Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium; Department of Cardiology, UZ Leuven, Belgium 2 Exercise Physiology and Cardiovascular ...