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Percutaneous coronary interventions improve phasic cardiac–coronary interaction in chronic coronary syndromes as assessed by wave intensity analysis

Background Clinical benefit of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in chronic coronary syndromes (CCS) remains ...
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Pre-admission statins and circulatory collapse at hospital arrival in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Background Circulatory collapse at hospital arrival represents one of the most severe clinical presentations of ST-segment ...
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Comparative performance of stroke risk scores in patients with atrial fibrillation with low stroke risk

VA (congestive heart failure, hypertension, age ≥75 years (double weight), diabetes mellitus, previous stroke (double weight) ...
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Prognostic value of right ventricular free-wall longitudinal strain in patients with pulmonary hypertension: systematic review and meta-analyses

Background Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is associated with adverse outcomes in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH). This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the prognostic value ...
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Differentiating HFmr/rEF from HFpEF using standard 12-lead ECG measurements: an interpretable machine learning study

Background Differentiating heart failure (HF) with mildly reduced/reduced ejection fraction (HFmr/rEF) from HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) guides therapy but echocardiography may be ...