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Erik W. Holy, Philipp Jakob, Robert Manka, Barbara E. Stähli, Patrick T. Siegrist, Frank Ruschitzka, Christian Templin

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Myocardial injury determination improves risk stratification and predicts mortality in COVID-19 patients

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Artificial intelligence and automation in valvular heart diseases

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Qiang Long, Xiaofeng Ye, Qiang Zhao

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Piotr Wieniawski, Bozena Werner

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NT-proBNP increase during stress echocardiography predicts significant changes in ischemic mitral regurgitation severity in patients qualified for surgical revascularization

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Assessment of anti-dislodgment capability for contemporary drug eluting stents

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Elevated circulating level of P2X7 receptor is related to severity of coronary artery stenosis and prognosis of acute myocardial infarction

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Xiangxiang Shi, Kangchun Zheng, Peiren Shan, Lei Zhang, Shengjie Wu, Zhouqing Huang

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Complexity assessment and technical aspect of coronary angiogram and percutaneous coronary intervention following transcatheter aortic valve implantation

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Nils Perrin, Amir Fassa, Antoine Baroz, Caroline Frangos, Stephane Mock, Angela Frei, Murat Cimci, Sophie Degrauwe, Marco Roffi, Juan Fernando Iglesias, Stephane Noble

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Secondary prevention of coronary artery disease in Poland. Results from the POLASPIRE survey

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Diagnostic accuracy and reproducibility of optical flow ratio for functional evaluation of coronary stenosis in a prospective series

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Juan Luis Gutiérrez-Chico, Yundai Chen, Wei Yu, Daixin Ding, Jiayue Huang, Peng Huang, Jing Jing, Miao Chu, Peng Wu, Feng Tian, Bo Xu, Shengxian Tu

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Erythrocyte transfusion limits the role of elevated red cell distribution width on predicting cardiac surgery associated acute kidney injury

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Wuhua Jiang, Zhouping Zou, Shuan Zhao, Yi Fang, Jiarui Xu, Yimei Wang, Bo Shen, Zhe Luo, Chunsheng Wang, Xiaoqiang Ding, Jie Teng

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Predictors of the voltage derived left atrial fibrosis in patients with long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation

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Radoslaw M. Kiedrowicz, Maciej Wielusinski, Andrzej Wojtarowicz, Jaroslaw Kazmierczak

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Resuscitation of the patient with suspected/confirmed COVID-19 when wearing personal protective equipment: A randomized multicenter crossover simulation trial

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Exercise based assessment of cardiac autonomic function in type 1 versus type 2 diabetes mellitus

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Jeffrey J. Goldberger, Daniel J. Pelchovitz, Jason Ng, Haris Subacius, Alexandru B. Chicos, Smriti Banthia, Mark Molitch, Ronald B. Goldberg

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Influence of lipid profile and statin administration on arterial stiffness in renal transplant recipients

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Incidence of long-term cardiotoxicity and evolution of the systolic function in patients with breast cancer treated with anthracyclines

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Rebeca Mata Caballero, José María Serrano Antolín, Rosa María Jimenez Hernandez, Pedro Talavera Calle, Alejandro Curcio Ruigomez, Silvia del Castillo Arrojo, Catherine Graupner Abad, Carmen Cristóbal Varela, Joaquín Jesús Alonso Martín

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Role of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 signaling underlying cardiac hypertrophy

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Catheter directed thrombolytic therapy and aspiration thrombectomy in intermediate pulmonary embolism with long term results

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Zoltan Ruzsa, Zoltan Vámosi, Berta Balázs, Balázs Nemes, Károly Tóth, Nándor Kovács, Endre Zima, Dávid Becker, Béla Merkely

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Prevalence and prognostic value of monoclonal gammopathy in heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction: A prospective study

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Ana Devesa Arbiol, Celia Rodríguez Olleros, Xhorxhi Kaçi, Elham Askari, Andrea Camblor Blasco, Ana María Pello Lázaro, Sandra Gómez Talavera, Juan Gómez Octavio, Gregoria Lapeña, Felipe Navarro, José Tuñón, Borja Ibáñez, Álvaro Aceña

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Comparison of Figulla Flex® and Amplatzer™ devices for atrial septal defect closure: A meta-analysis

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Alvaro Aparisi, Roman J. Arnold, Hipólito Gutiérrez, Ana Revilla, Ana Serrador, Benigno Ramos, Tania Rodriguez-Gabella, Alberto Campo, Carlos Baladron, Itziar Gómez, Manuel Carrasco-Moraleja, José A. San Roman, Ignacio J. Amat-Santos

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Isoprenaline induced Takotsubo syndrome: Histopathological analyses of female rat hearts

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QRS duration and cardiovascular mortality in Asian patients with heart failure and preserved and reduced ejection fraction

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Jonathan Yap, Yann Shan Keh, Tong Shen, Carolyn S.P. Lam, Shaw Yang Chia, Fazlur Rehman Jaufeerally, Wilson Ong, David Sim, Chi-Keong Ching

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Oral NAloxone to overcome the moRphine effect in acute COronary syndrome patients treated with TICagrelor — NARCOTIC trial

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Piotr Niezgoda, Malwina A. Barańska, Joanna Sikora, Przemysław Sobczak, Katarzyna Buszko, Adam Sikora, Michał P. Marszałł, Eliano P. Navarese, Bernd Jilma, Jacek Kubica

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Filter life span in postoperative cardiovascular surgery patients requiring continuous renal replacement therapy, using a post dilution regional citrate anticoagulation continuous hemofiltration circuit

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Agnieszka Kośka, Christopher J. Kirwan, Maciej M. Kowalik, Anna Lango-Maziarz, Wiktor Szymanowicz, Dariusz Jagielak, Romuald Lango

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Does left ventricular reverse remodeling influence long-term outcomes in patients with Chagas cardiomyopathy?

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Marcelo Arruda Nakazone, Ana Paula Otaviano, Maurício Nassau Machado, Reinaldo Bulgarelli Bestetti

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Impact of single versus double transseptal puncture on outcome and complications in pulmonary vein isolation procedures

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Annina Stauber, Jelena Kornej, Alireeza Sepehri Shamloo, Boris Dinov, Justinas Bacevicius, Nikolaos Dagres, Andreas Bollmann, Gerhard Hindricks, Philipp Sommer

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Risk of left atrial appendage thrombus in patients with atrial fibrillation and chronic kidney disease

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Monika Budnik, Monika Gawałko, Iwona Gorczyca, Beata Uziębło-Życzkowska, Paweł Krzesiński, Janusz Kochanowski, Piotr Scisło, Anna Michalska, Olga Jelonek, Katarzyna Starzyk, Agnieszka Jurek, Marek Kiliszek, Beata Wożakowska-Kapłon, Grzegorz Gielerak, Krzysztof J. Filipiak, Grzegorz Opolski, Agnieszka Kapłon-Cieślicka

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Monotherapy versus combination therapy of statin and renin–angiotensin system inhibitor in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

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Yong Hoon Kim, Ae-Young Her, Myung-Ho Jeong, Byeong-Keuk Kim, Sung-Jin Hong, Seunghwan Kim, Chul-Min Ahn, Jung-Sun Kim, Young-Guk Ko, Donghoon Choi, Myeong-Ki Hong, Yangsoo Jang

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Elevated serum miR-133a predicts patients at risk of periprocedural myocardial injury after elective percutaneous coronary intervention

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You Zhou, Zhangwei Chen, Ao Chen, Jiaqi Ma, Juying Qian, Junbo Ge

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The low acute effectiveness of a high-power short duration radiofrequency current application technique in pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation

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Ekrem Ücer, Carsten Jungbauer, Christian Hauck, Manuel Kaufmann, Florian Poschenrieder, Lars Maier, Sabine Fredersdorf

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Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) in patients with severe familial and non-familial hypercholesterolemia: The effect of measurement site on the IMT correlation with traditional cardiovascular risk factors and calcium scores

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Rafal Gałąska, Dorota Kulawiak-Gałąska, Magdalena Chmara, Krzysztof Chlebus, Agnieszka Mickiewicz, Andrzej Rynkiewicz, Bartosz Wasąg, Michał Studniarek, Marcin Fijałkowski, Marcin Gruchała

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Stroke volume and cardiac output non-invasive monitoring based on brachial oscillometry-derived pulse contour analysis: Explanatory variables and reference intervals throughout life (3–88 years)

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Yanina Zócalo, Victoria García-Espinosa, Juan M. Castro, Agustina Zinoveev, Mariana Marin, Pedro Chiesa, Alejandro Díaz, Daniel Bia

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Success rate and safety of catheter ablation in preexcitation syndrome: A comparison between adult and pediatric patients

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Radosław Pietrzak, Magda Franke, Monika Gawałko, Piotr Lodziński, Paweł Balsam, Marcin Grabowski, Bożena Werner

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Comparison of the protein acetylome of endothelial cells upon shear flow and resveratrol treatment

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Wun-Rong Lin, Chung-Jung Liu, Yaw-Syan Fu, Fu-An Li, Bin Huang

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Lack of prognostic significance for major adverse cardiac events of soluble suppression of tumorigenicity 2 levels in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

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Min Kim, Dae In Lee, Ju-Hee Lee, Sang Min Kim, Sang Yeub Lee, Kyung-Kuk Hwang, Dong-Woon Kim, Myeong-Chan Cho, Jang-Whan Bae

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Usefulness of soluble endothelial protein C receptor combined with left ventricular global longitudinal strain for predicting slow coronary flow: A case-control study

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Yonghuai Wang, Hang Yu, Cuiting Zhao, Guangyuan Li, Jun Yang, Dalin Jia, Chunyan Ma

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The impact of dissection and re-entry versus wire escalation techniques on long-term clinical outcomes in patients with chronic total occlusion lesions following percutaneous coronary intervention: An updated meta-analysis

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Yejing Zhao, Hongyu Peng, Xiaonan Li, Jinghua Liu

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Local fluid dynamics in patients with bifurcated coronary lesions undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions

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Lorenzo Genuardi, Yiannis S. Chatzizisis, Claudio Chiastra, Gregory Sgueglia, Habib Samady, Ghassan S. Kassab, Francesco Migliavacca, Carlo Trani, Francesco Burzotta

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Predisposing factors for late mortality in heart transplant patients

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Emyal Alyaydin, Henryk Welp, Holger Reinecke, Izabela Tuleta

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The prognostic value of left atrial and left ventricular strain in patients after ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention

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Ai-Ai Chu, Ting-Ting Wu, Lu Zhang, Zheng Zhang

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Ischemic and non-ischemic patterns of late gadolinium enhancement in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction

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Patrycja S. Matusik, Amira Bryll, Paweł T. Matusik, Tadeusz J. Popiela

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The impact of readiness to discharge from hospital on adherence to treatment in patients after myocardial infarction

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Agata Kosobucka, Piotr Michalski, Łukasz Pietrzykowski, Michał Kasprzak, Tomasz Fabiszak, Mirosława Felsmann, Aldona Kubica

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Transseptal puncture without fluoroscopy using a radiofrequency needle: A case series

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Guram Imnadze, Tarek Ajaj, Hendrik Bante, Christian Sohns, Philipp Sommer

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Stress perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance and serial fractional flow reserve assessment of the left anterior descending artery in patients undergoing right coronary artery chronic total occlusion revascularization

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Richard E.K. Jones, Grigoris V. Karamasis, Jason N. Dungu, Shah R. Mohdnazri, Firas Al-Janabi, Daniel J. Hammersley, Sanjay K. Prasad, Kare H. Tang, Paul A. Kelly, Swamy Gedela, John R. Davies, Thomas R. Keeble

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A patient-centered multidisciplinary cardiac rehabilitation program improves glycemic control and functional outcome in coronary artery disease after percutaneous and surgical revascularization

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Andrea Denegri, Valentina A. Rossi, Fabrizio Vaghi, Paolo Di Muro, Martino Regazzi, Tiziano Moccetti, Elena Pasotti, Giovanni B. Pedrazzini, Mauro Capoferri, Marco Moccetti

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Long-term follow-up after cardiac resynchronization therapy-optimization in a real-world setting: A single-center cohort study

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Raphael Korach, Peter C. Kahr, Frank Ruschitzka, Jan Steffel, Andreas J. Flammer, Stephan Winnik

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Comparison of 4-French versus 5-French sheaths for diagnostic coronary angiography via the snuffbox approach

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Ji Woong Roh, Yongcheol Kim, Hee-Yeol Kim, Youngkeun Ahn, Myung Ho Jeong

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The effect of hidden female smoking on the relationship between smoking and cardiovascular disease

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Sang Won Hwang, Hae Jeong Lee, Cheol Hong Kim, Sung Hoon Kim, Yechan Kyung, Sang Taek Lee, Ju Suk Lee

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The influence of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol on maximal lipid core burden indexing thin cap fibrous atheroma lesions as assessed by near infrared spectroscopy

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Magdalena M. Dobrolińska, Paweł Gąsior, Wojciech Wańha, Przemysław Pietraszewski, Elżbieta Pociask, Grzegorz Smolka, Wojciech Wojakowski, Tomasz Roleder

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Quantitative flow ratio-guided surgical intervention in symptomatic myocardial bridging

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Quan Qi, Gang Liu, Zhize Yuan, Lili Liu, Shengxian Tu, Qiang Zhao

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Optimal timing of contrast-enhanced three-dimensional magnetic resonance left atrial angiography before pulmonary vein ablation

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Susanne Löbe, Claudia Leuthäusser, Alexander Pölkow, Sebastian Hilbert, Philipp Sommer, Andreas Bollmann, Gerhard Hindricks, Ingo Paetsch, Cosima Jahnke

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Biodegradable polymer-coated thin strut sirolimus-eluting stent vs. durable polymer-coated everolimus-eluting stent in the diabetic population

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Paweł Gasior, Marek Gierlotka, Krzysztof Szczurek-Katanski, Marcin Osuch, Magda Roleder, Michał Hawranek, Wojciech Wojakowski, Lech Polonski

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The “athlete’s heart” features in amateur male marathon runners

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Zuzanna Lewicka-Potocka, Alicja Dąbrowska-Kugacka, Ewa Lewicka, Anna Maria Kaleta, Karolina Dorniak, Ludmiła Daniłowicz-Szymanowicz, Marcin Fijałkowski, Izabela Nabiałek-Trojanowska, Wojciech Ratkowski, Wojciech Potocki, Grzegorz Raczak

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Efficacy and safety of drug-eluting stents in elderly patients: A meta-analysis of randomized trials

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SungA Bae, Yongcheol Kim, Bill D. Gogas, Min Chul Kim, Doo Sun Sim, Young Joon Hong, Ju Han Kim, Youngkeun Ahn, Myung Ho Jeong

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Acute effects of difference in glucose intake on arterial stiffness in healthy subjects

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Ryota Kobayashi, Kaori Sato, Miki Sakazaki, Yukie Nagai, Soichiro Iwanuma, Nobuyuki Ohashi, Takeo Hashiguchi

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The non-invasive evaluation of heart function in patients with an acute myocardial infarction: The role of impedance cardiography

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Lukasz Lewicki, Marta Fijalkowska, Maciej Karwowski, Konrad Siebert, Grzegorz Redlarski, Aleksander Palkowski, Radoslaw Targonski, Janusz Siebert

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Body mass index and long-term outcomes in patients with chronic total occlusions undergoing retrograde endovascular revascularization of the infra-inguinal lower limb arteries

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Rafał Januszek, Zoltan Ruzsa, Andras Nyerges, Victor Óriás, Paweł Kleczyński, Joanna Wojtasik-Bakalarz, Artur Pawlik, Saleh Arif, Dariusz Dudek, Stanisław Bartuś

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Epilepsy and hypertension: The possible link for SUDEP?

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Patrycja J. Szczurkowska, Katarzyna Polonis, Christiane Becari, Michał Hoffmann, Krzysztof Narkiewicz, Marzena Chrostowska

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Drug-coated balloon treatment in coronary artery disease: Recommendations from an Asia-Pacific Consensus Group

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How should we teach cardiopulmonary resuscitation? Randomized multi-center study

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Burak Katipoglu, Marcin Andrzej Madziala, Togay Evrin, Pawel Gawlowski, Agnieszka Szarpak, Agata Dabrowska, Szymon Bialka, Jerzy Robert Ladny, Lukasz Szarpak, Anna Konert, Jacek Smereka

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Barriers and facilitators to participating in cardiac rehabilitation and physical activity in a remote and rural population; a cross-sectional survey

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Emma J. Foster, Sarah-Anne Munoz, Daniel Crabtree, Stephen J. Leslie, Trish Gorely

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Genetic and environmental factors on heart rate, mean arterial pressure and carotid intima media thickness: a longitudinal twin study

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Adam D. Tarnoki, Laszlo Szalontai, Corrado Fagnani, David L. Tarnoki, Pierleone Lucatelli, Pal Maurovich-Horvat, Adam L. Jermendy, Attila Kovacs, Andrea A. Molnar, Erika Godor, Bence Fejer, Anita Hernyes, Carlo Cirelli, Fabrizio Fanelli, Filippo Farina, Claudio Baracchini, Giorgio Meneghetti, Anna V. Gyarmathy, Gyorgy Jermendy, Bela Merkely, Giacomo Pucci, Giuseppe Schillaci, Maria A. Stazi, Emanuela Medda

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Predictors of pacing-dependency in patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices

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Wolfram Grimm, Kathrin Grimm, Brandon Greene, Mariana Parahuleva

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Infiltration of CD68+ cells correlates positively with matrix metalloproteinase 2 expression in the arteries used as aortocoronary bypass grafts. Possible clinical implications

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Bartłomiej Perek, Katarzyna Kowalska, Bartosz Kempisty, Mariusz Nawrocki, Michał Nowicki, Mateusz Puślecki, Danuta Ostalska-Nowicka, Łukasz Szarpak, Navid Ahmadi, Agnieszka Malińska

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Evaluation of the InterTAK Diagnostic Score in differentiating Takotsubo syndrome from acute coronary syndrome. A single center experience

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Judyta Samul-Jastrzębska, Marek Roik, Dominik Wretowski, Andrzej Łabyk, Antonina Ślubowska, Anna Bizoń, Marzanna Paczyńska, Katarzyna Kurnicka, Piotr Pruszczyk, Michał Ciurzyński

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Comparison of long-term radial artery occlusion following trans-radial coronary intervention using 6-french versus 7-french sheaths

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Yanming Fan, Qingmin Wei, Junna Cai, Yanbo Wang, Xianghua Fu

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Multimodality cardiovascular imaging in pulmonary embolism

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Hyung Yoon Kim, Kye Hun Kim, Jahae Kim, Jong Chun Park

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Paramedic versus physician-staffed ambulances and prehospital delays in the management of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

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Artur Borowicz, Klaudiusz Nadolny, Kamil Bujak, Daniel Cieśla, Mariusz Gąsior, Bartosz Hudzik

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Single-center five-year outcomes after interventional edge-to-edge repair of the mitral valve

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Can Öztürk, Mona Friederich, Nikos Werner, Georg Nickenig, Christoph Hammerstingl, Robert Schueler

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Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants in patients with atrial fibrillation in secondary stroke and systemic embolism prevention

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Iwona Gorczyca, Anna Michalska, Magdalena Chrapek, Olga Jelonek, Paweł Wałek, Beata Wożakowska-Kapłon

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Improvement of left ventricular function after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with stable coronary artery disease and preserved ejection fraction: Impact of diabetes mellitus

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Malgorzata Sikora-Frac, Beata Zaborska, Pawel Maciejewski, Andrzej Budaj, Bronislaw Bednarz

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Could autonomic nervous system parameters be still helpful in identifying patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction at the highest risk of all-cause mortality?

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Damian Kaufmann, Grzegorz Raczak, Małgorzata Szwoch, Dariusz Kozłowski, Joanna Kwiatkowska, Ewa Lewicka, Ludmiła Daniłowicz-Szymanowicz

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Usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography before cardioversion in atrial arrhythmias

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Katarzyna Kosmalska, Małgorzata Rzyman, Paweł Miękus, Natasza Gilis-Malinowska, Radosław Nowak, Marcin Fijałkowski

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Clinical significance of myocardial involvement in acute idiopathic pericarditis

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Aviv Mager, Daviv Berger, Hadas Ofek, Yoav Hammer, Ilana Kedmi, Ran Kornowski

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Echocardiographic assessment of tricuspid regurgitation and pericardial effusion after cardiac device implantation

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Katarzyna Wiechecka, Bartosz Wiechecki, Agnieszka Kapłon-Cieślicka, Agata Tymińska, Monika Budnik, Dominika Hołowaty, Krzysztof Jakubowski, Marcin Michalak, Elżbieta Świętoń, Przemysław Stolarz, Roman Steckiewicz, Marcin Grabowski, Piotr Scisło, Janusz Kochanowski, Krzysztof J. Filipiak, Grzegorz Opolski

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ST2 in patients with severe aortic stenosis and heart failure

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Andrew Cai, Alejandra Miyazawa, Nicholas Sunderland, Susan E. Piper, Thomas G.J. Gibbs, Duolao Wang, Sadie Redding, George Amin-Youseff, Olaf Wendler, Jonathan Byrne, Philip A. MacCarthy, Ajay M. Shah, Theresa A. McDonagh, Rafał Dworakowski

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Pretreatment with antiplatelet drugs improves the cardiac function after myocardial infarction without reperfusion in a mouse model

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Kandi Zhang, Wenlong Yang, Mingliang Zhang, Yaping Sun, Tiantian Zhang, Junling Liu, Junfeng Zhang

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Valve hemodynamic performance and myocardial strain after implantation of a third-generation, balloon-expandable, transcatheter aortic valve

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Sara Fernandez-Santos, Alexis Théron, Philippe Pibarot, Frédéric Collart, Martine Gilard, Marina Urena, Tomas Hovorka, Philipp Kahlert, José Luis Zamorano-Gomez

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Nutritional risk index is a better predictor of early mortality than conventional nutritional markers after trans-catheter aortic valve replacement: A prospective cohort study

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Silvia Mas-Peiro, Nestoras Papadopoulos, Thomas Walther, Andreas M. Zeiher, Stephan Fichtlscherer, Mariuca Vasa-Nicotera

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Poor long-term outcome in acute coronary syndrome in a real-life setting: Ten-year outcome of the TACOS study

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Kaari K. Konttila, Kimmo Koivula, Markku J. Eskola, Mika Martiskainen, Heini Huhtala, Vesa K. Virtanen, Jussi Mikkelsson, Kati Järvelä, Kari O. Niemelä, Pekka J. Karhunen, Kjell C. Nikus

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Predicting survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients undergoing targeted temperature management: The Polish Hypothermia Registry Risk Score

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Łukasz Kołtowski, Beata Średniawa, Agnieszka Tycińska, Magdalena Czajkowska, Magdalena Niedziela, Wiesław Puchalski, Ewa Szczerba, Robert Kowalik, Robert Ryczek, Barbara Zawiślak, Elżbieta Kremis, Konrad Koza, Agnieszka Nazaruk, Joanna Wolska, Michał Ordak, Grzegorz Opolski, Janina Stępińska

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Selected matrix metalloproteinases activity and hypertension-mediated organ damage in relation to uric acid serum level

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Krystian Gruszka, Marek Rajzer, Tomasz Drożdż, Wiktoria Wojciechowska, Tomasz Pizoń, Kamila Migacz-Gruszka, Danuta Czarnecka

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Diastolic dyssynchrony and its exercise-induced changes affect exercise capacity in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction

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Jakub Stępniewski, Grzegorz Kopeć, Wojciech Magoń, Piotr Podolec

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Coronary artery height differences and their effect on fractional flow reserve

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Firas Al-Janabi, Grigoris Karamasis, Chritopher M. Cook, Alamgir M. Kabir, Rohan O. Jagathesan, Nicholas M. Robinson, Jeremy W. Sayer, Rajesh K. Aggarwal, Gerald J. Clesham, Paul R. Kelly, Reto A. Gamma, Kare H. Tang, Thomas R. Keeble, John R. Davies

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The role of hemostatic markers as venous stenosis or occlusion predictors following first transvenous cardiac device implantation

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Andrzej Cacko, Eliza Kozyra-Pydyś, Monika Gawałko, Grzegorz Opolski, Marcin Grabowski

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The effect of Cistus incanus herbal tea supplementation on oxidative stress markers and lipid profile in healthy adults

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The Silesian Registry of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Study design and results of a three-month pilot study

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Randomized controlled clinical trials versus real-life atrial fibrillation patients treated with oral anticoagulants. Do we treat the same patients?

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Long term outcomes in diabetic patients treated with atherectomy for peripheral artery disease

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Cardiovascular complications after radiotherapy

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The Polish adaptation of the CAMbridge Pulmonary Hypertension Outcome Review (CAMPHOR)

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High-sensitive troponin T increase after hemodialysis is associated with left ventricular global longitudinal strain and ultrafiltration rate

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Comparison of temperature measurements in esophagus and urinary bladder in comatose patients after cardiac arrest undergoing mild therapeutic hypothermia

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Identification of biomarkers and mechanisms of diabetic cardiomyopathy using microarray data

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Increased systemic arterial stiffness in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

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Predictors of syncope in patients with severe aortic stenosis: The role of orthostatic unload test

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Prognostic significance of red cell distribution width and its relation to increased pulmonary pressure and inflammation in acute heart failure

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