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Effect of Remote Ischemic Preconditioning on Myocardial Injury in Noncardiac Surgery: the PRINCE Randomized Clinical Trial
Background: Major noncardiac surgery carries high rates of postoperative myocardial injury and other complications. Remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) was reported to decrease these complications.
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New Classification to Describe Clinical Presentation in Aortic Stenosis: Stable, Progressive, and Acute Valve Syndrome
The recent EARLY TAVR trial (Evaluation of TAVR Compared to Surveillance for Patients With Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis) investigated the effect of early intervention with transcatheter aortic ...
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Coronary Arterial Function and Disease in Women With No Obstructive Coronary Arteries
Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is the leading cause of mortality in women. While traditional cardiovascular risk factors play an important role in the development of IHD in women, women may experience ...
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High Dietary Phosphate Intake Induces Hypertension and Sympathetic Overactivation Through Central Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor Signaling
BACKGROUND: Recent studies have highlighted the deleterious role of high phosphate intake in hypertension by means of ...
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Hypertension, Neurovascular Dysfunction, and Cognitive Impairment
Hypertension affects a significant proportion of the adult and aging population and represents an important risk factor for vascular cognitive impairment and late-life dementia. Chronic high blood ...
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Joint Exposure to Ozone and Temperature and Acute Myocardial Infarction Among Adults Aged 18 to 64 Years in the United States
BACKGROUND: Previous research suggests that exposures to air pollution and nonoptimal temperatures are associated with a ...
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Hierarchical Composite Outcomes and Win Ratio Methods in Cardiovascular Trials: A Review and Consequent Guidance
The win ratio is a method for analyzing a hierarchical composite outcome. It has been most widely used in randomized clinical trials (RCTs) in cardiovascular disease. We performed a review of ...
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Novel Pan-ERR Agonists Ameliorate Heart Failure Through Enhancing Cardiac Fatty Acid Metabolism and Mitochondrial Function
Cardiac metabolic dysfunction is a hallmark of heart failure (HF). Estrogen-related receptors ERRα and ERRγ are essential regulators of cardiac metabolism. Therefore, activation of ERR could be a ...
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Palliative and End-of-Life Care During Critical Cardiovascular Illness: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
Cardiac intensive care units are witnessing a demographic shift, characterized by patients with increasingly complex or end-stage cardiovascular disease with a greater burden of concomitant comorbid ...
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Quality of Life After Aortic Valve Replacement at the Age of >80 Years
Background—The optimal management of aortic valve disease in patients >80 years old depends on functional outcome as well as operative risks and late survival. Methods and Results—We retrospectively ...
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2016 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Patients With Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American ...
Appendix 1. Author Relationships With Industry and Other Entitiese 717 Appendix 2. Reviewer Relationships With Industry and Other Entitiese 720 Since 1980, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and ...
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Modified mRNA Treatment Restores Cardiac Function in Desmocollin-2–Deficient Mouse Models of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is an inherited heart disease characterized by irregular rhythms and right ventricular dysplasia. Sequence variations in desmosomal ...