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17 Oct 2019

Management of Atrial Fibrillation in Europe: Current Care Pathways and the Clinical Impact of Antiarrhythmic Drugs and Catheter Ablation

Atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common form of arrhythmia, increases the risk of heart failure, stroke, and death. Management of AF focusses on…
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17 Oct 2019

A Review of the Burden of Atrial Fibrillation: Understanding the Impact of the New Millennium Epidemic across Europe

Atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common form of arrhythmia, is characterised by an irregular and often fast heart rhythm resulting in uncoordinated…
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17 Oct 2019

Tricuspid Regurgitation: No Longer the ‘Forgotten’ Valve

In the last two decades, the interest in tricuspid valve (TV) treatment has increased;1,2 nevertheless, there is still a large percentage…
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17 Oct 2019

Chemokines: A Potential Therapeutic Target for the Stabilisation of Vulnerable Plaque

In the late 20th century, lipid lowering medications appeared to be the answer for coronary heart disease. However, despite reductions in mortality…
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17 Oct 2019

Circulating Cardiac Biomarkers in Heart Failure: A Critical Link to Biomarker-Guided Therapy

A contemporary conceptual framework that was proposed to distinguish between different chronic heart failure (HF) patients has highlighted varying…
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6 Sep 2019

A Clinical Review of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure

Pump failure and sudden cardiac death are the leading causes of death in heart failure patients; sudden cardiac death accounts for 30–50% of deaths…
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14 Mar 2019

Inflammation and Thrombosis in Coronary Atherosclerosis: Pathophysiologic Mechanisms and Clinical Correlations

The importance of inflammation and thrombosis in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis was debated in the 19th century by two prominent pathologists…
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11 Oct 2018

Guidelines, Clinical Evidence, and Real-Life Practice: How to Find Your Way in Managing Hypercholesterolaemia

Prof Masana presented evidence that low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is a causal factor for atherosclerosis and that cardiovascular disease (CVD…