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Integrating pregnancy as a cardiovascular stress test: long-term maternal cardiovascular risk and mechanistic insights

Adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs), including hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, gestational diabetes mellitus, preterm ...
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Plasma metabolomics uncovers key metabolites and enhances prediction of aortic stenosis: insights from prospective cohort and Mendelian randomisation studies

Objective To examine the association between nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-based [metabolomics][1] and aortic stenosis (AS) risk, and determine whether metabolomic profiling can enhance AS ...
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Maternal and neonatal outcomes in Marfan syndrome: a nationwide registry

Background Pregnancy in women with Marfan syndrome (MFS) is associated with increased maternal and neonatal risks, yet most existing studies are limited by small sample sizes and short follow-up. This ...
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Post-discharge care after adult cardiac surgery: a national survey of UK National Health Service centres

Background Perioperative mortality has declined substantially after cardiac surgery, but morbidity, mortality and readmission ...
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Post-heart transplantation immunosuppression and rejection: what the general cardiologist needs to know

While heart transplantation (HT) is the optimal therapy for end-stage heart failure patients, longevity of HT recipients continues to be limited by rejection and its sequelae. In this review, we ...
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Peer review without the expert: artificial intelligence-assisted reviewing and the cost to science

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Exercise-induced ventricular arrhythmias: a marker of risk in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy

Background Exercise has the potential to unmask ventricular arrhythmias in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM). The aim of ...
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Drug-coated balloons versus drug-eluting stents for de novo coronary lesions: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials

Background Drug-coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty has emerged as a potential stent-free strategy for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in de novo coronary artery disease, but robust randomised ...
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Medical strategies of cardiovascular protection to reduce cancer therapy-related cardiovascular toxicity: where do we stand?

Cancer therapy has dramatically changed over the past many decades, not only in efficacy but also complexity, with targeted therapeutics that have novel mechanisms of action. As a direct result of ...
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From natural to unnatural history of aortic valve stenosis: a tribute to Dr Braunwald’s legacy

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Long-term cardiovascular outcomes in patients hospitalised with acute coronary syndrome subtypes in Western Australia, 2002–2019

Background Despite advances in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) management, contemporary data assessing long-term prognosis after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), non-STEMI (NSTEMI) ...
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Coronary microvascular dysfunction in menopausal women

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) accounts for a third of all deaths, making it the leading cause of mortality globally. Coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) has emerged as a prominent condition in ...