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Acute and chronic coronary artery disease Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Patrizio Lancellotti
Published in Acta Cardiologica (Vol. 79, No. 2, 2024)
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Factors affecting the aldosterone level in heart failure Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Yusuf Ziya Şener, Gamze Yeter Arslan, Metin Okşul
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Image focus: Multimodal imaging diagnosis of left ventricular giant invasive lipoma involving mitral valve Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Junyi Gao, Yafeng He, Xiaojing Ma, Juan Xia
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Neovascularised Giant Left Atrial Mass Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Albert He, Nick S. R. Lan, James M. Rankin, Kalilur Anvardeen, Abdul Rahman Ihdayhid, Girish Dwivedi
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Use of percutaneous ventricular assist device as bridge to high risk combined heart valve surgery Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Philippe Amabili, Gauthier Debroux, Patrizio Lancellotti, Grégory Hans, Vincent Bonhomme, Vincent Tchana-Sato
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Levoatrial cardinal vein in mitral atresia with intact interatrial septum Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Neeraj Kumar, Niraj Nirmal Pandey, Sivasubramanian Ramakrishnan, Priya Jagia
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Midline crossing pulmonary vein: a rare anatomical variant Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Damandeep Singh, Niraj Nirmal Pandey, Sanjeev Kumar, Sivasubramanian Ramakrishnan
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Left atrial function index and left atrial electromechanical functions in anxiety disorders Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Hayriye Mihrimah Ozturk, Mehmet Erdogan, Yasar Turan, Ibrahim Etem Celik, Selcuk Ozturk
There is a close linkage between anxiety disorders (ADs), and development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and atrial fibrillation (AF). We aimed to investigate left atrial function index (LAFI) and...
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Porcelain left atrium in rheumatic mitral stenosis Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Ramanathan Velayutham, A. Shaheer Ahmed
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Impact of recurrent COVID-19 disease waves on acute myocardial infarction epidemics: results from a regional network Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Cille Van Echelpoel, Laura Van Haudt, Camille Verschueren, Frederic De Roeck, Jean-François Argacha, Olivier Brasseur, F. Fierens, Hein Heidbuchel, Marc J. Claeys
Aims: To assess the impact of COVID-19 related public containment measures during recurrent COVID-19 waves on hospital admission rate for acute myocardial infarction (AMI).Methods and results: Clin...
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Heart surgery waiting list management in an ultra-peripheral region: impact of a risk-stratified queuing method Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Fabiana Duarte, Raquel Dourado, Maria Inês Barradas, Daniel Calado, Óscar Felgueiras, Dinis Martins
The management of heart surgery waiting list is essential, particularly in ultraperipheral regions. We aimed to characterise a cohort of patients awaiting surgery in such a region, and to assess th...
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ALCAPA – the great masquerader Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Swasthi S. Kumar, Deepa Sasikumar, Anoop Ayyappan, K. M. Krishnamoorthy, Baiju S. Dharan
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Effect of empagliflozin on left ventricular volumes in type 2 diabetes or prediabetes heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Mohammad Reza Afshani, Ekhlas Torfi, Nehzat Akiash, Alireza Jahanshahi, Asghar Mohamadi, Omid Sherafat
Objective: Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, such as empagliflozin are antidiabetic drugs that have recently been reported to have cardio-protective action; however, their effect o...
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Comments on ‘Economical aspects of coronary angiography for diagnostic purposes: a Belgian perspective’ Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Claudiu Mihnea Ungureanu
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Enhancing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) outcomes through virtual proctoring: a case series analysis Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Claudiu Ungureanu, Elias Bentakhou, Jacques Auslender, Kristoff Cornelis
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) represents a pivotal advancement in the management of severe aortic stenosis, offering a minimally invasive alternative to surgical valve replacement....
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The association between tinnitus and risk of cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality: insight from the UK Biobank Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Yi-Peng Zhang, Qing-Yuan Gao, Jing-Wei Gao, Xiao-tian Liang, Da-chuan Guo, Zhi-Teng Chen, Jing-Feng Wang, Dong-Mei Tang, Hai-Feng Zhang
The potential influence of tinnitus on cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all-cause mortality has yet to be explored. We aim to examine the correlations between tinnitus and the risk of cardiovascula...
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Papillary fibroelastomas of tricuspid valve Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Dandan Chen, Xiaojing Ma, Yafeng He, Shurui Xie, Juan Xia
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The role of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Tong Li, Han Jiang, Jun Ding
this study was designed to analyse patient outcomes using a combination of PCI and exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation compared with PCI alone.PCI can improve the survival rate of patients with c...
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The accuracy of detailed analysis of optical coherence tomography in detection of plaque lipid content: dual-imaging study with optical coherence tomography and near-infrared spectroscopy Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Karel Kopriva, Zhi Chen, Martin Mates, Frantisek Holy, Barbora Stekla, Michaela Vesela, Jan Pudil, Martin Chval, Andreas Wahle, Milan Sonka, Tomas Kovarnik
Lipid-rich plaque covered by a thin fibrous cap (FC) has been identified as a frequent morphological substrate for the development of acute coronary syndrome. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) per...
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Partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage in patient after partial anomalous pulmonary vein surgery Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 M. Kardos, J. Polakova Mistinova
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Early SGLT2 inhibitor use is associated with improved left atrial strain following acute coronary syndrome Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Amro Sehly, Albert He, Abdul Rahman Ihdayhid, Christine Grey, Scott O’Connor, Gillian Green, Matthew Erickson, James M. Rankin, P. Gerry Fegan, Bu B. Yeap, Girish Dwivedi, Nick S. R. Lan
Left atrial (LA) strain, a novel marker of LA function, reliably predicts diastolic dysfunction. SGLT2 inhibitors improve heart failure outcomes, but limited data exists regarding their use in the ...
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Serum circRNA (Circ)_0051386 assists in the diagnosis of acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and prediction of the occurrence of major adverse cardiovascular events after percutaneous coronary intervention Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Jinlin Xu, Zhiwei Wang, Yu Ai, Ye Wen
This study aimed to uncover the diagnostic value of circRNA (Circ)_0051386 in acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and its predictive value for the occurrence of adverse major a...
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Conduction system disease management in patients candidate and/or treated for the aortic valve disease: an Italian Survey promoted by Italian Association of Arrhythmology and Cardiac Pacing (AIAC) Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Matteo Ziacchi, Alberto Spadotto, Pietro Palmisano, Federico Guerra, Roberto De Ponti, Gabriele Zanotto, Matteo Bertini, Mauro Biffi, Giuseppe Boriani
Conduction system disorders represent a frequent complication in patients undergoing surgical (surgical aortic valve replacement, SAVR) or percutaneous (transcatheter aortic valve implantation, TAV...
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Performance of ChatGPT as an AI-assisted decision support tool in medicine: comment Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Hineptch Daungsupawong, Viroj Wiwanitkit
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Spontaneous coronary artery dissection of two coronary arteries in a young female patient: a case report Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Marie Lanckneus, Marie Truyens, Ruben Pauwels
Published in Acta Cardiologica (Vol. 79, No. 2, 2024)
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Heart failure worsens leg muscle strength and endurance in coexistence patients with COPD and heart failure reduced ejection fraction Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Luiz Antônio Rodrigues Medina, Mayron F. Oliveira, Rita de Cassia Lima dos Santos, Aline Soares de Souza, Adriana Mazzuco, Priscila Cristina de Abreu Sperandio, Maria Clara Noman de Alencar, Flávio Ferlin Arbex, J. Alberto Neder, Wladimir Musetti Medeiros
Purpose: Exercise intolerance and dyspnoea are clinical symptoms in both heart failure (HF) reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which are suggested t...
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Tumour necrosis factor-alpha serum level is an independent predictor of medium-term all-cause mortality after transcatheter aortic valve replacement Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Jeroen Walpot, Paul van Herck, Valerie Collas, Caroline M. Van de Heyning, Tom Vandendriessche, Hein Heidbuchel, Inez Rodrigus, Johan Bosmans
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a suitable treatment for patients with severe aortic stenosis and severely increased operative risk. There is need for a better preoperative risk a...
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Relation of thumb-palm test with ascending aortic diameter and aortic regurgitation Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Remziye Doğan, Mehmet Saygı, Oğuzhan Birdal, Oktay Gülcü, Gamze Babur Güler, M. Cüneyt Şeker, M.Younus Atae, Arda Güler, Kaan Gökçe, Doğan Şen, Muhammed Bulut, Enver Yücel, Flora Özkalaycı, Ali Karagöz, İbrahim Halil Tanboğa
Published in Acta Cardiologica (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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A rare congenital anomaly: unicuspid unicommissural aortic valve associated with stenosis and ascending aorta dilatation Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Leizhi Ku, Hang Lv, Xiaojing Ma
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Performance of ChatGPT as an AI-assisted decision support tool in medicine: a proof-of-concept study for interpreting symptoms and management of common cardiac conditions (AMSTELHEART-2) Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Ralf E. Harskamp, Lukas De Clercq
It is thought that ChatGPT, an advanced language model developed by OpenAI, may in the future serve as an AI-assisted decision support tool in medicine.To evaluate the accuracy of ChatGPT’s recomme...
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A rare case of right-sided papillary fibroelastoma originating from the tricuspid valve Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Leizhi Ku, Youping Chen, Xiaojing Ma
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Method, safety, and outcomes of persistent AF ablation without a circular mapping catheter: 3 years experience of a Belgian Tertiary Centre Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Benoit Robaye, Olivier Deceuninck, Dominique Blommaert, Veronique Godeaux, Fabien Dormal, Benoit Collet, Elisabeth Ballant, Florence Huys, Philippe Purnode, Olivier Xhaët
We aimed to share our methods and experience of persistent AF ablation without a circular mapping catheter (CMC), thereby avoiding femoral venous and transseptal punctures, decreasing the cost of t...
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The detrimental interplay between atrial fibrillation and COVID-19: new evidence and unsolved questions Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Giulio Francesco Romiti, Niccolò Bonini, Giuseppe Boriani
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Therapeutic adherence in patients treated with PCSK9i: focus on skin side effects Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Beatrice Dal Pino, Francesco Sbrana
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Conduction disorders in cardiac sarcoidosis Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Erwan Salaun, Jonathan Beaudoin, Mario Sénéchal
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Belgian Society of Cardiology 43rd Annual Congress Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-08
Abstracts are identified as follows: Best Abstracts by (#) and abstracts of papers short-listed for the young investigator award by (*). all other accepted abstracts have been invited for poster di...
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Case report: accidental finding of mobile pacemaker lead structures Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Dora Philips, Daniëlle V. J. Zaar, Rik Willems, Marie-Christine Herregods
We present a case of a 79-year-old man on apixaban for atrial fibrillation who suffered multiple ischaemic strokes and was found to have mobile structures attached to his pacemaker lead on transeso...
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Cardiac computed tomography findings in a rare case of cardiac perforation due to pacemaker lead Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Marco Parillo, Domenico De Stefano, Irene Maisto, Bruno Beomonte Zobel
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Trifid or double-notched aortic Doppler: an aortic ‘Trishula’ sign Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Sudipta Mondal, Swasthi S. Kumar, Arun Gopalakrishnan
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“Full thickness calcium fracture by coronary intravascular lithotripsy on optical coherence tomography (OCT)” – cross it, crack it!! Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Sriram Veeraraghavan, Bharath Raj Kidambi
Published in Acta Cardiologica (Vol. 79, No. 2, 2024)
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Real-time notification with 12-lead wearable electrocardiogram recordings Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Hang Zhou, Tao Chen, Yajun Shi, Hongsen Wang, Juan Shen, Jun Guo
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Surgical treatment of an unusual case of a giant symptomatic cardiac lipoma Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Xiang Zhou, Laichun Song, Wenqiang Sun, Hongyan Liu, Youping Chen, Liang Tao
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Coronary anatomy with three-dimensional echocardiogram. Hands-on approach Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 María Elena Sánchez, Mariana Corneli
Published in Acta Cardiologica (Vol. 79, No. 2, 2024)
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Hypereosinophilic syndrome with intraventricular thrombus: a pictorial presentation Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Amaury Sogorb, Bernhard Gerber, Varnavas Varnavas
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The non-HDL-C/HDL-C ratio is a strong and independent predictor of the no-reflow phenomenon in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Kenan Toprak, Mustafa Kaplangoray, Selahattin Akyol, Mehmet İnanır, Tolga Memioğlu, Mustafa Begenç Taşcanov, İbrahim Halil Altıparmak, Asuman Biçer, Recep Demirbağ
No-reflow (NR) is the inability to achieve adequate myocardial perfusion despite successful restoration of attegrade blood flow in the infarct-related artery after primary percutaneous coronary int...
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When cardiology meets endocrinology: could subclinical hypothyroidism be a reliable predictor of worsened cardiovascular outcomes following acute myocardial infarction in patients with diabetes? Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Hernan Valdes-Socin
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Age-related macular degeneration and cardiovascular disease in US population: an observational study Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Jie Feng, Feng Xie, Zhijian Wu, Yanqing Wu
As far as we know, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has become one of the predominant causes of visual impairments. Previous studies have revealed that AMD and many cardiovascular diseases (C...
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Double aortic arch with bicarotid trunk in a patient with tetralogy of Fallot Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Avichala Taxak, Niraj Nirmal Pandey, K. Raghavendra Rao, Sanjeev Kumar
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Left atrial strain in patients after arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Margot Erard, Béatrice Santens, Alexander Van De Bruaene, Pieter De Meester, Els Troost, Philip Moons, Jens-Uwe Voigt, Benedicte Eyskens, Werner Budts
Left atrial (LA) strain, comprising LA reservoir, conduit and contractile function could add mechanistic information of patients after arterial switch operation (ASO) for transposition of the great...
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An unusual cause of severe tricuspid regurgitation: migration of left renal vein stent in nutcracker syndrome Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Xiang Zhou, Laichun Song, Wenqiang Sun, Jing Jin, Liang Tao
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Transcatheter mitral paravalvular closure: a single centre experience with techniques and outcomes Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Alev Kılıçgedik, Büşra Güvendi Şengör, Ali Karagöz, Elnur Alizade, Regaip Zehir, Lütfi Öcal, Fatih Yılmaz, Yunus Emiroğlu, Sabahattin Gündüz, Halil İbrahim Tanboğa, Mehmet Özkan, M. Muhsin Türkmen, Cevat Kırma
In patients with symptomatic mitral PVL, successful transcatheter reduction of the PVL to less than mild is associated with significant improvement in short- and midterm survival.In this study, we ...
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Unexpected giant coronary aneurysm Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Merveil Ndongala, Hannes Van Acker
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Development and validation of a risk prediction model for postoperative gastrointestinal complications in patients undergoing aortic arch surgery Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Shuo Liu, Jun Ma, Xue Liu, Junwei Gao, Liang Zhang, Wenjun Liu, Duomao Lin, Zhanmin Yang
Postoperative gastrointestinal complications (GICs) were potentially fatal to patients who underwent aortic arch surgery. The aim of this study was to construct a prediction model of GICs.We retros...
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The association of Sort1 expression with LDL subfraction and inflammation in patients with coronary artery disease Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Mehtap Atak, Hatice Sevim Nalkiran, Mehmet Bostan, Huseyin Avni Uydu
Controversial effect of sortilin on lipoprotein metabolism in the development of atherosclerosis reveals the need for more extensive researchThe aim of this study was to investigate the association...
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Leading trends in pacemaker implantation after aortic valve replacement in Italy Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Mathieu Lempereur, Mai-Linh Nguyen-Trung, Hélène Petitjean, Patrizio Lancellotti
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Very long versus overlapping drug eluting stents for the management of long coronary artery lesions Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Ahmed Mohamed Naguib, Mohamed Ahmed Sobhi, Amr Zaki, Ahmed Mahmoud El Amrawy
The prevalence of long diffuse coronary artery disease (CAD) is increasing nowadays due to increase prevalence of multiple risk factors and population ageing. We aimed in our study to show the diff...
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Association between anaemia and long-term prognosis in patients with non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Zhulin Zhu, Xiaoli Zhou
The majority of existing studies examining the association between anaemia and the prognosis of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) have focused on all patients with ACS without further cat...
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FFRct use for acute chest pain triage in the emergency department: a cost-effectiveness analysis Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Eleftherios Choustoulakis, Bernard Cosyns, Jeroen Sonck, Bram Roosens, Karen Pien, Jean-François Argacha, Stijn Lochy, Ives Hubloue, Johan de Mey, Koen Putman
To model and assess the cost-effectiveness of CT-based fractional flow reserve (FFRct) for a population of low to intermediate risk patients for coronary artery disease (CAD) presenting to the emer...
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Unexpected coronary thrombosis complicating COVID-19 infection in young adult Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Hilla Gerard, Nicolas Roche, Pierre-Laurent Massoure
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The burden and challenges of managing aortic stenosis Acta Cardiol. (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Vlatka Reskovic Luksic, Jadranka Separovic Hanzevacki, Mai-Linh Nguyen Trung, Hélène Petitjean, Patrizio Lancellotti
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