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30.09.20131739
Approximately half of patients with a diagnosis of heart failure have a normal left ventricular ejection fraction. This patients are usually older, female and with comorbidities such as hypertension, diabetes and renal failure.
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27.09.20131793
The aim of the current study was to evaluate the diagnostic and intermediate-term prognostic impact of C-terminal portion of provasopressin (copeptin) in combination with troponin I.
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26.09.20131527
Data on the safety of exercise training after coronary stenting are scarce.
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25.09.20131622
Galectin-3 (Gal-3), a biomarker for fibrosis, may have a role in identifying heart failure caused by cardiac amyloidosis, researchers suggested.
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24.09.20131705
Cataracts are a main cause of low vision; with the growing elderly population, the incidence of cataracts is likely to increase. Investigators have previously hypothesized that statin antioxidant effects may slow the natural aging process of the lens.
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24.09.20131662
The American Heart Association guidelines for prevention of infective endocarditis (IE) in 2007 reduced the groups of congenital heart disease (CHD) patients for whom antibiotic prophylaxis was indicated.
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20.09.20131645
Clinical guidelines recommend digoxin for patients with symptomatic systolic heart failure (HF) receiving optimal medical therapy, but this recommendation is based on limited, older trial data. We evaluated the effectiveness and safety of digoxin in a contemporary cohort of patients with incident systolic HF.
