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Cystic medial degeneration of the aorta is associated with p53 accumulation, Bax upregulation, apoptotic cell death, and cell proliferation
OBJECTIVE To address a potential role for p53, Bcl2 associated protein X (Bax), and apoptosis in the processes associated with cell turnover during cystic medial degeneration (CMD) of the aorta.
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Surgery for aortic stenosis in severely symptomatic patients older than 80 years: experience in a single UK centre
OBJECTIVE To ascertain the surgical risk and long term outcome of patients over 80 years old undergoing aortic valve replacement (AVR). DESIGN Consecutive cases with respective case note audit and a ...
BMJ3d
Cardiovascular safety of metformin and sulfonylureas in patients with different cardiac risk profiles
Objectives/Background Based on previous experiences, the Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency recommend that clinical trials for novel antidiabetic drugs are powered to ...
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Antiplatelet therapy in patients with myocardial infarction without obstructive coronary artery disease
Correspondence to Dr Shamir R Mehta, Division of Cardiology, Hamilton General Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario ON L8L 2X2, Canada; smehta{at}mcmaster.ca Objective Approximately 10% of patients with ...
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Diagnosis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: role of clinical Doppler echocardiography
Correspondence to Dr Martin Penicka, Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, Moorselbaan 164, Aalst 9300, Belgium; Martin.Penicka{at}olvz-aalst.be ...
BMJ5d
Ebstein’s anomaly of the tricuspid valve: from fetus to adult
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A new physiological method for heart rate correction of the QT interval
BACKGROUND The QT interval is strongly and inversely related to heart rate. To compare QT intervals between different subjects with different heart rates requires the application of a QT interval rate ...
BMJ5d
Cardiac resynchronisation therapy: pacemaker versus internal cardioverter-defibrillator in patients with impaired left ventricular function
Correspondence to Dr Khang-Li Looi, Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Papworth Everard, Cambridge CB23 3RE, UK; khangli{at}hotmail.com Objective Studies have shown beneficial effects of cardiac ...
BMJ5d
Giant cell arteritis and cardiovascular disease in older adults
3 Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Correspondence to: Dr Joel G Ray Department of Medicine, Inner City Health, St Michael’s ...
BMJ5d
Nutritional status of children with congenital heart disease.
OBJECTIVE--To assess the nutritional status of children with congenital heart disease. DESIGN--Six anthropometric, 24 biochemical, and five haematological markers of nutritional wellbeing were ...
BMJ6d
Treatment of atrial fibrillation
Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands Professor H J G M Crijns, Maastricht University Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Postbus 5800, 6202 ...
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Positron emission tomography and molecular imaging
The use of positron emission tomography (PET) in cardiology is growing rapidly. Technical features make PET a strong technology for the non-invasive evaluation of cardiac physiology. It is currently ...