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Why Waiting Until Age 50 To Address Risk Factors For Heart Disease Is Too Late.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

2 Contemporary rationale for non-invasive imaging of adverse coronary plaque features to identify the vulnerable patient: a Position Paper from the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging. 2015 Jun 16;131(24):2104-13.

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A teenager involved in a motor vehicle collision with abnormal ECG

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2015, March 1). Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging. Thankavel From the Division of Cardiology, & The Data Supplement is available at [link] to Poonam Punjwani Thankavel. Myocardial contusion in an 8-year-old boy. Retrieved July 2, 2022, from [link] Sybrandy, K. Cramer, M. & Burgersdijk, C. 2003, May).

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What is athlete’s heart?

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A multimodality imaging approach to differentiate physiological changes due to athlete’s heart from significant cardiac ailment has been suggested by an expert consensus from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 Apr;16(4):353. Circulation. Galderisi M et al.

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Should You Take A Statin To Lower Your Cholesterol?

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Sign Me Up 1 2022: The Year in Cardiovascular Disease – The Year of Upfront Lipid Lowering Combination Therapy. 2 JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging May 2015, 8 (5) 579-596; Archives of Medical Science. 2022;18(6).

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Five Tests To Assess Your Heart Health In The New Year.

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5 Application of non-HDL cholesterol for population-based cardiovascular risk stratification: results from the Multinational Cardiovascular Risk Consortium. 6, 2017 7 JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging May 2015, 8 (5) 579-596; J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Sep 4;72(10):1141-1156. 6 A Test in Context: Lipoprotein(a).

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What To Do If You Have An Early Family History Of Heart Disease

Dr. Paddy Barrett

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