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Predictors of permanent pacemaker requirement in aortic stenosis patients undergoing self-expanding valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement using the cusp overlap technique

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

IntroductionSince TAVR was approved for lower-risk aortic stenosis (AS) patients, managing post-implantation conduction disturbances has become crucial, especially with self-expanding heart valves (SEV). Forty-seven received SEVs using COL, and 50 with CON techniques.

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Abstract TP70: Identifying Risk Factors for Loss to Follow-Up After Stroke at a Large Academic Health System: Implications for Establishing a Holistic Post-Stroke Follow-up Program

Stroke Journal

Introduction:A significant proportion of stroke patients are lost to follow up (LTFU) after discharge, which may be associated with increased risk of morbidity, mortality, and unnecessary hospitalization.

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BNP level predicts bleeding event in patients with heart failure after percutaneous coronary intervention

Open Heart

Background The Academic Research Consortium for High Bleeding Risk presents a bleeding risk assessment for antithrombotic therapy in patients after PCI. HF is a risk factor for bleeding in Japanese patients.

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Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography to Honor Oxford’s Kenneth Chan, MBBS at SCCT2024

DAIC

Kenneth Chan, MBBS, Academic Clinical Research Fellow in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Oxford University Hospitals (UK) will receive the 2024 SCCT Clinical Trials and Registries Award (CTRA) at the opening session of the Society’s 19th Annual Scientific Meeting (SCCT2024) on Friday, July 19 in Washington, DC.

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“One + one” is rarely two in biology. The wronged mathematics of high risk pregnancy

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

Click on the image for the PDF of the article.Sharing here purely for the academic purpose with the courtesy and thanks to NEJM group. Peripartum car-diomyopathy with co-incident preeclampsia: a cohort study of clinical risk factors and outcomes among commercially in-sured women. Eur J Heart Fail 2021;23:2058 71.Malham

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Nine lessons about women’s heart disease that future doctors will learn in med school

Heart Sisters

These nine @CWHHA teaching modules offer a one-stop Master Class package to any academic tasked with teaching future doctors and nurses about women and heart disease.

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Abstract TMP16: Is Lipoprotein(a) Being Measured in Ischemic Stroke Patients?

Stroke Journal

Elevated levels of Lp(a) are an independent and causal risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases through mechanisms associated with increased atherogenesis, inflammation, and thrombosis. Having elevated Lp(a) can increase risk of heart attack, stroke, and peripheral artery disease.It

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