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American College of Cardiology ACC.24 Late-breaking Science and Guidelines Session Summary

DAIC

12:15 p.m.

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Pericarditis

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

About 5% of patients who present to A+E with chest pain which is not deemed to be a heart attack or angina are ultimately diagnosed with pericarditis. If the inflammation spreads to the surface of the heart itself, it is termed myopericarditis. Why does this inflammation happen? How may it present?

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Cardiopulmonary exercise testing for cardiovascular risk assessment in patients undergoing gastric and oesophageal cancer surgery: results from a prospective interventional cohort study

Open Heart

However, data about the predictive value of CPET for cardiovascular outcome after gastric or oesophageal cancer surgery are inconclusive. Methods This is a prospective single-centre interventional cohort study including 200 consecutive patients who underwent elective surgery for oesophageal and/or gastric cancer. to 22.47).

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Rise of the Lysenkoist Cardiologists

Dr. Anish Koka

Typical angina was defined as a symptom complex that includes substernal chest pressure or pain that was made worse with exertion/emotional stress, and relieved by rest or nitroglycerin. Atypical angina is classified as having any two of the three symptoms, and non-anginal pain any one of the three symptoms. ” What is going on?