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Determinants of medication adherence in patients with acute coronary syndrome: a secondary analysis of a randomised clinical trial
Background Coronary heart disease (CHD) remains a leading cause of mortality and disability worldwide. Approximately half of the patients who have had a prior hospital admission for CHD will have a ...
BMJ9d
International collaborative action to advance women’s cardiovascular health research
Established in 2018, the Global Cardiovascular Research Funders Forum (GCRFF) unites 12 leading charitable and public ...
BMJ15h
Preventable causative factors leading to hospital admission with decompensated heart failure
Objective To determine the distribution and importance of various factors, especially the preventable ones, that contribute to cardiac decompensation and subsequent hospital admission for heart ...
BMJ9d
Updating the Scottish national cardiovascular risk score: ASSIGN version 2.0
Background The Assessing cardiovascular risk using Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (ASSIGN) risk score, developed in 2006, is used in Scotland for estimating the 10-year risk of first ...
BMJ6d
Vagally mediated atrioventricular block: pathophysiology and diagnosis
Vagally mediated atrioventricular (AV) block is defined as a paroxysmal AV block, localised within the AV node, associated with slowing of the sinus rate. All types of second-degree AV block, ...
BMJ2d
Time course of temperature effects on cardiovascular mortality in Brisbane, Australia
1 School of Public Health and Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia 2 Department of Epidemiology,School of Population Health, ...
BMJ3d
Echocardiography in differentiating tuberculous from chronic idiopathic pericardial effusion
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BMJ2d
Current state of home-based exercise interventions in patients with congenital heart disease: a systematic review
Home-based exercise training is a promising alternative to conventional supervised training for patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). Even though the beneficial effect of exercise ...
BMJ2d
Adherence and persistence to direct oral anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation: a population-based study
Background Despite simpler regimens than vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (AF), adherence (taking drugs as prescribed) and persistence (continuation of drugs) ...
BMJ8d
Estimating the effect of long-term physical activity on cardiovascular disease and mortality: evidence from the Framingham Heart Study
Objective In the majority of studies, the effect of physical activity (PA) on cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality is estimated at a single time point. The impact of long-term PA is likely to ...
BMJ6d
Coronary vasospasm as the underlying cause for chest pain in patients with PVB19 myocarditis
Objective: To evaluate the incidence of coronary vasospasm as a possible pathophysiological mechanism causing chest pain symptoms in patients with clinically suspected myocarditis. Design and setting: ...
BMJ12d
Long-term effect of cardiac resynchronisation in patients reporting mild symptoms of heart failure: a report from the CARE-HF study
Background: Cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) improves symptoms and prognosis in patients with heart failure and cardiac dyssynchrony. Guidelines from the National Institute of Health and ...