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Cardiac Disease after Pregnancy: A Growing Problem
Author(s): Christina Y Aye , Henry Boardman , Paul Leeson Added: 3 years ago
Historically pregnancy has been viewed as only clinically relevant to women and for the relatively brief time from conception to the puerperium. However it is now clear that events during pregnancy have much longer-term implications, particularly for cardiovascular health, both for the mother and her offspring. Pregnancy complications such as hypertension and preterm birth appear to serve as a… View more

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The Fourth Trimester: Pregnancy as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Disease
Author(s): Pensée Wu , Ki Park , Martha Gulati Added: 2 years ago

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Most Recent Trials and Advances in Hypertension
Author(s): Elías Martínez Rey-Rañal , Alberto Cordero Added: 1 year ago

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Pre-eclampsia and CVD
Author(s): Veronica Giorgione , Matthew Cauldwell , Basky Thilaganathan Added: 10 months ago

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Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Factors Related to Maternal Adverse Outcomes in Pregnant Women with Cardiac Disease in Low-resource Settings
Author(s): Philippe Amubuomombe Poli , Elkanah Omenge Orang’o , Ann Mwangi , et al Added: 3 years ago
Pregnancy in women with cardiac disease is associated with life-threatening complications. Although there has been progress in the field, cardiac disease in pregnancy remains among the leading causes of maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity.1–3 Many studies have shown correlations between pregnancy-related haemodynamic changes and cardiac events.4–7 However, few studies have investigated… View more

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Heterogeneous Populations
Preclinical Diagnosis and Risk Assessment of Atherosclerosis
Author(s): Giuseppe Gullace , Hassan Khalaf Added: 3 years ago
The endothelium, which was initially considered to be a semipermeable barrier separating lumen from vessel wall, is now recognised as a complex endocrine organ responsible for a variety of physiological processes vital for vascular homeostasis. These include the regulation of vascular tone, luminal diameter and blood flow; haemostasis and thrombolysis; platelet and leucocyte vessel-wall… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions

Demographic
AHA 23: 3 Trials That Will Change My Practice
Author(s): Purvi Parwani Added: 4 months ago
AHA 23 — Dr Purvi Parwani, cardiologist and multimodality imager, and director of the Women's Heart Clinic at Loma Linda University Health in the US, spotlights three game-changing late-breaking science trials from the AHA Scientific Sessions. Discover the trials anticipated to reshape clinical practices as Dr Parwani shares her insights.Trials discussed in detail include:POP-HT: Cardiac… View more

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Prevention & Chronic Conditions
ESC 23: LIBerate-HeFH Study
Author(s): Frederick Raal Added: 7 months ago
ESC 23 — Prof Frederick Raal (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, SA) outlines the late-breaking results from the LIBerte-HeFH study (NCT04797104). The phase III LIBerte-HeFH study (LIB Therapeutics LLC) aimed to assess the effectiveness of PCSK9-inhibitor Ierodalcibep (LIB003) in reducing low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in 300mg doses administered subcutaneously in… View more

Heterogeneous Populations

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Pedro Brugada
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Atrial Arrhythmias

 Job title: Head of Heart Rhythm Management Centre
Personal History Pedro Brugada Terradellas was born in Girona, Spain on August 11, 1952. Although his parents were both farmers with no connection to medicine, he, along with two of his three siblings, went on to study medicine in Barcelona and specialise in cardiology.1 During his studies, he initially intended to specialise in haematology, but following the birth of his daughter at age 22… View more
Author(s): András Szatmári , Ingrid Oberhänsli-Weiss Added: 3 years ago
Over the past 50 years, paediatric cardiology has developed as a subspeciality of paediatrics linked to adult cardiology and cardiovascular (CV) surgery. It deals with diseases of the heart and the circulation in growing individuals and patients with congenital CV malformations and acquired CV disease (CVD) from foetal life to adolescent and adult age. Worldwide, 800 to 1,000 per 100,000 newborns… View more

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