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Author(s):
Konstantinos Toutouzas
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Antonios Karanasos
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Dimitris Tousoulis
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3 years ago
Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) comprise a major cause of morbidity and mortality. The almost-exclusive cause of ACS, including unstable angina, acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with or without ST-segment elevation, and sudden cardiac death, is atherothrombosis. Pilot pathological studies have identified the pathophysiological processes implicated in the destabilisation and thrombosis of…
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Sofie Moreels
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Steven Dymarkowski
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Serge De Ridder
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3 years ago
A 65-year-old male patient was referred to our outpatient clinic for cardiac evaluation because of an asymptomatic continuous murmur. Four years ago, a grade 2/6 systolic cardiac murmur had been coincidentally detected, but it had not been investigated so far. The patient was completely asymptomatic. There was no relevant past medical history or significant family history. His cardiovascular risk…
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Hector M Garcia-Garcia
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Patrick W Serruys
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3 years ago
To date, cardiologists have alleviated the symptoms of patients with significant lesions in the coronary angiography by stenting or coronary artery bypass grafting. While normal-looking coronary segments in angiography have been regarded as ‘disease-free’ and mild/moderate stenoses as ‘non-treatable’, today that we know that from these non-significantly diseased areas may potentially arise acute…
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Jie Sheng Foo
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Georgia Tsoumakidou
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Elias Brountzos
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3 years ago
During the last few decades, the endovascular repair of aortic aneurysms (EVAR) has revolutionised the treatment of thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms. Since 1991, when Parodi et al.1 reported the first series of successful endovascular abdominal aneurysm repair in humans, enormous developments have been accomplished in techniques, materials and equipment. More delicate techniques and…
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Author(s):
Subha V Raman
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3 years ago
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. In the US, for example, CVD kills more men than the next seven causes of death combined, and more women than the next 16 causes of death combined. Some of the most dreaded effects of CVD result from atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD) and its sequelae, including chronic angina, acute myocardial infarction (MI), heart…
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Author(s):
Koji Hasegawa
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3 years ago
Myocardial infarction is often caused by the rupture of unstable plaque in atherosclerosis with mild-to-moderate stenosis. Research has revealed that local tissue inflammation is closely involved in the rupture of atherosclerotic plaque.1 Stabilization of atherosclerotic plaque by strictly managing the risk factors for coronary artery disease is a crucial strategy to prevent the recurrence of…
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Author(s):
Subha V Raman
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3 years ago
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. In the US, for example, CVD kills more men than the next seven causes of death combined, and more women than the next 16 causes of death combined.1 Some of the most dreaded effects of CVD result from atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD) and its sequelae, including chronic angina, acute myocardial infarction (MI), heart…
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Nicolas M Van Mieghem
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Joost Daemen
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5 months ago
What are the top late-breaking trials from #TCT2023?
TCT 2023 — Join interventional cardiologists, Prof Nicolas Van Mieghem and Dr Joost Daemen from the Thoraxcenter as they unpack the most impactful late-breaking clinical trials and science data from this year's Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Conference.
Dive into this practical and engaging discussion and learn more about the…
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Stephen Black
Job title: University of Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa, Consultant Vascular Surgeon Professor of Venous Surgery
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