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- 1From: Nature Reviews Cardiology. (Vol. 11, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedA scientific statement on the prevention and treatment of thrombosis in children with congenital heart disease has been published by Giglia et al. on behalf of the AHA. This paper adds substantially to the current...
- 2From: Nature Reviews Cardiology. (Vol. 11, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedTreatment of aortic stenosis in high-risk surgical patients has been modified in the past 10 years owing to the introduction of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Several issues affecting outcomes with...
- 3From: Nature Reviews Cardiology. (Vol. 11, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedLittle is known about the prognostic significance of the recurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF) early (within the first 3 months) after cryoballoon ablation, or whether reablation of this early recurrence of AF (ERAF)...
- 4From: Nature Reviews Cardiology. (Vol. 11, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedTreatment of cardiac disease in patients with dystrophinopathies substantially improves outcomes. In this Review, we summarize and discuss findings from the past 20 years and future perspectives for therapeutic options...
- 5From: Nature Reviews Cardiology. (Vol. 11, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedWe read the Review by Giannitsis and Katus (Giannitsis, E. & Katus, H. Cardiac troponin level elevations not related to acute coronary syndromes. Nat. Rev. Cardiol. 10, 623-634 [2013]) (1) with great interest. We...
- 6From: Nature Reviews Cardiology. (Vol. 11, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedA ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is an acute vascular emergency that, if untreated, is nearly always fatal. Ruptured AAAs can now be treated using a novel endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) technique, but...
- 7From: Nature Reviews Cardiology. (Vol. 11, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedCardiac ATTR amyloidosis is an often fatal condition in which wild-type or mutated forms of transthyretin are deposited as amyloid in the heart. Although specific therapies for patients with this condition are emerging,...
- 8From: Nature Reviews Cardiology. (Vol. 11, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThe VISTA-16 trial of varespladib, a secretory phospholipase [A.sub.2] ([sPLA.sub.2]) inhibitor, in patients with an acute coronary syndrome was terminated prematurely owing to futility and a signal towards harm....
- 9From: Nature Reviews Cardiology. (Vol. 11, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedResearchers from the USA have reported that a novel, paediatric-specific, electrocardiographic criterion is superior to several existing criteria for the diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in children. "[As]...
- 10From: Nature Reviews Cardiology. (Vol. 11, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedVenous thromboembolism (VTE) has important heritable components. In the past 20 years, knowledge in this field has greatly increased with the identification of a number of gene variants causing hypercoagulability. The...
- 11From: Nature Reviews Cardiology. (Vol. 11, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedCardiomyopathy classification has been subject to revisions for >60 years. The new MOGE(S) classification system, which incorporates information on structural and functional abnormalities, organ involvement, genetics,...
- 12From: Nature Reviews Cardiology. (Vol. 11, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedSlow implementation of evidence-based medicine might have contributed to >10,000 excess deaths after acute myocardial infarction (MI) in the UK compared with Sweden between 2004 and 2010. This finding comes from a new,...
- 13From: Nature Reviews Cardiology. (Vol. 11, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThe new ACC/AHA cardiovascular-risk guidelines feature updated equations for women, distinct equations for African-American individuals, and include stroke prediction. However, the equations rely on the same traditional...
- 14From: Nature Reviews Cardiology. (Vol. 11, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedAtherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) is highly prevalent and, despite therapeutic advances, remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Many patients with CVD seek additional alternative therapies when...
- 15From: Nature Reviews Cardiology. (Vol. 11, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedCurrently, numerous tests are available for the assessment and triage of patients with stable ischaemic heart disease. National societies in the USA have collaborated to develop appropriate use criteria to give guidance...
- 16From: Nature Reviews Cardiology. (Vol. 11, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedNovel oral anticoagulants, such as rivaroxaban, are increasingly being used instead of warfarin for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). In addition, radiofrequency catheter ablation for AF that...
- 17From: Nature Reviews Cardiology. (Vol. 11, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedImpaired foetal growth during the first trimester of pregnancy is associated with an increased prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in childhood. This finding comes from a prospective, population-based analysis,...
- 18From: Nature Reviews Cardiology. (Vol. 11, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedConduction abnormalities, such as left bundle branch block (LBBB), commonly occur after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Such complications might impair the benefits of TAVI, but do not necessarily...