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Sex differences in ascending aortic diameter at the time of acute type A aortic dissection

Background Guideline size criteria for prophylactic repair of ascending aortic aneurysm do not account for sex, although some evidence suggests women may experience acute type A aortic dissection ...
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Correspondence on 'Colchicine and coronary inflammation: absence of evidence is not evidence of absence by Aernoud T L Fiolet et al

Inflammation has been implicated in the pathophysiology of plaque formation and rupture, while anti-inflammatory treatment with colchicine may be associated with cardiovascular risk reduction.1 2 ...
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Joint British Societies’ consensus recommendations for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (JBS3)

British Cardiovascular Society, Association of British Clinical Diabetologists, British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation, British Association for Nursing in Cardiovascular ...
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Global prevalence of resistant hypertension: a meta-analysis of data from 3.2 million patients

Correspondence to Dr Jean Joel Bigna, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Centre Pasteur of Cameroon, Yaoundé, Cameroon; bignarimjj{at}yahoo.fr Objective We conducted the first systematic ...
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Towards a personalised approach for obesity treatment: one size does not fit all

Achieving and maintaining weight loss is notoriously difficult, but also incredibly important. Obesity is associated with numerous long-term health consequences, including malignancy, respiratory ...
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Gender inequalities in cardiovascular risk factor assessment and management in primary healthcare

7 WA Centre for Rural Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia Correspondence to Karice K Hyun, The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, ...
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Loneliness and social isolation as risk factors for CVD: implications for evidence-based patient care and scientific inquiry

Correspondence to Dr Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Brigham Young University, Provo UT 84602, USA; julianne_holt-lunstad{at}byu.edu How should these data inform ...
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Benefit–risk of colchicine and spironolactone in acute myocardial infarction: a prespecified generalised pairwise comparisons analysis of the CLEAR trial

Background Composite outcomes in cardiovascular trials often group events of unequal clinical importance, and conventional analyses may obscure treatment trade-offs. Generalised pairwise comparisons ...
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Accelerated biological ageing and cardiovascular disease trajectories: a multistate analysis

Background Accelerated biological ageing has been linked to elevated risks of hypertension (HTN) and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), yet its role in shaping the dynamic progression from health to HTN, ...
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Out of the woods, but still in the weeds: When cancer therapy becomes part of a chronic condition

Correspondence to Dr Kathleen W. Zhang, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA; ...
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The epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in the UK 2014

Correspondence to Dr Nick Townsend, Nuffield Department of Population Health, British Heart Foundation Centre on Population Approaches for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention, Old Road Campus, ...
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Optimising implantable loop recorder alerts with artificial intelligence: role of R-wave amplitude and workload reduction

Background False-positive (FP) alerts from implantable loop recorders increase clinical workload and may delay appropriate intervention. AccuRhythm AI, a cloud-based filtering algorithm, is designed ...