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Open AccessCardiovascular risk and testosterone – from subclinical atherosclerosis to lipoprotein function to heart failure
The cardiovascular (CV) benefit and safety of treating low testosterone conditions is a matter of debate. Although testosterone deficiency has been linked to a rise in major adverse CV events, most of the stud...
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Prognosis of Patients with Chronic and Hospital-Acquired Anaemia After Acute Coronary Syndromes
Discharge anaemia is common following acute coronary syndromes (ACS). However, it is unknown if chronic anaemia (CA) and hospital-acquired anaemia (HAA) are associated with similar outcomes. In this retrospect...
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Potential of Lipoprotein(a)-Lowering Strategies in Treating Coronary Artery Disease
High levels of lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] are considered causal risk factor of cardiovascular disease (CVD), including aortic stenosis. The 2019 ESC/EAC guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias recommend to...
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Open AccessDiabetes and baseline glucose are associated with inflammation, left ventricular function and short- and long-term outcome in acute coronary syndromes: role of the novel biomarker Cyr 61
Hyperglycemia in the setting of an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) impacts short term outcomes, but little is known about longer term effects. We therefore designed this study to firstly determine the associatio...
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Clinical Perspectives and Pearls from the 2015 ESC NSTE-ACS Guidelines
Four years after the latest edition, the 2015 non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology have been published. Novel aspects include a new diagnostic algo...
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Open AccessRuling out coronary heart disease in primary care patients with chest pain: a clinical prediction score
Chest pain raises concern for the possibility of coronary heart disease. Scoring methods have been developed to identify coronary heart disease in emergency settings, but not in primary care.
