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Optimizing heart failure treatment following cardiac resynchronization therapy
Device therapy in addition to medical treatment improves prognosis in a subset of patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction. However, some patients remain symptomatic or their heart failure eve...
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Open AccessMyocardial strain assessed by feature tracking cardiac magnetic resonance in patients with a variety of cardiovascular diseases – A comparison with echocardiography
Myocardial deformation assessed by speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) is increasingly used for diagnosis, monitoring and prognosis in patients with clinical and pre-clinical cardiovascular diseases. Featu...
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Effect of long-term remote ischemic conditioning in patients with chronic ischemic heart failure
Remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) protects against acute ischemia–reperfusion injury and may also have beneficial effects in patients with stable cardiovascular disease. We investigated the effect of long-ter...