From the Editor's Desk |
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Cardiovascular Topics |
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Fine-tuning management of the Heart Assist 5 left ventricular assist device with two- and three-dimensional echocardiography |
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Sirtuin 1 rs1467568 and rs7895833 in South African Indians with early-onset coronary artery disease |
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Assessment of the management of acute myocardial infarction patients and their outcomes at the Nairobi Hospital from January 2007 to June 2009 |
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Acquired von Willebrand syndrome in children with aortic and pulmonary stenosis |
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Correlation analysis between ApoM gene-promoter polymorphisms and coronary heart disease |
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Clinical features and patency rates of Remedy® biodegradable peripheral stents |
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Humoral immune response and coated or uncoated oxygenators during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery |
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High aortic pulse-wave velocity may be responsible for elevated red blood cell distribution width in overweight and obese people: a community-based, cross-sectional study |
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Electrocardiographic findings in a cross-sectional study of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients in Enugu, south-east Nigeria |
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Comparison of primary repair and patch plasty procedure on the P wave in adult atrial septal defect closure |
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Carotid characteristics of black South Africans with five-year sustained hypertension |
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Management of arterial hypertension in Cotonou city, Benin: general practitioners’ knowledge, attitudes and practice |
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Prise en charge des hypertendus dans la ville de Cotonou (Bénin) en 2011: connaissances attitudes et pratiques des médecins généralistes |
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Cardio News |
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Case Reports |
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A rare giant pericardial cyst mimicking a paracardiac mass |
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Simultaneous presentation of giant aneurysms of the coronary sinus and superior vena cava |
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Successful continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation with adjuvant tricuspid valve repair for advanced heart failure |
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An unusual condition during internal jugular vein catheterisation: vertebral artery catheterisation |
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