Summary taken directly from the American College of Cardiology Quick Takes Patients with AF who use wearable devices for detection of AF are more than…
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By Guy Lloyd In one of the standout session during BCS 2021, the enormous problem of cardiologist burnout, its causes and consequences as well as…
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By Ahmed El-Medany Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemia from the ESC and the EAS were updated in late 2019. With the advent of combination…
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Video update: 8 June 2021. Article originally published 7 May 2021. Patient understanding of angiography and angioplasty is often incomplete at the time of consent.…
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Taken directly from the American College of Cardiology One glass of wine, beer or other alcoholic beverage may significantly increase the risk of an atrial…
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By Saadia Aslam A study by Caleyachetty et al has prospectively identified ethnicity-specific BMI cutoffs for obesity based on the risk of type 2 diabetes…
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A study by Chorba et al investigate Deep learning approaches in detect heart murmurs and clinically significant valvular heart disease, using recording from digital stethoscopes.…
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