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Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide.1 High systolic blood pressure (SBP) remains one of the top risk factors for CVD burden globally.2 Despite being a modifiable risk factor, hypertension (HTN) remains largely undiagnosed and untreated due to inadequate screening, poor awareness and lack of treatment adherence.3 Globally, HTN is undiagnosed in about 46% […]

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Native valve infective endocarditis (IE) is rare, with an incidence of 3–7 cases per 100,000 person-years.1,2 Cardiac structural complications from local infection extension include valvular destruction, peri-annular abscess and fistula formation. Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm (LVP) from IE is exceedingly rare, occurring in &...

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Catheter ablation (CA) is an invasive adjunctive therapeutic option for atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, in uncontrolled cases, following optimal medical therapy.1,2 The validation of 3D mapping and its implementation into clinical usage has been a remarkable achievement in the field ...

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Highlights Failure to target and deliver durable radiofrequency lesions to all functionally critical areas has been identified as an important cause of ventricular tachycardia recurrence and is particularly challenging in deep midmyocardial or very extensive substrate where point-by-point radiofrequency ablation ...

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In recent years, patients undergoing non-emergent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures have become increasingly older, with a more significant comorbidity burden and complex coronary disease.1 Many of the patients who undergo elective or urgent PCI are surgical turndown patients, for ...

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Case report A 50-year-old man with a history of myocardial infarction (MI) in 2006 and arterial hypertension presented with episodes of paroxysmal atrio-ventricular block (AVB). He was also affected by severe obesity (353 kg) with a body mass index (BMI) of 121 kg/...

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