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From the Editor's Desk
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Cardiovascular Topics
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Comparison of a qualitative measurement of heart-type fatty acid-binding protein with other cardiac markers as an early diagnostic marker in the diagnosis of non-ST -segment elevation myocardial infarction
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Management and outcome of topical beta-blocker-induced atrioventricular block
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Autonomic imbalance assessed by time-domain heart rate variability indices in primary Raynaud’s phenomenon
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Atrial conduction time, and left atrial mechanical and electromechanical functions in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome: interatrial conduction delay
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Protective effects of ginseng extracts and common anti-aggregant drugs on ischaemia–reperfusion injury
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An open-access, mobile, compatible, electronic patient register for rheumatic heart disease (‘eRegister’) based on the World Heart Federation’s framework for patient registers
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High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T is more helpful in detecting peri-operative myocardial injury and apoptosis during coronary artery bypass graft surgery
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Lack of cardioprotection by single-dose magnesium prophylaxis on isoprenalineinduced myocardial infarction in adult Wistar rats
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Drug Trends in Cardiology
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Cardio News
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Case Report
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Dyspnoea and chest pain as the presenting symptoms of pneumomediastinum: two cases and a review of the literature
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Iatrogenic left main-stem dissection extending to the circumflex artery and retrogradely involving the left and non-coronary sinuses of Valsalva: iatrogenic aortocoronary dissection
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A rare case of aortic dissection presenting as pure transient global amnesia
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Application of thoracic endovascular dissecting aneurysm repair for secondary type B aortic dissection
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