Vol 11 (2017)

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Editorial

Acute Pulmonary Embolism and Paradoxical Embolism in Patients with Patent Foramen Ovale: to Close or Not to Close…That is the Question!
Marco Zuin, Gianluca Rigatelli
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Original Article

Cardiovascular Risk Factor Burden in the United Arab Emirates (UAE): The Africa Middle East (AfME) Cardiovascular Epidemiological (ACE) Study Sub-analysis
Ghazi Radaideh, Nikolaos Tzemos, Talaha Mubarak Ali, Yasser Eldershaby, Jean Joury, Paula Abreu
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Early or Delayed Surgery for Infective Endocarditis Complicated by Cerebral Embolism: a Meta-analysis
Michael Tzu Min Wang, James Pemberton, Tom Kai Ming Wang
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Preferential Vasodilator Effects of Levosimendan in Resistance Pulmonary Arteries in a Rodent Pulmonary Embolism Model
Camila Bedo, Juan C Grignola
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Long-term Non-Invasive ECG-based Risk Stratification of Sudden Cardiac Death: Extended 5-year Results
Elena Okisheva, Dmitry Tsaregorodtsev, Vitaly Sulimov
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Long-Term Survival Following Aortic Valve Replacement: the Influence of Age, Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch and Indexed Effective Orifice Area
Alexander Manché, Aaron Casha, Liberato Camilleri
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Mortality and Co-morbidities Among Hospitalised Hypertensives in Nigeria
Kamilu Karaye, Adeseye Akintunde, Akinsanya Olusegun-Joseph, Suleiman A Balarabe, Bolanle Okunowo, Abdulrazaq Habib, OG Opadijo
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The Impact of Maternal Congenital Heart Disease on Pregnancy Outcomes in Malta – a Retrospective Study
Maryanne Caruana, Miriam Gatt, Oscar Aquilina, Charles Savona Ventura, Victor Grech, Jane Somerville
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Estimation of Risk Factors for Cardiogenic Shock in Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: A Retrospective Study
Gaurang Nandkishor Vaidya, Bhaskara Madhira
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Angina in Patients with Non-obstructive Coronary Angiograms: Six-years Follow-up
Sergio Vancheri, Viviana Milino, Michael Henein, Corrado Tamburino
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Preliminary Short-term Results of a Population of Patients Treated with MitraClip Therapy: One Center Experience
Rossana Taravella, Melchiorre Gilberto Cellura, Giuseppe Cirrincione, Salvatore Asciutto, Marco Caruso, Massimo Benedetto, Rossella Alduino, Salvatore Novo
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Effectiveness Evaluation of ICDs Implanted in the Right Side vs. Left Side
Marcio Galindo Kiuchi, Shaojie Chen, Luis Marcelo Rodrigues Paz, Helmut Pürerfellner
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Letters to the Editor

Surgical Treatment for Floating Right Heart Thrombus in High Risk Patients
Ana Redondo Palacios, Javier Miguelena, Miren Martín, Laura Varela, Eduardo Fajardo, José López, Rafael Muñoz, Jorge Rodríguez-Roda
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