Preoperative arterial lactate and outcome after surgery for type A aortic dissection: The ERTAAD multicenter study by Fausto Biancari, Francesco Nappi, Giuseppe Gatti, Andrea Perrotti, Amélie Hervé, Stefano Rosato, Paola D'Errigo, Matteo Pettinari, Sven Peterss, Joscha Buech, Tatu Juvonen, Mikko Jormalainen, Caius Mustonen, Till Demal, Lenard Conradi, Marek Pol, Petr Kacer, Angelo M. Dell’Aquila, Konrad Wisniewski, Igor Vendramin, Daniela Piani, Luisa Ferrante, Timo Mäkikallio, Eduard Quintana, Robert Pruna-Guillen, Antonio Fiore, Thierry Folliguet, Giovanni Mariscalco, Metesh Acharya, Mark Field, Manoj Kuduvalli, Francesco Onorati, Cecilia Rossetti, Sebastien Gerelli, Dario Di Perna, Enzo Mazzaro, Angel G. Pinto, Javier Rodriguez Lega, Mauro Rinaldi

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An Myh11 single lysine deletion causes aortic dissection by reducing aortic structural integrity and contractility by Keita Negishi, Kenichi Aizawa, Takayuki Shindo, Toru Suzuki, Takayuki Sakurai, Yuichiro Saito, Takuya Miyakawa, Masaru Tanokura, Yosky Kataoka, Mitsuyo Maeda, Shota Tomida, Hiroyuki Morita, Norifumi Takeda, Issei Komuro, Kazuomi Kario, Ryozo Nagai, Yasushi Imai

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Olympic distance duathlon and cardiac performance in highly‐trained triathletes by J. A. Donaldson, J. D. Wiles, M. Papadakis, S. Sharma, R. Sharma, J. M. O'Driscoll

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Ultrasound assessment of muscle mass in response to exercise training in chronic kidney disease: a comparison with MRI by Douglas W. Gould, Emma L. Watson, Thomas J. Wilkinson, Joanne Wormleighton, Soteris Xenophontos, Joao L. Viana, Alice C. Smith

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Evaluating the effectiveness of a mental health literacy module - A randomized controlled trial among school teachers by Vidya Prabhu, Lena Ashok, Veena Ganesh Kamath, Amitha Puranik, Sebastian Padickaparambil, Nikitha Sibil Rebello, Praveen Arhanthabailu, Varalakshmi Chandrasekaran

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Airway bacteria measured by quantitative polymerase chain reaction and culture in patients with stable COPD: relationship with neutrophilic airway inflammation, exacerbation freque... by Bafadhel M, Haldar K, Barker B, Patel H, Mistry V, Barer MR, Pavord ID, Brightling CE

“…Mona Bafadhel,1 Koirobi Haldar,2 Bethan Barker,2,3 Hemu Patel,4 Vijay Mistry,2,3 Michael R Barer,2–4 Ian D Pavord,1 Christopher E Brightling2,3 1Respiratory Medicine Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; 2Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, 3Institute for Lung Health, National Institute for Health Research Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Glenfield Hospital, University of Leicester, 4Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK Background: Potentially pathogenic microorganisms can be detected by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) in sputum from patients with COPD, although how this technique relates to culture and clinical measures of disease is unclear. …”
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Consultant staffing in UK congenital cardiac services: a 10-year survey of leavers and joiners by Andrew Parry, Sonya V Babu-Narayan, John Simpson, Petra Jenkins, David Steven Crossland, Richard Ferguson, Alan Magee, Frances A Bulock, Aisling Carroll, Piers EF Daubeney

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SPACE FOR COPD delivered as a maintenance programme on pulmonary rehabilitation discharge: protocol of a randomised controlled trial evaluating the long-term effects on exercise to... by Linzy Houchen-Wolloff, Nikki Gardiner, Ala Szczepura, Sally J Singh, William Man, Charlotte Gerlis, Claire M Nolan, Khaled A Alqahtani

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Salvage use of activated recombinant factor VII in the management of refractory bleeding following cardiac surgery by Barua A, Rao VP, Ramesh BC, Barua B, El-Shafei H

“…Anupama Barua1, Vinay P Rao1, BC Ramesh2, Biplab Barua3, Hussain El-Shafei21Cardiothoracic Department, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham, UK; 2Cardiothoracic Department, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK; 3General Surgery Department, Glenfield Hospital, Glenfield, Leicester, UKBackground: Refractory post cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) bleeding continues to cause concern for cardiac surgeons and intensivists. …”
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Impacts of additional cycles of neoadjuvant immunotherapy on surgery in non‐small‐cell lung cancer by Jiawei Chen, Keng‐Leong Ang, Zhufeng Wang, Fan Lei, Jiaxi He, Shuben Li

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Long-Term Follow-Up of Survivors of Extracorporeal Life Support Therapy for Cardiogenic Shock: Are They Really Survivors? by Rafal Berger, Attila Nemeth, Rodrigo Sandoval Boburg, Louise Vöhringer, Henning Florian Lausberg, Metesh Acharya, Christian Schlensak, Aron-Frederik Popov

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Current practice and attitudes of stroke physicians towards rhythm-control therapy for stroke prevention: results of an international survey by Märit Jensen, Rustam Al-Shahi Salman, G. Andre Ng, H. Bart van der Worp, Peter Loh, Bruce C. V. Campbell, Jonathan M. Kalman, Michael D. Hill, Luciano A. Sposato, Jason G. Andrade, Andreas Metzner, Paulus Kirchhof, Götz Thomalla

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Is it Safe for Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices to Undergo Non-Cardiac Surgery? by Rafal Berger, Attila Nemeth, Christoph Salewski, Rodrigo Sandoval Boburg, Metesh Acharya, Alexander Weymann, Konstantin Zhigalov, Bastian Schmack, Michel Pompeu B. O. Sá, Christian Schlensak, Aron-Frederik Popov

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NADH Intraperitoneal Injection Prevents Lung Inflammation in a BALB/C Mice Model of Cigarette Smoke-Induced Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Nada Slama, Amina Abdellatif, Karima Bahria, Sara Gasmi, Maamar Khames, Abderrahmene Hadji, George Birkmayer, Mustapha Oumouna, Yassine Amrani, Karine Benachour

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A specific proteinase 3 activity footprint in α1-antitrypsin deficiency by Paul R. Newby, Diana Crossley, Helena Crisford, James A. Stockley, Richard A. Mumford, Richard I. Carter, Charlotte E. Bolton, Nicholas S. Hopkinson, Ravi Mahadeva, Michael C. Steiner, Tom M.A. Wilkinson, Elizabeth Sapey, Robert A. Stockley

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Sexual dimorphism in selenium deficiency is associated with metabolic syndrome and prevalence of heart disease by Eerde H. Weening, Ali A. Al-Mubarak, Martin M. Dokter, Kenneth Dickstein, Chim C. Lang, Leong L. Ng, Marco Metra, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, Daan J. Touw, Rudolf A. de Boer, Ron T. Gansevoort, Adriaan A. Voors, Stephan J. L. Bakker, Peter van der Meer, Nils Bomer

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Inequity of access to contrast-enhanced cardiovascular magnetic resonance in patients with chronic kidney disease: A survey from the British Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Reso... by William E. Moody, Ayisha Mehtab Khan-Kheil, Tamara Naneishvili, Lucy E. Hudsmith, Gabriella Captur, Thomas A. Treibel, Daniel Sado, Timothy Fairbairn, Gerry P. McCann, Saul G. Myerson, Colin Berry, Mark Westwood, Niall G. Keenan

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Strengthening Africa's response to Mpox (monkeypox): insights from historical outbreaks and the present global spread by David B. Olawade, Ojima Z. Wada, Sandra Chinaza Fidelis, Oluwafemi S. Oluwole, Chibuike S. Alisi, Nifemi F. Orimabuyaku, Aanuoluwapo Clement David-Olawade

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A pilot randomised controlled trial of a structured, home-based exercise programme on cardiovascular structure and function in kidney transplant recipients: the ECSERT study design... by Gerry P McCann, Angela C Webster, Emer M Brady, Kelly S Parke, Joanne V Wormleighton, Alice C Smith, Sherna F Adenwalla, James O Burton, Matthew PM Graham-Brown, Jonathan Barratt, Nicolette C Bishop, Thomas J Wilkinson, Nicola J Cooper, Roseanne E Billany, Noemi Vadaszy, Katherine A Robinson, Kathryn Croker

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Pulmonary Artery Pulsatility Index in Acute and Chronic Pulmonary Embolism by Mads Dam Lyhne, Eugene Yuriditsky, Vasileios Zochios, Simone Juel Dragsbaek, Jacob Valentin Hansen, Mads Jønsson Andersen, Søren Mellemkjær, Christopher Kabrhel, Asger Andersen

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