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… a higher level of symptoms using the following cut points: mMRC ≥ 2 or a CAT score ≥ 10, with a preference for … MI, Man WD. The Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ): Cut-point for GOLD 2013 classification. Am J Respir Crit Care … a higher level of symptoms using the following cut points: mMRC ≥ 2 or a CAT score ≥ 10, with a preference for …
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… whereas no such comparison exists with instantaneous wave free ratio (iFR). The current retrospective study aimed to … we sought to identify the optimal FFR and iFR cut off points with the highest discriminative power to predict DSE … to 0.927), p AUC comparison=0.03. Optimal FFR cut-off point predicting positive DSE was 0.80. There was a strong …
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… Connolly BA, Puthucheary ZA, Walsh SLF, Bloch SA, Sidhu PS, Hart N, Kemp PR, Moxham J, Polkey MI, Hopkinson NS. … Connolly BA, Puthucheary ZA, Walsh SLF, Bloch SA, Sidhu PS, Hart N, Kemp PR, Moxham J, Polkey MI, Hopkinson NS. …
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… measured before and after CRT implantation. The study end-point was a composite of unplanned heart failure … follow-up of 30 months, 70% group A patients had event-free survival compared to 39% group B patients. The presence … in t-IVT after CRT was an independent predictor of event-free survival. Conclusion T-IVT is a marker of global cardiac …
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… underwent cardiac transplantation. The primary end point of all-cause mortality or cardiac transplantation was … a significant independent predictor of the primary end point (hazard ratio, 3.90; 95% CI, 2.16-7.04; P<0.001), as … RVSD is a powerful, independent predictor of transplant-free survival and adverse heart failure outcomes in DCM. …
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… maps based on automatic annotation of thousands of points was recently released for clinical use. This is the … in 11 (4 to 15) min, consisting of 7,220 (3,467 to 10,947) points, 22 left atrial maps in 11 (6 to 19) min, consisting of 7,818 (4,379 to 12,262) points and 10 left ventricular maps in 37 (14 to 43) min, …
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… and 27 age and gender matched controls. We measured fat-free mass, quadriceps strength and daily physical activity … signalling pathway were examined. Patients had reduced fat-free mass index (16.1 (2.2) kg/m(2) vs 17.2 (2.2) kg/m(2), p … We conclude that, despite the presence of reduced fat-free mass, quadriceps weakness and inactivity, p38 MAPK …
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… the cumulative benefit in life-years gained at time points from 3 months to 3 years. Because the trial … we expressed for each study the benefit at each time point as the proportion of benefit at 3 years. The average … yet benefit grows with time, the choice of an early time point artificially reduces apparent benefit and artificially …
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… (n = 46, mean ± SD 80.7 ± 4.1 years). The primary end point was a composite of all-cause mortality or HF … of 28.5 ± 33.7 months, the event rate for the primary end point was significantly higher in the elderly compared to … and ICD status, the difference in the composite end point rates was attenuated and no longer significant (HR …
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… a follow-up of 27 ± 7 months, 108 (27%) patients were free of arrhythmia recurrences with a single procedure. After 2.3 ± 0.6 procedures, 312 (79%) patients were free of arrhythmia with concomitant antiarrhythmic treatment … a follow-up of 27 ± 7 months, 108 (27%) patients were free of arrhythmia recurrences with a single procedure. After …
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