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Maternal cardiac risk stratification in contemporary practice: external validation of mWHO, CARPREG II and ZAHARA in a 14-year tertiary cohort

Background Pregnancy in women with cardiac disease carries substantial maternal risk. The modified WHO classification, Cardiac Disease in Pregnancy Study II (CARPREG II) and Zwangerschap bij ...
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Association between delayed transcatheter aortic valve replacement beyond 6 months and clinical outcomes in severe aortic stenosis: a retrospective observationa…

Objective Early intervention for asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis (AS) has shown prognostic benefits; however, some ...
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Prevalence of aortic findings among patients with multifocal fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) seen at a specialised referral centre

Background Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is a non-atherosclerotic vascular disease that affects medium-sized arteries with multifocal (beaded) or focal stenotic lesions, aneurysms, dissections and ...
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Long-term outcomes after primary intervention for congenital aortic valve stenosis: a 30-year single-centre experience

Objective To compare long-term outcomes following balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) and surgical aortic valvotomy (SAV), including surgical valvuloplasty for isolated severe congenital aortic valve ...