A clinical summary of this KDP was published in the Journal of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic . Heart failure is a clinical syndrome that is characterized by typical symptoms (eg, dyspnea, ankle swelling, and fatigue) that may be accompanied by signs (eg, increased jugular venous congesti...

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Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia with a worldwide prevalence of approximately 2% (3, 4, 5). The occurrence of the disease depends on age, the prevalence among people under 60 years old is less than 1%, among people 80 years old and older it is 7...9%. Based on prevalence ind...

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Can. j. cardiol; 32 (7), 2016

Modern treatment strategies have led to improvements in cancer survival, however, these gains might be offset by the potential negative effect of cancer therapy on cardiovascular health. Cardiotoxicity is now recognized as a leading cause of long-term morbidity and mortality among cancer survivors. This ...

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