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A pilot study of a nurse-led integrated care review (the INCLUDE review) for people with inflammatory rheumatological conditions in primary care: feasibility study findings. (2021)
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Hider, S. L., Bucknall, M., Jinks, C., Cooke, K., Cooke, K., Ediriweera Desilva, E., …Chew-Graham, C. A. (2021). A pilot study of a nurse-led integrated care review (the INCLUDE review) for people with inflammatory rheumatological conditions in primary care: feasibility study findings. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 7, Article 9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-020-00750-7

BACKGROUND: People with inflammatory rheumatological conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis are at an increased risk of common comorbidities including card... Read More about A pilot study of a nurse-led integrated care review (the INCLUDE review) for people with inflammatory rheumatological conditions in primary care: feasibility study findings..

Initial analgesic prescriptions for osteoarthritis in the United Kingdom, 2000-2016. (2021)
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Mallen. (2021). Initial analgesic prescriptions for osteoarthritis in the United Kingdom, 2000-2016. Rheumatology, 147 - 159. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaa244

OBJECTIVES: To examine trends in the initial prescription of commonly-prescribed analgesics and patient- as well as practice-level factors related to their selection in incident OA. METHODS: Patients consulting with incident clinical OA between 2000-... Read More about Initial analgesic prescriptions for osteoarthritis in the United Kingdom, 2000-2016..

Clinical Characteristics, Management Strategies and Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients With Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. (2021)
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Shoaib, A., Mohamed, M., Rashid, M., Khan, S. U., Parwani, P., Contractor, T., …Mamas, M. A. (2021). Clinical Characteristics, Management Strategies and Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients With Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 96(1), 120 - 131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.05.047

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the management strategies, temporal trends, and clinical outcomes of patients with a history of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and presenting with acute myocardial infarction (MI). PATIENTS AND METHODS: We under... Read More about Clinical Characteristics, Management Strategies and Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients With Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting..

Targeting the 5’ untranslated region of SMN2 as a therapeutic strategy for spinal muscular atrophy (2021)
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Bowerman. (2021). Targeting the 5’ untranslated region of SMN2 as a therapeutic strategy for spinal muscular atrophy. Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids, 731-742. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omtn.2020.12.027

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neuromuscular disorder caused by mutations in the survival motor neuron 1 gene (SMN1). All patients have at least one copy of a paralog, SMN2, but a C-to-T transition in this gene results in exon 7 skipping in a maj... Read More about Targeting the 5’ untranslated region of SMN2 as a therapeutic strategy for spinal muscular atrophy.

Challenges in the management of people with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) in primary care: a qualitative study of general practitioner perspectives (2021)
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Chew-Graham. (2021). Challenges in the management of people with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) in primary care: a qualitative study of general practitioner perspectives. Chronic Illness, https://doi.org/10.1177/1742395320983871

Objectives: To explore the perspectives of general practitioners (GPs) on the identification and management of people, including those from ethnic minority groups, with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF). Methods: Qualitative stud... Read More about Challenges in the management of people with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) in primary care: a qualitative study of general practitioner perspectives.

Breaking the deadlock of calcified coronary artery lesions: A contemporary review. (2021)
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Mamas. (2021). Breaking the deadlock of calcified coronary artery lesions: A contemporary review. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, 108 - 120. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.29221

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of severely calcified lesions is known to result in lower procedural success rates, higher complication rates, and worse long-term clinical outcomes compared to noncalcified lesions. Adequate lesion preparatio... Read More about Breaking the deadlock of calcified coronary artery lesions: A contemporary review..

Trial characteristics associated with under-enrolment of females in randomized controlled trials of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: a systematic review. (2021)
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Mamas, M. (2021). Trial characteristics associated with under-enrolment of females in randomized controlled trials of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: a systematic review. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.2034

AIMS: To evaluate temporal trends in the enrolment of females in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) published in high-impact journals, and assess RCT characteristics associated with under-enrol... Read More about Trial characteristics associated with under-enrolment of females in randomized controlled trials of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: a systematic review..

Nutritional and social contribution of meat in diets: Interplays among young urban and rural men. (2021)
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(2021). Nutritional and social contribution of meat in diets: Interplays among young urban and rural men. Appetite, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2020.104959

Considering the recent increase in the demand for meat and its subsequent implications for health and food security, there is an increasing need to explore its nutritional and social importance among young men in settings experiencing nutrition trans... Read More about Nutritional and social contribution of meat in diets: Interplays among young urban and rural men..

Place and causes of acute cardiovascular mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic (2021)
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Mamas. (2021). Place and causes of acute cardiovascular mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic. Heart, 113-119. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2020-317912

OBJECTIVE: To describe the place and causes of acute cardiovascular death during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: Retrospective cohort of adult (age =18 years) acute cardiovascular deaths (n=5?87?225) in England and Wales, from 1 January 2014 to 30 Ju... Read More about Place and causes of acute cardiovascular mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic.

International consensus on a standard set of outcome measures for child and youth anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder. (2021)
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Krause, K., Chung, S., Adewuya, A., Albano, A., Babins-Wagner, R., Birkinshaw, L., …Wolpert, M. (2021). International consensus on a standard set of outcome measures for child and youth anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder. The Lancet Psychiatry, 76 - 86. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366%2820%2930356-4

A major barrier to improving care effectiveness for mental health is a lack of consensus on outcomes measurement. The International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) has already developed a consensus-based standard set of outcomes fo... Read More about International consensus on a standard set of outcome measures for child and youth anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder..

Cost of coronary syndrome treated with percutaneous coronary intervention and 30-day unplanned readmission in the United States (2021)
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Nolan, J., Mamas, M., Kwok, C. S., Amin, A. P., Shah, B., Kinnaird, T., …Bagur, R. (2021). Cost of coronary syndrome treated with percutaneous coronary intervention and 30-day unplanned readmission in the United States. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, 97(1), 80-93. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.28660

Objectives: This study aimed to examine the cost of coronary syndrome treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and 30-day unplanned readmissions. Background: There is limited understanding of the hospital cost of index PCI and 30-day... Read More about Cost of coronary syndrome treated with percutaneous coronary intervention and 30-day unplanned readmission in the United States.

Sex disparities in the choice of cardiac resynchronization therapy device utilized: an analysis of trends, predictors and outcomes. (2021)
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Rashid, & Mamas. (2021). Sex disparities in the choice of cardiac resynchronization therapy device utilized: an analysis of trends, predictors and outcomes. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 86-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2020.02.073

Background There is limited evidence on the influence of sex on the decision to implant a cardiac resynchronization therapy device with pacemaker (CRT-P) or defibrillator (CRT-D) and the existence of sex-dependent differences in complications that m... Read More about Sex disparities in the choice of cardiac resynchronization therapy device utilized: an analysis of trends, predictors and outcomes..

Comparison of distal radial access versus standard transradial access in patients with smaller diameter radial Arteries(The distal radial versus transradial access in small transradial ArteriesStudy: D.A.T.A - S.T.A.R study). (2021)
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Chugh, Y., Sasidhar Kanaparthy, N., Piplani, S., Chugh, S., Shroff, A., Vidovich, M., …Kumar Chugh, S. (2021). Comparison of distal radial access versus standard transradial access in patients with smaller diameter radial Arteries(The distal radial versus transradial access in small transradial ArteriesStudy: D.A.T.A - S.T.A.R study). Indian Heart Journal, 73(1), 26 - 34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2020.11.002

AIMS: To evaluate safety and efficacy of distal right radial access (DRRA) compared to right radial access (RRA), for coronary procedures, in patients with smaller diameter radial arteries (SDRA) (radial artery diameter (RAD) 

Can the Choice of Radiotherapy Delivery Technique Influence Which Target Delineation Protocol to Use? A Plan-Quality-Based Analysis in Left Breast Cancer (2021)
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Ahmad, I., Chufal, K. S., Bhatt, C. P., Miller, A. A., Bajpai, R., Chowdhary, R. L., …Gairola, M. (2021). Can the Choice of Radiotherapy Delivery Technique Influence Which Target Delineation Protocol to Use? A Plan-Quality-Based Analysis in Left Breast Cancer. Asian Journal of Oncology, 07, 13-21. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1722428

Introduction This study investigates the optimal target delineation protocol stratified by treatment planning technique in patients undergoing whole breast radiotherapy after breast conservation surgery. Materials and Methods Target delineation using... Read More about Can the Choice of Radiotherapy Delivery Technique Influence Which Target Delineation Protocol to Use? A Plan-Quality-Based Analysis in Left Breast Cancer.