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Clinical picture and risk prediction of short-term mortality in cardiogenic shock by Harjola, Veli-Pekka, Lassus, Johan, Sionis, Alessandro, Køber, Lars, Tarvasmäki, Tuukka, Spinar, Jindrich, Parissis, John, Banaszewski, Marek, Silva-Cardoso, Jose, Carubelli, Valentina, Di Somma, Salvatore, Tolppanen, Heli, Zeymer, Uwe, Thiele, Holger, Nieminen, Markku S, Mebazaa, Alexandre

“…Aims The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical picture and outcome of cardiogenic shock and to develop a risk prediction score for short‐term…”
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Cinaciguat, a soluble guanylate cyclase activator, unloads the heart but also causes hypotension in acute decompensated heart failure by Erdmann, Erland, Semigran, Marc J, Nieminen, Markku S, Gheorghiade, Mihai, Agrawal, Rahul, Mitrovic, Veselin, Mebazaa, Alexandre

“…Cinaciguat (BAY 58-2667) is a novel soluble guanylate cyclase activator. This study evaluated the haemodynamic effect and safety of cinaciguat added to…”
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A multilocus genetic risk score for coronary heart disease: case-control and prospective cohort analyses by Ripatti, Samuli, Dr, Tikkanen, Emmi, MSc, Orho-Melander, Marju, Prof, Havulinna, Aki S, MSc, Silander, Kaisa, PhD, Sharma, Amitabh, PhD, Guiducci, Candace, BS, Perola, Markus, Prof, Jula, Antti, MD, Sinisalo, Juha, MD, Lokki, Marja-Liisa, PhD, Nieminen, Markku S, Prof, Melander, Olle, MD, Salomaa, Veikko, Prof, Peltonen, Leena, Prof, Kathiresan, Sekar, MD

“…Summary Background Comparison of patients with coronary heart disease and controls in genome-wide association studies has revealed several single nucleotide…”
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State of the art: Using natriuretic peptide levels in clinical practice by Maisel, Alan, Mueller, Christian, Adams Jr, Kirkwood, Anker, Stefan D., Aspromonte, Nadia, Cleland, John G.F., Cohen-Solal, Alain, Dahlstrom, Ulf, DeMaria, Anthony, Di Somma, Salvatore, Filippatos, Gerasimos S., Fonarow, Gregg C., Jourdain, Patrick, Komajda, Michel, Liu, Peter P., McDonagh, Theresa, McDonald, Kenneth, Mebazaa, Alexandre, Nieminen, Markku S., Peacock, W. Frank, Tubaro, Marco, Valle, Roberto, Vanderhyden, Marc, Yancy, Clyde W., Zannad, Faiez, Braunwald, Eugene

“…Natriuretic peptide (NP) levels (B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and N-terminal proBNP) are now widely used in clinical practice and cardiovascular research…”
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Prevalence and prognosis of ECG abnormalities in normotensive and hypertensive individuals by Lehtonen, Arttu O, Puukka, Pauli, Varis, Juha, Porthan, Kimmo, Tikkanen, Jani T, Nieminen, Markku S, Huikuri, Heikki V, Anttila, Ismo, Nikus, Kjell, Kähönen, Mika, Jula, Antti, Niiranen, Teemu J

“…OBJECTIVE:To define the prevalence and prognosis of ECG abnormalities in hypertensive individuals. METHODS:ECG, blood pressure and other cardiovascular risk…”
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Salivary biomarkers of bacterial burden, inflammatory response, and tissue destruction in periodontitis by Salminen, Aino, Gursoy, Ulvi K., Paju, Susanna, Hyvärinen, Kati, Mäntylä, Päivi, Buhlin, Kåre, Könönen, Eija, Nieminen, Markku S., Sorsa, Timo, Sinisalo, Juha, Pussinen, Pirkko J.

“…Aim Chronic periodontitis has an episodic and multifactorial character, with fluctuations in bacterial burden, inflammatory response, and tissue destruction…”
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Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic heart failure: executive summary (update 2005) by Swedberg, Karl, Cleland, John, Dargie, Henry, Drexler, Helmut, Follath, Ferenc, Komajda, Michel, Tavazzi, Luigi, Smiseth, Otto A., Gavazzi, Antonello, Haverich, Axel, Hoes, Arno, Jaarsma, Tiny, Korewicki, Jerzy, Lévy, Samuel, Linde, Cecilia, Lopez-Sendon, José-Luis, Nieminen, Markku S., Piérard, Luc, Remme, Willem J.

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Lipopolysaccharide, a possible molecular mediator between periodontitis and coronary artery disease by Liljestrand, John M., Paju, Susanna, Buhlin, Kåre, Persson, G. Rutger, Sarna, Seppo, Nieminen, Markku S., Sinisalo, Juha, Mäntylä, Päivi, Pussinen, Pirkko J.

“…Aim We aimed to study how lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in saliva and serum associates with each other, periodontal microbial burden, periodontitis and coronary…”
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Characteristics, outcomes, and predictors of mortality at 3 months and 1 year in patients hospitalized for acute heart failure by Harjola, Veli-Pekka, Follath, Ferenc, Nieminen, Markku S., Brutsaert, Dirk, Dickstein, Kenneth, Drexler, Helmut, Hochadel, Matthias, Komajda, Michel, Lopez-Sendon, Jose L., Ponikowski, Piotr, Tavazzi, Luigi

“…Aims Acute heart failure (AHF) has a poor prognosis. We evaluated 3- and 12-month mortality in different clinical classes of AHF patients from 30 European…”
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Relation of Use of Red Blood Cell Transfusion After Acute Coronary Syndrome to Long-Term Mortality by Allonen, Jaakko, Nieminen, Markku S., Hiippala, Seppo, Sinisalo, Juha

“…Registry studies have associated red blood cell (RBC) transfusion with increased in-hospital mortality in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The…”
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Electrocardiographic predictors of atrial fibrillation in nonhypertensive and hypertensive individuals by Lehtonen, Arttu O, Langén, Ville L, Porthan, Kimmo, Kähönen, Mika, Nieminen, Markku S, Jula, Antti M, Niiranen, Teemu J

“…OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to compare the predictive value of ECG abnormalities for atrial fibrillation in nonhypertensive versus hypertensive…”
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Long-term survival after hospitalization for acute heart failure — Differences in prognosis of acutely decompensated chronic and new-onset acute heart failure by Lassus, Johan P.E, Siirilä-Waris, Krista, Nieminen, Markku S, Tolonen, Jukka, Tarvasmäki, Tuukka, Peuhkurinen, Keijo, Melin, John, Pulkki, Kari, Harjola, Veli-Pekka

“…Abstract Aims To analyze the five-year mortality after hospitalization for acute heart failure (AHF) and compare predictors of prognosis in patients with and…”
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Lowered B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in Response to Levosimendan or Dobutamine Treatment Is Associated With Improved Survival in Patients With Severe Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure by Cohen-Solal, Alain, MD, PhD, Logeart, Damien, MD, Huang, Bidan, PhD, Cai, Danlin, PhD, Nieminen, Markku S., MD, Mebazaa, Alexandre, MD, PhD

“…Objectives The purpose of this analysis was to examine whether decreases in B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels during the first few days of…”
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Prediction of sudden cardiac death with automated high-throughput analysis of heterogeneity in standard resting 12-lead electrocardiograms by Kenttä, Tuomas V., PhD, Nearing, Bruce D., PhD, Porthan, Kimmo, MD, PhD, Tikkanen, Jani T., MD, PhD, Viitasalo, Matti, MD, PhD, Nieminen, Markku S., MD, PhD, Salomaa, Veikko, MD, PhD, Oikarinen, Lasse, MD, PhD, Jula, Antti, MD, PhD, Kontula, Kimmo, MD, PhD, Newton-Cheh, Chris, PhD, Huikuri, Heikki V., MD, PhD, Verrier, Richard L., PhD, FHRS

“…Background Heterogeneity of depolarization and repolarization underlies the development of lethal arrhythmias. Objective We investigated whether quantification…”
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The Metabolome in Finnish Carriers of the MYBPC3-Q1061X Mutation for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy by Jørgenrud, Benedicte, Jalanko, Mikko, Heliö, Tiina, Jääskeläinen, Pertti, Laine, Mika, Hilvo, Mika, Nieminen, Markku S, Laakso, Markku, Hyötyläinen, Tuulia, Orešič, Matej, Kuusisto, Johanna

“…Mutations in the cardiac myosin-binding protein C gene (MYBPC3) are the most common genetic cause of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) worldwide. The molecular…”
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ECG left ventricular hypertrophy is a stronger risk factor for incident cardiovascular events in women than in men in the general population by Porthan, Kimmo, Niiranen, Teemu J, Varis, Juha, Kantola, Ilkka, Karanko, Hannu, Kähönen, Mika, Nieminen, Markku S, Salomaa, Veikko, Huikuri, Heikki V, Jula, Antti M

“…OBJECTIVE:Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is a strong risk factor for cardiovascular events. ECG is the most widely used method for LVH detection. Despite…”
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The impact of serum uric acid on cardiovascular outcomes in the LIFE study by Høieggen, Aud, Alderman, Michael H., Kjeldsen, Sverre E., Julius, Stevo, Devereux, Richard B., de Faire, Ulf, Fyhrquist, Frej, Ibsen, Hans, Kristianson, Krister, Lederballe-Pedersen, Ole, Lindholm, Lars H., Nieminen, Markku S., Omvik, Per, Oparil, Suzanne, Wedel, Hans, Chen, Cong, Dahlöf, Björn, for the LIFE Study Group

“…The impact of serum uric acid on cardiovascular outcomes in the LIFE study. The Losartan Intervention For Endpoint reduction in hypertension (LIFE) study…”
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Epicardial Fat, Cardiac Dimensions, and Low-Grade Inflammation in Young Adult Monozygotic Twins Discordant for Obesity by Granér, Marit, MD, PhD, Seppälä-Lindroos, Anneli, MD, Rissanen, Aila, MD, PhD, Hakkarainen, Antti, MD, Lundbom, Nina, MD, PhD, Kaprio, Jaakko, MD, PhD, Nieminen, Markku S., MD, PhD, Pietiläinen, Kirsi H., MD, PhD

“…Epicardial fat with its close proximity to coronary arteries has been suggested to be a significant predictor of cardiovascular disease. We studied the…”
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Acute Heart Failure With and Without Concomitant Acute Coronary Syndromes: Patient Characteristics, Management, and Survival by Tarvasmäki, Tuukka, MD, Harjola, Veli-Pekka, MD, PhD, Nieminen, Markku S., MD, PhD, Siirilä-Waris, Krista, MD, Tolonen, Jukka, MD, PhD, Tolppanen, Heli, MD, Lassus, Johan, MD, PhD

“…Abstract Background Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) may precipitate up to a third of acute heart failure (AHF) cases. We assessed the characteristics, initial…”
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Altered mental status predicts mortality in cardiogenic shock – results from the CardShock study by Kataja, Anu, Tarvasmäki, Tuukka, Lassus, Johan, Køber, Lars, Sionis, Alessandro, Spinar, Jindrich, Parissis, John, Carubelli, Valentina, Cardoso, Jose, Banaszewski, Marek, Marino, Rossella, Nieminen, Markku S, Mebazaa, Alexandre, Harjola, Veli-Pekka

“…Background: Altered mental status is among the signs of hypoperfusion in cardiogenic shock, the most severe form of acute heart failure. The aim of this study…”
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