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The changing face of infective endocarditis by Prendergast, B D

“…Infective endocarditis (IE) is an evolving disease with a persistently high mortality and morbidity, even in the modern era of advanced diagnostic imaging,…”
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Diagnostic criteria and problems in infective endocarditis by Prendergast, B D

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Contemporary epidemiology of infective endocarditis in patients with congenital heart disease: A UK prospective study by Cahill, TJ, Jewell, PD, Denne, L, Franklin, RC, Frigiola, A, Orchard, E, Prendergast, BD

“…Infective endocarditis is a life-threatening complication of congenital heart disease (CHD), but there are few studies concerning the contemporary risk…”
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HIV AND CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE by Prendergast, B D

“…Table 1 Cardiac conditions associated with HIV infection Myocardial disease Opportunistic infections Bacterial Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium…”
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Transcatheter aortic valve implantation: current status and future perspectives by Cahill, T J, Chen, M, Hayashida, K, Latib, A, Modine, T, Piazza, N, Redwood, S, Søndergaard, L, Prendergast, B D

“…Abstract In the 16 years since the first pioneering procedure, transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has come of age and become a routine strategy for…”
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Risk of infective endocarditis after left-sided surgical valve replacement by Cahill, T J, Prendergast, B D

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Will direct thrombin inhibition change the boundaries of oral anti-coagulation? by Lomas, O., Argyle, R.A., Prendergast, B.D.

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Adjuncts to transcatheter aortic valve implantation by McConkey, Hzr, Arri, S S, Joseph, J P, Prendergast, B D, Redwood, S

“…The appreciable rise in percutaneous valve procedures has been pursued by a wave of development in advanced technology to help guide straightforward,…”
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Valvular heart disease: the next cardiac epidemic by d'Arcy, J L, Prendergast, B D, Chambers, J B, Ray, S G, Bridgewater, B

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Guidelines for the diagnosis and antibiotic treatment of endocarditis in adults: a report of the Working Party of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy by KATE GOULD, F, DENNING, David W, ELLIOTT, Tom S. J, FOWERAKER, Juliet, PERRY, John D, PRENDERGAST, Bernard D, SANDOE, Jonathan A. T, SPRY, Michael J, WATKIN, Richard W

“…The BSAC guidelines on treatment of infectious endocarditis (IE) were last published in 2004. The guidelines presented here have been updated and extended to…”
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Infective endocarditis in the elderly: The current view of the problem by G G Taradin, N T Vatutin, B D Prendergast, J D Newton, E A Chaus, A S Smyrnova

“…The review gives the current views of the etiology and risk factors of infective endocarditis (IE) in the elderly. It reports the specific clinical picture of…”
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Public healthcare systems should not pay for private profit by Coffey, S, Prendergast, B D

“…Why should the NHS, which funds this study through the National Institute for Health Research, pay for marketing opportunities for private companies?…”
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Aorto-cavitary fistulae in infective endocarditis: understanding a rare complication through collaboration by Jenkins, N.P., Habib, G., Prendergast, B.D.

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Early change in invasive measures of microvascular function can predict myocardial recovery following PCI for ST-elevation myocardial infarction by Cuculi, Florim, Dall'Armellina, Erica, Manlhiot, Cedric, De Caterina, Alberto R, Colyer, Sharon, Ferreira, Vanessa, Morovat, Alireza, Prendergast, Bernard D, Forfar, J Colin, Alp, Nicholas J, Choudhury, Robin P, Neubauer, Stefan, Channon, Keith M, Banning, Adrian P, Kharbanda, Rajesh K

“…Predicting the likely success of primary PCI to salvage potential infarcted myocardium is desirable. We compared early invasive parameters of coronary…”
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Aortic valve disease by Rayner, J, Coffey, S, Newton, J, Prendergast, B D

“…Aortic valve disease is common and has significant impact on prognosis and quality of life. In this educational review, we cover the pathophysiology,…”
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Antibiotic prophylaxis: Back from the brink by Thornhill, M. H., Chambers, J. B., Prendergast, B. D., Dayer, M., Cahill, T. J., Lockhart, P. B., Baddour, L. M.

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Community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA): an emerging pathogen in infective endocarditis by Millar, B. Cherie, Prendergast, Bernard D., Moore, John E.

“…Over the last decade, a novel methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has emerged, primarily associated with healthy individuals within the…”
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Basal release of nitric oxide augments the Frank-Starling response in the isolated heart by PRENDERGAST, B. D, SAGACH, V. F, SHAH, A. M

“…The Frank-Starling response contributes to the regulation of cardiac output. The major underlying subcellular mechanism is a length-dependent change in…”
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Contemporary criteria for the selection of patients for percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty by Prendergast, B D, Shaw, T R D, Iung, B, Vahanian, A, Northridge, D B

“…In one study, commissural calcium predicted reduced survival at 36 months free of the combined end point of death, repeat balloon valvotomy or need for mitral…”
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Right-sided valve disease by Coffey, S, Rayner, J, Newton, J, Prendergast, B D

“…In this review, we discuss right-sided heart valve disease, namely tricuspid regurgitation (TR), tricuspid stenosis, pulmonary regurgitation, pulmonary…”
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