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Background: Cardiac troponin (cTn) can be elevated in many patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with chest pain but without a diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). We compared the prognostic significance of cTn in these different populations.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the CHOPIN study, which enrolled patients who presented to the ED with chest pain.

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Background: The observed incidence of type 2 myocardial infarction (T2MI) is expected to increase with the implementation of increasingly sensitive cTn assays. However, it remains to be determined how to diagnose, risk-stratify, and treat patients with T2MI. We aimed to discriminate and risk-stratify T2MI using biomarkers.

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Cardiovascular Imaging Through the Prism of Modern Metrics.

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging

May 2020

Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division) and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/RonBlankstein.

Since its inception in 2008, JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging (iJACC) has served as an important publication for all contemporary aspects of cardiovascular imaging. Understanding the dissemination trends in cardiovascular imaging has traditionally been evaluated through citations that assess interest in the research community. Recently, social media, alternative metrics (Altmetrics), and other modern metrics have enabled a more broader understanding of the interests of clinical readership.

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Objectives: This study sought to describe clinical and procedural characteristics of veterans undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) within U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) centers and to examine their association with short- and long-term mortality, length of stay (LOS), and rehospitalization within 30 days.

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Veritas et Utilitas in Imaging.

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging

January 2018

Departments of Medicine and Radiology and the Cardiovascular Imaging Center, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia.

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