This article provides expert opinion on the use of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR)
in young patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) and in specific clinical situations. As …

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Background Despite many studies suggesting that poor physical fitness is an independent
risk factor for death from cardiovascular causes, the matter has remained controversial. We …

… Erik Thaulow , Erik Thaulow … The Task Force on the Management of Grown Up Congenital
Heart Disease of the European Society of Cardiology, John Deanfield, Erik Thaulow, Carol …

… Erik Thaulow collected data and was involved in planning the study. Leiv Sandvik did
statistical analysis of the database. All investigators contributed to the writing of the paper. …

… medical records and entered online in a web-based electronic case record form (CRF). The
CRF … The electronic files were managed by the data management staff at the European Heart …

… Data on medical history, results of diagnostic procedures and interventions were transcribed
from patient records into an electronic case record file. Participating centres included both …

… E xperimental animal studies indicate that blood platelets both initiate atherogenesis and
trigger its complications.1"2 Furthermore, angiographic and angioscopic studies in patients …

The outcome of 1999 apparently healthy men aged 40 to 59 years investigated from 1972
through 1975 was ascertained after 16 years to determine whether systolic blood pressure …

… Forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) and physical fitness were stro ng p redictors of
survival, whereas the RRs for triglycerides, BMI, and resting heart rate we re not significantly diff e …