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Adjectival Hyphens

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"Signs and symptoms are subject to the affected valve. As for left ventricular papillary muscle rupture patients usually present with symptoms of acute heart failure including severe dyspnoea, orthopnoea and hypoxia in the immediate post-myocardial infarction period up to one week ¹. Chest pain and hypotension and other signs of cardiogenic shock are further symptoms ^1-4."

Line 5:236 · Only use medical adjectival hyphens where the letters at the end and start of the compound word are the same, e.g. post-transplant. In this case, don't use the hyphen: 'post-myocardial'.

List Caps

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"Takotsubo cardiomyopathy"

Line 22:11 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

Acronyms

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"IRGE/PSIR: late gadolinium enhancement demonstrating myocardial injury"

Line 57:21 · 'PSIR' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.

Headings Valid

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Expected headings

H1 Terminology
H1 Usage
H1 Epidemiology
H2 Risk factors
H2 Associations
H1 Clinical presentation
H2 Complications
H1 Diagnosis
H2 Diagnostic criteria
H2 Diagnostic clues
H1 Pathology
H2 Aetiology
H2 Location
H2 Classification
H2 Macroscopic appearance
H2 Microscopic appearance
H2 Immunophenotype
H2 Markers
H2 Genetics
H1 Radiographic features
H2 Plain radiograph
H2 Mammography
H2 Antenatal ultrasound
H2 Transoesophageal echocardiography
H2 Ultrasound
H2 CT
H3 Dual-energy CT
H2 Angiography (DSA)
H2 MRI
H2 CT/MRI
H2 Nuclear medicine
H3 PET-CT
H3 PET-MRI
H1 Radiology report
H1 Treatment and prognosis
H2 Complications
H1 History and etymology
H1 Differential diagnosis
H2 Clinical differential diagnosis
H1 Practical points
H1 See also

"Associations"

Line 29:1 · "Associations" is under the wrong parent heading (found under "Pathology").

"Echocardiography"

Line 37:1 · "Echocardiography" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

Oxford Comma

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Line 5:186 · Use the Oxford comma in 'dyspnoea, orthopnoea and hypoxia'.

"Prognosis of left ventricular papillary muscle rupture without surgical treatment is poor with a high mortality rate especially in the case of complete rupture. Initial medical therapy includes oxygen therapy, vasodilator therapy, diuretics and afterload reduction. Intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation might be also helpful."

Line 70:226 · Use the Oxford comma in 'therapy, diuretics and afterload'.

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