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If a patient with hypertension or coronary heart disease has changes in their condition after submitting their records, how can they make sure the doctor sees the latest version?
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When an overseas medical consultation arranged by a heart alliance requires family members to provide information separately, how can inconsistencies be reduced?
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For patients with hypertension or coronary heart disease who want to receive calls from the Heart Alliance only during specific times, how should they set their contact preferences?
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After booking an appointment through the Heart Alliance, I was asked to re-enter information I already submitted. How can I avoid inconsistencies between the old and new entries?
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What should I do if an overseas cardiac center asks for my local doctor's contact information, but I haven't obtained the doctor's consent yet?
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An overseas heart center asks patients to bring recent test results, but some files can only be viewed within the hospital system. What should be done?
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Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University; Associate Chief Physician; Ph.D. Advisor; Recipient of the Zhejiang Province Outstanding Young Scientist Fund; Executive Deputy Director of the Laboratory at the Cardiovascular Disease Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University; Deputy Secretary-General of the Cardiovascular Branch of the Zhejiang Medical Association; Member of the Youth Committee of the Chronic Disease Rehabilitation Association, C
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Zhang Jinying
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Research on the basic and clinical pathogenesis, as well as prevention and treatment, of diseases such as coronary heart disease, arrhythmias, valvular heart disease, hypertension, and heart failure Interventional diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, including coronary stent implantation, radiofrequency ablation for rapid arrhythmias, implantation of single- and dual-chamber pacemakers and CRT-Ds, balloon dilation for mitral stenosis, and closure procedures for congenital heart defects
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