Hypertension remains one of the leading risk factors for cardiovascular (CV) events and mortality, making its effective treatment and control a critical public health priority.1 2 In response to the ...
Background Exercise stress echocardiography (ESE) is widely used to detect inducible myocardial ischaemia. However, a substantial proportion of ESEs remains inconclusive or shows abnormal ...
Background Up to half of patients with infective endocarditis (IE) require cardiac surgery. Although anaemia is common, its precise prevalence, transfusion practices and impact on outcomes in ...
Although active cancer is recognised as a risk factor for increased bleeding, the specific bleeding risks associated with ...
Composite endpoints are widely used in large randomised cardiovascular outcome trials. They are frequently referred to as ...
In this issue of the journal, Shoji et al showed that isolated non-specific ST-segment and T-wave abnormalities (NSSTTAs) are associated with incident heart failure (HF).1 The authors conducted a ...
Background Pregnancy in women with Marfan syndrome (MFS) is associated with increased maternal and neonatal risks, yet most existing studies are limited by small sample sizes and short follow-up. This ...
Objective: To assess whether use of oral glucocorticoids is associated with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular morbidity. Design and setting: Nested case–control study within a cohort of patients (⩾ ...
Correspondence to: Michael Weber MD, Kerckhoff Heart Center, Department of Cardiology, Benekestraße 2–8, 61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany; M.Weber{at}kerckhoff-klinik.de In recent years biomarkers have ...
Correspondence to Dr Anna Axelsson, Department of Cardiology, The Heart Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, Copenhagen O 2100, Denmark; anna.axelsson{at}dadlnet.dk ...
The term type 2 myocardial infarction first appeared as part of the universal definition of myocardial infarction. It was introduced to cover a group of patients who had elevation of cardiac troponin ...
Patient-prosthesis mismatch (PPM) occurs when an implanted prosthetic valve is too small for the patient; severe PPM is defined as an indexed effective orifice area (iEOA) <0.65 cm 2 /m 2 following ...
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