Objectives Elevated resting heart rate (RHR) predicts mortality in middle-aged and older adults, primarily through ...
Background Invasive procedures, including endomyocardial biopsy (EMB), right heart catheterisation (RHC) and coronary ...
Background Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in low-resource settings, ...
This study aimed to explore whether baseline values and 12-month change in the 6-Minute Walk Distance (6MWD) and the physical ...
Background C-reactive protein (CRP) is commonly used to assess systemic inflammation, yet its prognostic value in acute ...
Background The reported prevalence and burden of coronary artery disease in young adults varies markedly in published studies ...
Objective Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common inherited cardiomyopathy characterised by pathological left ...
Objective To assess gender, ethnicity, and deprivation-based differences in provision of aortic valve replacement (AVR) in England for adults with aortic stenosis (AS). Methods We retrospectively ...
Background Marfan syndrome (MFS) is associated with progressive aortic and valvular disease requiring cardiac surgery, but contemporary data on repeat cardiac operations in adults remain limited.
The ideal stent must fulfil a broad range of technical requirements. Stents must be securely crimped onto the delivery balloon and, in this form, must have a low profile and be sufficiently flexible ...