Background An increasing number of people live with aortic prosthetic valves. Over time, up to 10% of them may develop ...
Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) is a major clinical challenge in cardiovascular medicine. Despite major advances, PVE ...
Background and objectives Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy is indicated following a myocardial infarction ...
Background While some studies have investigated the characteristics of patients from Asian versus European regions with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) disease undergoing transcatheter aortic valve ...
Globally, nearly 10% of the population has chronic kidney disease (CKD), defined as a glomerular filtration rate less than 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 and/or a urinary albumin to creatinine ratio greater than ...
Eosinophil-mediated endomyocardial damage is a well-known complication in patients with hypereosinophilic syndromes (HES). Although management and survival have improved significantly, some patients ...
Correspondence to: Dr Steve W Goodacre Medical Care Research Unit, University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 30 Regent Street, Sheffield, S1 4DA, UK; s.goodacresheffield.ac.uk Each year, over 15 million ...
Background Recently, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) proposed a four-domain approach to assess frailty in ...
DESIGN Intracardiac pressures were measured directly in the four chambers of the human fetal heart during clinically indicated invasive obstetric procedures. SETTING Department of fetal medicine in a ...
Background Pilots face significant occupational risks affecting cardiometabolic health and are subject to regulatory health screenings. Cardiometabolic risk factors, cardiac screening findings and ...
Correspondence to: Professor Robert H Anderson, Cardiac Unit, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1H 1EJ, UK; r.anderson{at}ich.ucl.ac.uk Through the 20th century, knowledge of the ...
Research Group in Valvular Heart Disease, Laval Hospital Research Centre/Quebec Heart Institute, Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada Correspondence to: Dr Philippe Pibarot Laval Hospital ...