Background Heart auscultation is a widely used and cost-effective clinical tool for detecting valvular heart disease (VHD), ...

Background Current risk scores inadequately predict long-term mortality after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), ...

Background Chronic kidney disease is common in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and can significantly affect drug excretion and efficacy. This study focuses on the effects of modification ...

Background Heart failure (HF) imposes a major health burden on women. While traditional (well-established) risk factors are ...

Background In patients with dextro-transposition of the great arteries, cardiovascular interventions and complications are ...

Background Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is a common finding in heart failure (HF) and is associated with adverse outcomes.

Objective To evaluate the association between chocolate intake and incident clinically apparent atrial fibrillation or flutter (AF). Methods The Danish Diet, Cancer, and Health Study is a large ...

Objective Patients with unoperated single ventricle (SV) rarely survive into adulthood with good functional status and may develop Eisenmenger's syndrome (ES). We report outcomes of a 30-year cohort ...

Comparative evaluation of biological and mechanical prostheses for aortic valve replacement in a middle-aged population: a population-based cohort study ...

Implantation of drug-eluting stents (DESs) remains central to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and chronic coronary syndromes (CCS). DES platforms, polymers ...

Multifactorial management of complex comorbidity followed by heart failure, chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus: the way to overcome missed opportunities (4 March, 2025 ...