Objective Functional complete revascularisation (FCR) has been proven to be associated with superior prognosis following percutaneous coronary intervention. Whether guideline-directed medical therapy ...

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

Background Surgical ablation (SA) is a key treatment for atrial fibrillation (AF) patients undergoing heart surgery. However, direct comparisons between SA and non-mitral valve (non-MV) surgery alone ...

Background Cancer survivors have an increased risk of heart failure, but this is balanced by the risk of death from other ...

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 ...

Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (ccTGA) is a rare defect representing approximately 0.5% of all congenital heart disease. ccTGA is characterised by the combination of ...

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 ...

In the context of a steadily ageing population, there is a continuous increase in the prevalence and incidence of all primary chronic conditions.1 Among the chronic conditions, heart failure (HF), ...

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 ...

Prosthesis-patient mismatch (PPM) is present when the effective orifice area of the inserted prosthetic valve is too small in relation to body size. Its main haemodynamic consequence is to generate ...

Objectives Most patients with hypertension require more than one drug to attain recommended blood pressure (BP) targets. Initiating therapy with two agents is recommended for patients at high risk of ...