Background Early graft failure within 90 postoperative days is the leading cause of mortality after heart transplantation. Existing risk scores, based on linear regression, often struggle to capture ...
Background Low socioeconomic status (SES) is linked to increased cardiovascular risk, but its association with carotid atherosclerosis in the general population is less well studied. We examined ...
Background There is a lack of contemporary data describing patients with left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction post ...
Objective Multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings are central to treatment decisions in aortic stenosis (AS), particularly for borderline or high-risk patients. This study evaluates long-term, ...
Background Mechanical compression from the ascending aorta on the left atrial anterior wall (LAAW) can cause low voltage ...
Aims The obesity paradox has been described in different cardiovascular conditions. Data on the association between obesity and outcomes in patients with Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) are lacking. The aim ...
Objectives To evaluate if an intervention to improve health literacy, using the risk communication tool ‘Your Heart Forecast’ and informative e-mails, can lower patients’ blood pressure (BP) and total ...
Background Cardiogenic shock (CS) complicating acute myocardial infarction (AMI) carries high mortality. Early ...
Introduction Inherited cardiac conditions, including dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), may ...
Background Amyloid transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis is a rare, life-threatening disease frequently manifesting with cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), polyneuropathy (ATTR-PN) or both (ATTR-mixed). We ...
Introduction Clopidogrel is a P2Y 12 inhibitor that has become a mainstay treatment following percutaneous intervention with drug-eluting stent placement to decrease restenosis and its potential ...
Background Patients with single-ventricle physiology are often palliated with the Fontan operation, which may involve the creation of a fenestration. We aimed to evaluate differences in ...