Background Recurrent mitral regurgitation (MR) remains a major limitation of mitral valve (MV) repair in patients with ...
Background Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a leading cause of sudden cardiac death (SCD) among young individuals and ...
Background Percutaneous ventricular assist devices (pVAD) have been increasingly used to support haemodynamics during ...
1 Department of Heart Disease, Division of Cardiothoracic and Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø, Norway 2 Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences ...
Background Blood culture-negative infective endocarditis (BCNIE) remains a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge due to uncertainty in pathogen identification and treatment decisions. Existing ...
Objectives In AL amyloidosis, organ response assessment is based on surrogates (eg, cardiac biomarkers). An objective functional test, such as the 6 min walk test (6MWT), capturing overall clinical ...
Correspondence to Dr Andrew D Krahn, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre, 9th floor, 2775 Laurel St., Vancouver ...
Objective Severe secondary tricuspid regurgitation (STR) causes significant right atrial (RA) volume overload, resulting in structural and functional RA-remodelling. This study evaluated whether ...
Correspondence to Dr Christian Hakulinen, Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; christian.hakulinen{at}helsinki.fi Objective To ...
Background Premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) predict coronary heart disease, heart failure, atrial fibrillation and death, all of which are also related to sodium intake. We studied estimated ...
Correspondence to Dr Melvin David Lobo, Barts NIHR Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University London, London EC1M 6BQ, UK; m.d.lobo{at}qmul.ac.uk ...
Correspondence to Professor W M Monique Verschuren, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands; monique.verschuren{at}rivm.nl A healthy diet is the ...