Background Pregnancy in women with cardiac disease carries substantial maternal risk. The modified WHO classification, Cardiac Disease in Pregnancy Study II (CARPREG II) and Zwangerschap bij ...

Background This review aimed to compare the relative effectiveness of different exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (ExCR) delivery modes (centre-based, home-based, hybrid and technology-enabled ...

Aims Guidelines recommend specialist valve clinics as best practice for the assessment and conservative management of patients with heart valve disease. However, there is little guidance on how to set ...

Objectives The objectives of this study were to investigate if findings by intracoronary near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) are associated with future cardiovascular ...

Objective Since 2010, National Health Service hospitals in England have been incentivised to risk assess for Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) in all adult patients admitted, using a national tool. We ...

Objectives This exploratory post hoc secondary analysis of the Colchicine for the Prevention of Perioperative Atrial Fibrillation (COP-AF) randomised controlled trial evaluated the association between ...

Background Differentiating heart failure (HF) with mildly reduced/reduced ejection fraction (HFmr/rEF) from HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) guides therapy but echocardiography may be ...

Background Accurate mortality prediction following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is essential for mitigating risk, shared decision-making and periprocedural planning. Surgical risk ...

Background Numerous studies have highlighted the burden of hypertension by estimating its prevalence. However, information regarding quantum and characteristics of persons whose blood pressure ...

Objective This study aimed to explore the influence of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) on both postoperative cognitive dysfunction and quality of life (QoL) and the association between the two ...

Background Estimates of long-term atrial fibrillation (AF) incidence in individuals with sinus rhythm are limited. This study investigated age-stratified and sex-stratified long-term incidence of AF ...

Background Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is a progressive and underdiagnosed condition associated with poor prognosis. Although the TRI-SCORE is a validated risk model for patients undergoing tricuspid ...