Background Patients with single ventricles after bidirectional Glenn (BDG) are placed on ACE inhibitors (ACEIs) to reduce ...

Background Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has already been recommended for some high-risk patients with aortic ...

Background Pericardium is considered electrically inert, but diffuse ST-elevation is an electrocardiographic marker of acute ...

Background Metabolic-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is a prevalent chronic liver disease affecting approximately ...

Thoracic aortic dissection is often approached as an acute and localised event, and pathological examination has ...

Objective To estimate the population prevalence and treatable burden of severe aortic stenosis (AS) in the UK. Methods We adapted a contemporary model of the population profile of symptomatic and ...

Objective Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) remain the leading cause of mortality globally, necessitating early risk identification to improve prevention and management strategies. Traditional risk ...

Objectives National dietary guidelines were introduced in 1977 and 1983, by the US and UK governments, respectively, with the ambition of reducing coronary heart disease (CHD) by reducing fat intake.

Objective Catheter ablation is an important treatment for ventricular tachycardia (VT) that reduces the frequency of episodes of VT. We sought to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of catheter ablation ...

Objective Chest pain is the predominant symptom in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). A lack of chest pain in patients with AMI is associated with higher in-hospital mortality, but ...

Fatty liver disease affects up to one out of every two adults in the western world. Data from animal and human studies implicate added sugars (eg, sucrose and high-fructose corn syrup) in the ...