Background Patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) are at high risk of mortality, regardless of symptom status. Despite ...
Background While female sex has historically been associated with worse outcomes following surgical aortic valve replacement, ...
Objectives The advent of conversational artificial intelligence (AI) systems employing large language models such as ChatGPT has sparked public, professional and academic debates on the capabilities ...
Objective To evaluate the potential mediating role of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) in the relationship between replacement fibrosis (assessed by late gadolinium enhancement (LGE)) and ...
Background Annually, 4% of the global population undergoes non-cardiac surgery, with 30% of those patients having at least ...
Background Ebstein’s anomaly (EA) exhibits significant anatomical and clinical heterogeneity, warranting a systematic ...
Introduction Worldwide, an estimated 37 million people have a diagnosis of heart failure. 1 2 The lifetime risk for developing heart failure is approximately 20%. 3 The prevalence of heart failure is ...
Objective To identify factors associated with hypertension control among treated middle-aged UK adults. Methods A cross-sectional population-based study including 99 468 previously diagnosed, treated ...
Background Guidelines strongly recommend reperfusion therapy, including thrombolysis and percutaneous coronary intervention, for ST-elevation myocardial infarction but contraindicate its use in most ...
Background Machine learning based on clinical characteristics has the potential to predict coronary CT angiography (CCTA) findings and help guide resource utilisation. Methods From the SCOT-HEART ...
Background This study aimed to investigate the frequently overlooked symptoms of cold hypersensitivity and heavy legs related to varicose veins in a large sample of patients. Methods Data on 8782 ...
Objective Pulsed-field ablation (PFA) is a new technology of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF). This research is to investigate the feasibility of a new strategy (transoesophageal ...