Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a significant public health challenge in China. This study aimed to project ...

Background The Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI), calculated from serum albumin levels and lymphocyte counts, is a simple ...

Background Iron deficiency (ID) is common in patients with atrial fibrillation/flutter (AF), but its prognostic implications and optimal diagnostic criteria, particularly in those with and without ...

Pericardial complications are very common following cardiac surgery. It is estimated that up to 30–40% of patients may develop a postpericardiotomy syndrome (PPS) and >50–60% of patients show ...

1 Department of Cardiology, St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland 2 Department of Radiology, St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland Correspondence to Dr Jonathan Dodd, ...

Correspondence to Dr Philippe Pibarot, Cardiology, Quebec Heart and Lung Institute, Quebec City, QC G1V 4G5, Canada; philippe.pibarot{at}med.ulaval.ca To be aware of the prevalence, pathophysiology ...

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OBJECTIVE Many patients fail to attend cardiac rehabilitation. Attempts to identify sociodemographic or clinical predictors of non-attendance have not been very successful; therfore, this study aimed ...

Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Centre + (MUMC+), Maastricht, the Netherlands Correspondence to Dr M A Spruit, Department of Research, Development and Education, Centre for ...

The management of atrial fibrillation (AF) has focused on anticoagulation, rhythm control and ventricular rate control. Recently, a fourth pillar of AF management has been incorporated recognising the ...

5 Centre for Applied Health Economics, School of Medicine, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia 6 Department of Cardiology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia 7 Department of ...

2 Department of Clinical Pharmacology, St George Hospital UNSW, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia Correspondence to: Professor Laurence G Howes, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, St George ...