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 ...

Background Aortic stenosis is a degenerative condition with high mortality in its severe stages and no preventive treatment.

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, ...

Objectives Bullying of trainee doctors has been shown to be associated with detrimental outcomes for both doctors and patients. However, there is limited evidence regarding the level of bullying of ...

Correspondence to Dr Shruti S Joshi, BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; sjoshi{at}ed.ac.uk Air pollution is associated with up to 8.8 million excess ...

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 ...

8 F-CRIN INI-CRCT Cardiovascular and Renal Clinical Trialists, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France Objective It is not fully understood whether and how socioeconomic status (SES) has a prognostic impact in ...