Although active cancer is recognised as a risk factor for increased bleeding, the specific bleeding risks associated with ...
Background Up to half of patients with infective endocarditis (IE) require cardiac surgery. Although anaemia is common, its precise prevalence, transfusion practices and impact on outcomes in ...
Background In 2024, the UK National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommended TriageHF alerts as an option ...
Composite endpoints are widely used in large randomised cardiovascular outcome trials. They are frequently referred to as ...
The use of left-sided Impella microaxial flow pumps has expanded rapidly for the management of cardiogenic shock, left ...
3 Institute for Biophysics, Medical University of Graz, and Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Austria 4 Clinical Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory ...
Isolated tricuspid regurgitation (TR) can be caused by primary valvular abnormalities such as flail leaflet or secondary annular dilation as is seen in atrial fibrillation, pulmonary hypertension and ...
The term type 2 myocardial infarction first appeared as part of the universal definition of myocardial infarction. It was introduced to cover a group of patients who had elevation of cardiac troponin ...
Correspondence to Dr Anna Axelsson, Department of Cardiology, The Heart Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, Copenhagen O 2100, Denmark; anna.axelsson{at}dadlnet.dk ...
Correspondence to Professor Kenya Kusunose, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nephrology, and Neurology, University of the Ryukyus, Uehara, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan; kusunok{at}med.u-ryukyu.ac.jp ...
Correspondence to: Michael Weber MD, Kerckhoff Heart Center, Department of Cardiology, Benekestraße 2–8, 61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany; M.Weber{at}kerckhoff-klinik.de In recent years biomarkers have ...
Background Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of small vessels is limited by an increased risk of restenosis and adverse outcome, even when drug-eluting stents (DES) are employed. In recent ...