Original research: Mortality associated with moderate and severe mitral regurgitation in 608 570 men and women undergoing ...

1 Functional Area of Emergency Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, 14184, Stockholm Objective There is a paucity of data regarding prognosis in patients with acute versus chronic myocardial ...

Dr P Hedberg, Department of Clinical Physiology, Central Hospital, SE-721 89 Västerås, Sweden; par.o.hedberg{at}ltv.se Objective: Studies on the prognostic importance of the systolic blood pressure ...

Objectives: To develop and test a new concept of the degradation kinetics of newly developed coronary stents consisting of magnesium alloys. Methods: Design of a coronary stent prototype consisting of ...

Introduction Cardiovascular mortality is high in end-stage renal disease patients undergoing haemodialysis (HD). Early detection of cardiac dysfunction is important. Left ventricular global ...

Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Correspondence to Dr Megan Coylewright, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of ...

Correspondence to Dr Prachi Bhatnagar, British Heart Foundation Centre on Population Approaches for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention, Nuffield Department of Population Health, Old Road Campus, ...

Introduction UK and US Guidelines now recommend HeartFlow FFR-CT (Fractional Flow Reserve-Computed Tomography) in stable chest pain (CP), but its clinical effectiveness and costs in real-world ...

1 Cardiovascular Research Insitute Basel (CRIB) and Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Basel, Switzerland 2 University Hospital Basel Division of Medicine, Basel, ...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death and disease burden worldwide. Macrophages are important components of the internal immune cells, which profoundly affects the internal ...

Background Effective management of coexisting heart failure (HF), chronic kidney disease (CKD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus ...

Following injury, many organs are capable of rapid regeneration of necrotic tissue to regain normal function. In contrast, ...