Background An increasing number of people live with aortic prosthetic valves. Over time, up to 10% of them may develop ...

Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) is a major clinical challenge in cardiovascular medicine. Despite major advances, PVE ...

For cardiologists, type 2 diabetes is no longer a condition managed primarily by diabetologists. Its consequences—heart ...

Background Women with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO) are at risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, which ...

Background Drug-coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty has emerged as a potential stent-free strategy for percutaneous coronary ...

Background Artificial intelligence ECG (AI-ECG) models can predict cardiovascular outcomes, but their clinical adoption is ...

Correspondence to Dr Jean Joel Bigna, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Centre Pasteur of Cameroon, Yaoundé, Cameroon; bignarimjj{at}yahoo.fr Objective We conducted the first systematic ...

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Reperfusion treatment in acute myocardial infarction represents the main indication for thrombolytic therapy. The most common thrombolytic agents have been streptokinase (first generation thrombolytic ...

Dr David J Wilber, Bldg 110, Room 6232, Loyola University Medical Center, 2160 S First, Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153, USA; dwilber{at}lumc.edu ...

Background Pilots face significant occupational risks affecting cardiometabolic health and are subject to regulatory health screenings. Cardiometabolic risk factors, cardiac screening findings and ...

Skeletal muscle abnormalities are highly prevalent in chronic heart failure and are associated with an increase in the ergoreflex, a muscle reflex stimulated by work done. Stimulation of the ...