VA (congestive heart failure, hypertension, age ≥75 years (double weight), diabetes mellitus, previous stroke (double weight) ...
Background Clinical benefit of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in chronic coronary syndromes (CCS) remains ...
Background For patients with a high risk of sudden cardiac death, despite the benefits of an implantable cardioverter ...
Background Circulatory collapse at hospital arrival represents one of the most severe clinical presentations of ST-segment ...
Background Hypertension is a risk factor for bleeding events and is included in the HAS-BLED (Hypertension, Abnormal renal/liver function, Stroke, Bleeding history or predisposition, Labile INR, ...
Objective ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is associated with significant mortality leading to loss of productive life years, especially in younger patients. This study aims to ...
Objective This study aims to evaluate the relationship between obesity (measured by Body Mass Index (BMI)) and postoperative mortality in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and ...
Background Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is associated with adverse outcomes in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH). This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the prognostic value ...
Introduction Coronary artery perforation (CP) is a rare but life-threatening complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). This study aimed to assess the incidence, management and outcomes ...
Background Non-compaction cardiomyopathy (NCM) is a rare inherited cardiac disorder associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes, including heart failure, arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death.
Original research: Operational performance of the 2023 World Heart Federation screening criteria for rheumatic heart disease in a high-risk, resource-limited population (8 July, 2026) ...
The ideal stent must fulfil a broad range of technical requirements. Stents must be securely crimped onto the delivery balloon and, in this form, must have a low profile and be sufficiently flexible ...