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Background Restarting direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) after a serious bleeding event in patients with atrial fibrillation ...
Background Current guidelines for aortic valve replacement (AVR) lack consensus on prosthesis selection in middle-aged patients. This study aimed to provide a comprehensive comparison of long-term ...
Background Although treatment options for heart failure (HF) have improved, advanced HF (AdHF) remains a challenging ...
Background The burden of cardiovascular events in Africa is projected to rise significantly in the coming decade, placing ...
Background Atrial fibrillation(AF) may be linked to increased sudden cardiac death (SCD) risk, but patients with AF are often neglected in studies on ECG risk factors for SCD. We aimed to clarify the ...
Patient-prosthesis mismatch (PPM) occurs when an implanted prosthetic valve is too small for the patient; severe PPM is defined as an indexed effective orifice area (iEOA) <0.65 cm2/m2 following ...
Background The circadian clock influences a number of cardiovascular (patho)physiological processes including the incidence of acute myocardial infarction. A circadian variation in infarct size has ...
Background A Mediterranean diet is favourable for cardiometabolic risk. Objective To examine the residual effect of a green Mediterranean diet, further enriched with green plant-based foods and lower ...
Objective To compare the effects of ticagrelor and prasugrel on absolute coronary blood flow (Q) and microvascular resistance (R) in patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) treated with ...
Objective Data suggest that redo mitral valve surgery is being performed in increasing numbers, possibly with superior results according to single-centre studies. The purpose of this study is to ...
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is characterised by an increased risk of pathological thrombus formation due to a disruption of physiological haemostatic mechanisms that are better understood by reference to ...
As the popularity of scuba diving increases internationally, physicians interacting with divers in the clinical setting must be familiar with the cardiovascular stresses and risks inherent to this ...