Background The relationship between pericardial inflammation and subsequent constriction in tuberculous (TB) pericarditis remains poorly understood. Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) has shown ...
The natural history of symptomatic severe aortic stenosis (AS) heralds a poor prognosis—a paradigm that rightly drives valve ...
Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common cause of ischaemic stroke and a major global health burden, but is often ...
Background Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in children is a rare but devastating event, with an estimated incidence of ...
Background Heart failure (HF) remains associated with high mortality worldwide despite advances in guideline-directed therapy ...
Background Pregnancy in women with cardiac disease carries substantial maternal risk. The modified WHO classification, Cardiac Disease in Pregnancy Study II (CARPREG II) and Zwangerschap bij ...
Objectives This exploratory post hoc secondary analysis of the Colchicine for the Prevention of Perioperative Atrial Fibrillation (COP-AF) randomised controlled trial evaluated the association between ...
Background Percutaneous patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure is an established intervention for secondary prevention of cryptogenic stroke. Increasing evidence indicates that the procedure is associated ...
Background and objectives The History, ECG, Age, Risk factors and Troponin (HEART) score is widely used for emergency department (ED) chest pain risk stratification, but its fixed-point structure may ...