Background Up to half of patients with infective endocarditis (IE) require cardiac surgery. Although anaemia is common, its precise prevalence, transfusion practices and impact on outcomes in ...
Composite endpoints are widely used in large randomised cardiovascular outcome trials. They are frequently referred to as ...
Isolated tricuspid regurgitation (TR) can be caused by primary valvular abnormalities such as flail leaflet or secondary annular dilation as is seen in atrial fibrillation, pulmonary hypertension and ...
Correspondence to Dr Anna Axelsson, Department of Cardiology, The Heart Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, Copenhagen O 2100, Denmark; anna.axelsson{at}dadlnet.dk ...
Correspondence to: Michael Weber MD, Kerckhoff Heart Center, Department of Cardiology, Benekestraße 2–8, 61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany; M.Weber{at}kerckhoff-klinik.de In recent years biomarkers have ...
Correspondence to Professor Kenya Kusunose, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nephrology, and Neurology, University of the Ryukyus, Uehara, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan; kusunok{at}med.u-ryukyu.ac.jp ...
Background Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of small vessels is limited by an increased risk of restenosis and adverse outcome, even when drug-eluting stents (DES) are employed. In recent ...
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Correspondence to Professor Catherine M Otto, Division of Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; cmotto{at}uw.edu To integrate the family history and directed genetic testing ...
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Background: The field of acute coronary syndromes is characterised by an increasing tendency towards early invasive catheter-based diagnostics and therapeutics—a practice based on observational and ...