Background Hypertension is a major cause of premature death worldwide, controlled by only one in five adults. Two trials ...

Background Predicting progression to aortic valve replacement (AVR) in moderate aortic stenosis (AS) is challenging. This ...

Background The role of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) in acute myocardial infarction (MI) remains ...

Background Previous epidemiological studies demonstrated that premature atrial contractions (PACs) and premature ventricular ...

Objectives National dietary guidelines were introduced in 1977 and 1983, by the US and UK governments, respectively, with the ambition of reducing coronary heart disease (CHD) by reducing fat intake.

Objective Currently, consensus is lacking on the relation between closure of atrial septal defect (ASD) and the incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF), which is a known complication in ASD patients.

Objectives Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR) may be beneficial to patients following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and open surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR). We aimed ...

Objective In this randomised two-period crossover trial, the objective was to compare acute changes in arterial distensibility between high-intensity interval physical exercise (HIIPE) and ...

The recent guideline from the European Society of Cardiology and European Society of Anesthesiology recommended the use of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) as preoperative testing for high-risk ...

Background The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated major reallocation of healthcare services. Our aim was to assess the impact on paediatric congenital heart disease (CHD) procedures during different ...