Composite endpoints are widely used in large randomised cardiovascular outcome trials. They are frequently referred to as ...

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 ...

Background In 2024, the UK National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommended TriageHF alerts as an option ...

The use of left-sided Impella microaxial flow pumps has expanded rapidly for the management of cardiogenic shock, left ...

Objective: To establish a classification of bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) that includes both leaflet morphology and aortic shape. Setting: Two academic medical centres of the University of Washington, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Correspondence to: Dr Siew Yen Ho, Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College, Dovehouse Street, London SW3 6LY, UK; yen.ho{at}ic.ac.uk According to Walmsley, ...

Single chamber ventricular pacing (VVI) may be associated with a group of adverse symptoms known as the pacemaker syndrome. Cough is an unusual but recognised feature of the pacemaker syndrome. A ...

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Correspondence to: Dr Eric Rosenthal Guy’s Hospital, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, St Thomas Street, London, UK; Eric.Rosenthalgstt.nhs.uk Currently, the clinical diagnosis (murmur, upper limb ...

Background In England, most prescribing of direct-acting oral anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation (AF) is in primary care. However, there remain gaps in our understanding of dosage and disparities ...