Milestone articles have highlighted the frequency and types of statistical errors in research,1–5 yet fundamental errors ...

Background and objective Prior studies have suggested that patients with premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) may have an ...

Diabetes mellitus is highly prevalent in patients with coronary atherosclerosis. As a result of several factors, including a ...

Background A pathway incorporating an option for early discharge based on a single low level of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) at presentation increases the proportion of patients ...

Results In the first year after implantation, there were 352 crashes among 3652 primary prevention ICD recipients and 270 crashes among 3408 secondary prevention ICD recipients. Crash prediction ...

Objective The Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) has been used to identify individuals who are likely to benefit from percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for stable ischaemic heart disease. However, ...

Objective D-dimer might serve as a marker of thrombogenesis and a hypercoagulable state following plaque rupture. Few studies explore the association between baseline D-dimer levels and the incidence ...

In 1772, William Heberden described ‘a disorder of the breast marked with strong and peculiar symptoms… [with a] sense of strangling and anxiety’. Individuals affected are ‘seized while they are ...

Background Resistance training (RT) for improving muscular strength is a fundamental part of the exercise component in Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) protocols for post-open-heart surgeries. Although ...

Objective Decreased kidney function increases cardiovascular risk and predicts poor survival. Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) by creatinine may theoretically be less accurate in the ...

Background Conflicting evidence surrounds the effect of dietary macronutrient intake (fat, carbohydrate and protein) on cardiovascular disease (CVD), particularly in women. Methods Women (aged 50–55 ...