Thoracic aortic dissection is often approached as an acute and localised event, and pathological examination has traditionally focused on the dissected segment. In daily practice, however, most ...
Background Pericardium is considered electrically inert, but diffuse ST-elevation is an electrocardiographic marker of acute pericarditis. We hypothesised that ST-elevation in acute pericarditis may ...
Background Metabolic-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is a prevalent chronic liver disease affecting approximately ...
Background Japanese guidelines recommend a corticosteroid maintenance dose of 5–10 mg/day for cardiac sarcoidosis (CS); however, the optimal dose remains unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the ...
Introduction The PRECISE study demonstrated that the Prospective multicentre imaging study for evaluation of chest pain ...
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.
Background Hospitalisation with acute heart failure (AHF) carries a high risk of death, and those surviving to discharge remain at high risk of death or rehospitalisation with AHF. The impact of ...
Background Preprocedural risk prediction of 30-day all-cause mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) aids in clinical decision-making and benchmarking hospital performance. This study ...
Objective We aimed to compare the early haemodynamic data of the On-X and St Jude Medical (SJM) Regent bileaflet mechanical prostheses in the aortic position. Methods A retrospective study was ...
Objective Catheter ablation is an important treatment for ventricular tachycardia (VT) that reduces the frequency of episodes of VT. We sought to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of catheter ablation ...
Background Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction leads to an increase in pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) and potentially right heart failure in healthy individuals and patients with respiratory diseases.