Stroke, one of the most severe complications of atrial fibrillation (AF), can be prevented by oral anticoagulants in patients ...

1 Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Lower Lane, Liverpool, MSY L9 7AL, United Kingdom 2 Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Introduction Heart failure (HF) co-exists ...

Background Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) progression following left-sided valvular heart disease (VHD) correction is a critical clinical concern. This study aimed to determine the incidence, predictors ...

Objectives Vascular stiffness (VS) and vascular calcification (VC) are surrogate markers of vascular health associated with cardiovascular events. Vitamin K-dependent proteins (VKDP) are associated ...

Correspondence to Dr Lazaros K Kochilas, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta GA 30341, USA; lazaros.Kochilas{at}emory.edu ...

Updating the Scottish national cardiovascular risk score: ASSIGN version 2.0 ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of a nurse led shared care programme to improve coronary heart disease risk factor levels and general health status and to reduce anxiety and depression in ...

First Department of Medicine (Cardiology), Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, 68167 Mannheim, Germany Professor Jens J Kaden, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Mannheim, ...

Correspondence to Dr Anenta Ramakrishnan, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London Faculty of Medicine, London, UK; anenta.ramakrishnan{at}imperial.ac.uk If you wish to reuse any or ...

Objective To study abnormalities in the resting ECG as independent predictors for all cause, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality in a population based random ...

Objective The aim of the MEDication reminder APPs to improve medication adherence in Coronary Heart Disease Study was to evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility of using publicly available ...