5 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore 6 Department of Cardiology, National University Heart Centre, Singapore Objective To investigate the prognostic ...

Objectives This updated hierarchical Bayesian meta-analysis aims to integrate the latest randomised controlled trials (RCTs) on the use of cerebral embolic protection (CEP) in transcatheter aortic ...

In his song ‘Envelhecer’ (‘Aging’), Arnaldo Antunes states that “the most modern thing there is in this life is to grow old”.1 In this piece, he reframes aging not only as an inevitable biological ...

Correspondence to Dr Tom Marshall, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK; t.p.marshall{at}bham.ac.uk Objective Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most ...

Revascularisation of multivessel coronary artery disease (MVD) can be accomplished by either percutaneous coronary ...

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) has emerged over the last decade as an increasingly recognised cause of myocardial infarction, especially among younger women. The advances in our ...

Background Statistical shape atlases have been used in large-cohort studies to investigate relationships between heart shape and risk factors. The generalisability of these relationships between ...

Despite significant progress in cardiovascular pharmacotherapy and interventional strategies, cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among females in the UK ...

Introduction Cardiovascular benefits deriving from physical activity are well known, but it is unclear whether physical activity trajectories in late life are associated with different risks of ...

Background Anticoagulation therapy reduces stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), but it is often underused in older populations due to concerns about bleeding. This study aimed to ...

Background Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension or chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (PAH/CTEPH) may experience physiological stress at high altitude. We investigated pulmonary ...