Background and aims Over the past decades, high-volume lead extraction centres gained broad experience in advanced ...
Objectives Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is the most common congenital heart defect. Much remains unclear about the ...
Introduction International guidelines emphasise the role of heart valve centres (HVC) and specialist heart valve clinics ...
Background Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) creates complex treatment challenges, especially for patients who fail to respond to ...
Background Patients with single ventricles after bidirectional Glenn (BDG) are placed on ACE inhibitors (ACEIs) to reduce ...
Background Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has already been recommended for some high-risk patients with aortic ...
Thoracic aortic dissection is often approached as an acute and localised event, and pathological examination has ...
Objective To estimate the population prevalence and treatable burden of severe aortic stenosis (AS) in the UK. Methods We adapted a contemporary model of the population profile of symptomatic and ...
Background Data on the prognostic impact of type A aortic dissection involving the common carotid arteries (CCAs) are scarce. Methods Data on the status of the CCAs were available in 1106 patients who ...
Objective Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) remain the leading cause of mortality globally, necessitating early risk identification to improve prevention and management strategies. Traditional risk ...
Objective Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often have abnormal ECGs. Our aim was to separate the effects on ECG by airway obstruction, emphysema and right ventricular (RV) ...
Introduction Wearable cardioverter-defibrillators (WCD) have emerged as a valuable tool in the management of patients at risk for life-threatening arrhythmias. These devices offer a non-invasive and ...