Harcombe et al have conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that would have been available to the regulatory committees in the USA and the UK when ...

‘I know of no single acceptable study that shows a high intake of sugar in a population that is almost entirely free from heart disease.’1—John Yudkin The evidence incriminating insulin and ...

Background Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) poses global diagnostic and therapeutic challenges, with potential regional differences in clinical practice that remain underexplored ...

Background There has been rapid growth in the demand for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), which has the potential to overwhelm current capacity. This imbalance between demand and ...

Introduction Recent studies have highlighted the presence of right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) in a substantial proportion of peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM), with evidence suggesting that RVD is ...

Background Average life expectancy is rising, resulting in increasing numbers of elderly, frail individuals presenting with coronary artery disease and requiring percutaneous coronary intervention ...

Background Drug-eluting stent-induced vasospastic angina (DES-VSA) has emerged as a novel complication in the modern era of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Although beta blockers (BBs) are ...

For some time the alcohol-heart relationship has been a controversial topic in heart disease epidemiology.1–3 The relationship between average alcohol consumption and ischaemic heart disease (IHD) is ...

Supplemental glycine, via activation of glycine-gated chloride channels that are expressed on a number of types of cells, including Kupffer cells, macrophages, lymphocytes, platelets, cardiomyocytes ...

Conclusion This study highlights significant treatment disparities in AVR among octogenarians with high-gradient sAS despite clear benefits in survival and reduced hospitalisations. The findings ...

Background Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is the leading cause of mortality in systemic amyloidosis, highlighting the need for accurate risk assessment to guide patient management. While the diagnostic ...

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 ...