Background Malnutrition influences prognosis in patients with heart failure, but current nutritional evaluation methods are ...
Background The growing population of patients with adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) present complex lifelong care needs ...
Background Hypertension is a major cause of premature death worldwide, controlled by only one in five adults. Two trials ...
Background The role of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) in acute myocardial infarction (MI) remains ...
Background Predicting progression to aortic valve replacement (AVR) in moderate aortic stenosis (AS) is challenging. This ...
Objective Smokeless tobacco use is a public health issue throughout the world, but reviews and analyses of circulatory disease risks associated with smokeless tobacco use may be outdated or incomplete ...
Objectives National dietary guidelines were introduced in 1977 and 1983, by the USA and UK governments, respectively, with the ambition of reducing coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality by reducing ...
In chronic stable angina, elevated heart rate contributes to the development of symptoms and signs of myocardial ischaemia by increasing myocardial oxygen demand and reducing diastolic perfusion time.
Background Inadequate medicines optimisation and adherence are significant problems among patients taking secondary prevention medications following myocardial infarction (MI). A novel joint ...
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.