Background The Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI), calculated from serum albumin levels and lymphocyte counts, is a simple ...

Background Aortic stenosis is a degenerative condition with high mortality in its severe stages and no preventive treatment.

Background Iron deficiency (ID) is common in patients with atrial fibrillation/flutter (AF), but its prognostic implications and optimal diagnostic criteria, particularly in those with and without ...

Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a significant public health challenge in China. This study aimed to project ...

Pericardial complications are very common following cardiac surgery. It is estimated that up to 30–40% of patients may develop a postpericardiotomy syndrome (PPS) and >50–60% of patients show ...

1 Department of Cardiology, St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland 2 Department of Radiology, St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland Correspondence to Dr Jonathan Dodd, ...

This paper reviews the methods, benefits and challenges associated with the adoption and translation of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modelling within cardiovascular medicine. CFD, a specialist ...

Objectives Bullying of trainee doctors has been shown to be associated with detrimental outcomes for both doctors and patients. However, there is limited evidence regarding the level of bullying of ...

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding, RNA molecules approximately 22 nucleotides in length which act as post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression. Individual miRNAs have been shown to ...

Correspondence to Dr Philippe Pibarot, Cardiology, Quebec Heart and Lung Institute, Quebec City, QC G1V 4G5, Canada; philippe.pibarot{at}med.ulaval.ca To be aware of the prevalence, pathophysiology ...

10 Department of Cardiology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China 11 Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of ...