Background Surgical ablation (SA) is a key treatment for atrial fibrillation (AF) patients undergoing heart surgery. However, direct comparisons between SA and non-mitral valve (non-MV) surgery alone ...

Background Atrial fibrillation(AF) may be linked to increased sudden cardiac death (SCD) risk, but patients with AF are often neglected in studies on ECG risk factors for SCD. We aimed to clarify the ...

Background Cancer survivors have an increased risk of heart failure, but this is balanced by the risk of death from other ...

In the context of a steadily ageing population, there is a continuous increase in the prevalence and incidence of all primary chronic conditions.1 Among the chronic conditions, heart failure (HF), ...

Background Heart auscultation is a widely used and cost-effective clinical tool for detecting valvular heart disease (VHD), ...

Background Chronic kidney disease is common in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and can significantly affect drug excretion and efficacy. This study focuses on the effects of modification ...

Objective Patients with unoperated single ventricle (SV) rarely survive into adulthood with good functional status and may develop Eisenmenger's syndrome (ES). We report outcomes of a 30-year cohort ...

Objective To evaluate the association between chocolate intake and incident clinically apparent atrial fibrillation or flutter (AF). Methods The Danish Diet, Cancer, and Health Study is a large ...

Background Current risk scores inadequately predict long-term mortality after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), limiting their ability to guide decisions around procedural futility. We ...

Currently, most international guidelines advocate for risk stratification of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) as a framework to guide treatment decisions. Key prognostic factors for patients with PE ...

In 1961, the publication of the findings of the Framingham study provided the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the USA, and the world at large with a huge return on the initial investment.