Background Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) has good modern results, but large multicentre longitudinal data on outcomes, especially hospital resource utilisation through childhood and adolescence, are ...

Objective Heart failure (HF) is a malignant condition requiring urgent treatment. Guidelines recommend natriuretic peptide (NP) testing in primary care to prioritise referral for specialist diagnostic ...

Objectives We aimed to investigate whether digital home monitoring with centralised specialist support for remote management of heart failure (HF) is more effective in improving medical therapy and ...

Introduction The clinical effectiveness of a ‘rule-out’ acute coronary syndrome (ACS) strategy for emergency department patients with chest pain, incorporating a single undetectable high-sensitivity ...

Women remain under-represented in cardiology and one frequently cited concern is that of radiation exposure in pregnancy.1 This article aims to clarify the actual risks of radiation to pregnant ...

Objective This study aimed to assess implementation adherence (how well the patient’s actual intake matches the prescribed dosing regimen) to non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) and ...

Objective To study the effects of a comprehensive secondary prevention programme on weight loss and to identify determinants of weight change in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Methods We ...

Objective The optimal timing for transplantation is unclear in patients with Eisenmenger syndrome (ES). We investigated post-transplantation survival and transplantation-specific morbidity after heart ...

Objective D-dimer might serve as a marker of thrombogenesis and a hypercoagulable state following plaque rupture. Few studies explore the association between baseline D-dimer levels and the incidence ...

Methodology A literature review was carried out to analyse the effects of an increased intake of n3-PUFAs on vascular endothelial dysfunction. PubMed and SCOPUS were used to search for relevant ...

Results Baseline data was collected from 07/10/2021 to 09/11/2021 and showed that only 65% of patients admitted with ACS had a full lipid profile checked on admission (see table 1). One patient had a ...

Background Resistance training (RT) for improving muscular strength is a fundamental part of the exercise component in Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) protocols for post-open-heart surgeries. Although ...