BMJ1d
Assessing patients’ beliefs about cardiac rehabilitation as a basis for predicting attendance after acute myocardial infarction
Background: Some sociodemographic and psychological variables such as patients’ belief about illness are associated with attendance at cardiac rehabilitation. Exploration of patients’ beliefs about ...
BMJ5d
Left ventricular hypertrophy by ECG versus cardiac MRI as a predictor for heart failure
Correspondence to Dr Abdullahi O Oseni, Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Cardiology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA; ...
BMJ5d
Safety and effectiveness of anticoagulation therapy in older people with atrial fibrillation during exposed and unexposed treatment periods
Background Anticoagulation therapy reduces stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), but it is often underused ...
BMJ6d
Forecasting cardiovascular disease risk and burden in China from 2020 to 2030: a simulation study based on a nationwide cohort
Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a significant public health challenge in China. This study aimed to project ...
BMJ6d
Advancing clinical management of left ventricular thrombosis: prevention, detection and treatment modalities in the modern era
Heightened interest in left ventricular thrombus (LVT) stems from the consistent association of subsequent stroke and systemic embolism after LVT, and many aspects of its management still exist in a ...
BMJ8d
Age-stratified effects of intravenous ferric derisomaltose in heart failure with iron deficiency: insights from the IRONMAN trial
Background Intravenous iron therapy with ferric derisomaltose (FDI) has been shown to improve outcomes in patients with heart ...
BMJ9d
Impact of prognostic nutritional index on mortality among patients receiving coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: a retrospective cohort study
Background The Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI), calculated from serum albumin levels and lymphocyte counts, is a simple ...
BMJ11d
Prognostic implications of iron deficiency in patients with atrial fibrillation, with and without chronic heart failure
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 ...
BMJ12d
Prevention of pericardial complications after cardiac surgery: myth or reality?
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 ...
BMJ13d
Vardenafil treatment for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: a multicentre, open-label study
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China Correspondence to Professor Z-C Jing, Department of Pulmonary Circulation, Shanghai ...
BMJ13d
Increased coronary heart disease and stroke hospitalisations from ambient temperatures in Ontario
Objective To assess the associations between ambient temperatures and hospitalisations for coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke. The relationship of temperatures with cardiovascular-related ...