2 Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal 3 Cardiology Department, CCUL, CAML, Faculty of Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal 4 ...

Correspondence to Dr Pierre-Antoine Dugué, Cancer Epidemiology and Intelligence Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global ...

Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is a common autosomal-dominant disorder in most European countries. Patients with FH are characterised by a raised level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and ...

Background Aortic valve calcification (AVC) is a disease process driven by inflammation and lipid infiltration, serving as a ...

Objective In 2014, the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) recommended the use of a novel risk prediction model (HCM Risk-SCD) to guide use of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) for the ...

Objective More knowledge about the development of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in the general population is needed to develop meaningful predictors of SCD. Our aim with this study was to estimate the ...

Acute idiopathic or so-called viral pericarditis is a frequent and usually benign disease, although recurrences are frequent. Data strongly suggest the presence of underlying autoinflammatory and/or ...

Objective To assess the reliability of 30-day non-elective readmissions as a quality metric for adult cardiac surgery. Background Unplanned readmissions is a quality metric for adult cardiac surgery.

Background Up to half of patients with infective endocarditis (IE) require cardiac surgery. Although anaemia is common, its ...

Correspondence to Dr Eric V Krieger, Seattle Adult Congenital Heart Service, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; eKrieger{at}cardiology.washington.edu This review ...

Background Treating obesity may be a pathway to prevent and control hypertension. In the SURMOUNT-1 trial in people with obesity or overweight with weight-related complications, 72-week tirzepatide ...

3 National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK Correspondence to Dr Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Adult Congenital Heart Centre and Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, ...