Background Pharmacotherapy combinations have been shown to improve survival and reduce hospitalisations in adults with ...

Background The epidemiology and long-term healthcare utilisation associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) among those ...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains one of the leading causes of mortality in England, with its burden disproportionately ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common arrhythmia associated with increased risk of stroke, heart failure and mortality. Advances in genomic research have revealed a complex genetic architecture ...

2 The National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China Objective To examine cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality burden attributable to ambient ...

In the early 2000s, the natural history of heart failure (HF) was vividly illustrated, highlighting a defining feature of HF progression: a prolonged course of fluctuating yet steadily worsening ...

Correspondence to Dr Stephen F Weng, Primary Care Stratified Medicine (PRISM), Division of Primary Care, University Park Campus, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK ; ...

Objective To describe patterns of prehospital ECG (PHECG) use and determine its association with processes and outcomes of care in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and ...

Background Incidence, predictors, and prognostic impact of recurrent acute myocardial infarction (AMI) after initial AMI remain poorly understood. Data on recurrent AMI in China is unknown. Methods ...

Background Pulmonary hypertension (PHT) lacks community prevalence and outcome data. Objective To characterise minimum ‘indicative’ prevalences and mortality data for all forms of PHT in a selected ...

Correspondence to Dr Gregory Roth, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA; rothg{at}uw.edu Studies of the epidemiology of heart failure in ...

Patient-prosthesis mismatch (PPM) occurs when an implanted prosthetic valve is too small for the patient; severe PPM is defined as an indexed effective orifice area (iEOA) <0.65 cm 2 /m 2 following ...