BMJ7d
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 ...
BMJ11d
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 ...
BMJ10d
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 ...
BMJ13d
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 ...
BMJ9d
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 ...
BMJ9d
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 ...
BMJ3d
Patent foramen ovale closure in recreational divers: effect on decompression illness and ischaemic brain lesions during long-term follow-up
Objective To test the effect of patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure on neurological events in divers. Design Prospective, non-randomised, longitudinal three-arm study. Setting Tertiary referral centre.
BMJ3d
Percutaneous management of acute ischaemic stroke
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BMJ2d
Assessment of reversibility in pulmonary arterial hypertension and congenital heart disease
Correspondence to Dr Diederik E van der Feen, Center for Congenital Heart Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen GZ 9713, The Netherlands; d.e.van.der.feen01{at}umcg.nl Pulmonary ...
BMJ13d
Significantly increased risk of all-cause mortality among cardiac patients feeling lonely
Objective To explore whether living alone and loneliness 1) are associated with poor patient-reported outcomes at hospital discharge and 2) predict cardiac events and mortality 1 year after hospital ...
BMJ3d
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 ...