Background Drug-eluting stents (DESs) have become the gold standard of coronary angioplasty since their inception in 2002. Biodegradable polymer DESs (BP-DESs) have been postulated to be superior to ...

Objective This study aimed to explore the influence of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) on both postoperative cognitive dysfunction and quality of life (QoL) and the association between the two ...

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a proven treatment for life-threatening aortic valve disease, predominantly severe aortic stenosis. However, even among developed nations, access to ...

Background Coffee raises serum cholesterol because of its diterpenes, cafestol and kahweol, and the effect varies by brewing method. Population-based research on espresso coffee’s impact on serum ...

Objective Patients hospitalised with acute dyspnoea due to acute heart failure (AHF) have a grave prognosis, but the European Society of Cardiology guidelines recommend no system to risk stratify ...

Introduction Worldwide, an estimated 37 million people have a diagnosis of heart failure. 1 2 The lifetime risk for developing heart failure is approximately 20%. 3 The prevalence of heart failure is ...

What this study adds This study compared the cardiovascular risk levels with real-life data of more than 85 000 subjects in 40–65 years age group by using SCORE and SCORE2 in a high-risk country in ...

Background In high-income and low-income countries, including Ethiopia, hypertension (HTN) is a serious public health concern. As a consequence, a massive self-care practice (SCP) is necessary, and ...

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Methods This was a retrospective, observational study to design a simple risk score to define a 30-day mortality for patients presenting with ACS. The inclusion criteria for the study were as follows: ...

Aims Endurance sport practice is associated with a high prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF), which increases the risk of stroke in the general population. However, stroke risk in endurance athletes ...

Findings 25 studies met the inclusion criteria. Mean age was 72.0 years among the 5702 patients managed medically, 71.3 years among the 1416 patients treated percutaneously and 59.3 years among the ...