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 ...

The deacetylase sirtuin 1 (Sirt1), activated by calorie restriction and fasting, exerts several complementary effects on cellular function that are favourable to healthspan; it is often thought of as ...

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 ...

Objective To assess associations of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) with patient profile, resource use, cardiovascular (CV) events and mortality in stable patients post-myocardial infarction ...

Anti-inflammatory effects of spirulina The prevalence of obesity has nearly tripled since 1975. 6 According to the 2016 global health report, more than 1.9 billion adults were categorised as ...

Objectives Non-dilated left ventricular cardiomyopathy (NDLVC) is a novel cardiomyopathy characterised by normal LV size and non-ischaemic myocardial scarring or fatty tissue replacement. This study ...

Background The evaluation of long-term inflammatory response and function in postoperative patients with aortic valve replacement (AVR) deserves special analysis because it is important to try to ...

Objective Left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC) is morphologically characterised by excessive trabeculations and deep recesses in the ventricular wall. The risk of thromboembolic disease in the ...

Background The ageing population has led to an increased prevalence of chronic diseases, posing challenges for the management of critically ill cardiac patients with multiple comorbidities. The ...

Aims Heart failure (HF) has a lower public profile compared with other serious health conditions, notably cancer. This discourse analysis study investigates the extent to which HF is discussed in ...

Methods We established a cohort of adults residing in urban slums of Bhopal, who were registered in a baseline cardiovascular risk assessment survey, which was performed between November 2017 and ...

Objectives (1) Develop a programme theory of why, for whom and in what contexts integrated palliative care (PC) and heart failure (HF) services work/do not work; (2) use the programme theory to ...