Background To determine the frequency of pregnancy complications and their association with the risk of cardiovascular ...

Introduction Wearable cardioverter-defibrillators (WCD) have emerged as a valuable tool in the management of patients at risk ...

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Background In acute heart failure (HF), reduced cardiac output, vasoconstriction and congestion may damage the intestinal ...

Introduction Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) reduce mortality and morbidity in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), but are largely underused. We evaluated ...

Correspondence to Dr. Jung Ho Heo, Divisionof cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kosin University GospelHospital, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan 602-702, Republic ofKorea. ; ...

Objective Bioprosthetic valve thrombosis (BPVT) is increasingly recognised as a major cause of prosthetic dysfunction in the first years postimplantation. How early abnormal gradients can be detected ...

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Objective Precise and reliable echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is needed for clinical decision-making. Recently, artificial intelligence (AI) models have been ...

Background The efficacy of paclitaxel-coated balloons (PCB) for restenosis prevention has been demonstrated in humans. However, the mechanism of action for sustained drug retention and biological ...

Capsaicin, the phytochemical responsible for the spiciness of peppers, has the potential to modulate metabolism via activation of transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) receptors, which are ...

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 ...