Introduction Heart disease (HD) accounts for high morbidity and mortality in Brazil. Underserved populations often suffer long delays in diagnosis. We aimed to evaluate the feasibility of integrating ...
Original research: Kidney function and risk of heart failure in older adults: findings from a prospective cohort study (22 ...
Background The natural history of asymptomatic moderate or severe aortic regurgitation (AR) remains uncertain, with conflicting reports about its progression and surgical timing. We aimed to quantify ...
Background The use of artificial chords for mitral valve prolapse during minimally invasive mitral valve repair (MIMVR) has ...
Introduction Reduced exercise performance is common in patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot (rToF) and relates to ...
Background Early identification of patients at risk of heart failure (HF) provides opportunities for preventative management. Though models have been developed to predict HF incidence, their ...
Objective Tub bathing is considered to have a preventive effect against cardiovascular disease (CVD) by improving haemodynamic function. However, no prospective studies have investigated the long-term ...
Objective Distinguishing early dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) from physiological left ventricular (LV) dilatation with LV ejection fraction <55% in athletes (grey zone) is challenging. We evaluated the ...
Background The Fontan procedure is associated with long-term cardiac and non-cardiac complications and early mortality. Recent data suggest that some fibrosis scores may offer prognostic insight for ...
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Echocardiography allows estimation of right ventricular (RV) systolic pressure by adding the estimated right atrial pressure (RAP) to the systolic pressure gradient between the RV and right atrium (RA ...
‘The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.’ —Marcel Proust Despite major advances in contemporary coronary care, a substantial proportion of acute ...
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