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Milestone articles have highlighted the frequency and types of statistical errors in research,1–5 yet fundamental errors ...
Background and objective Prior studies have suggested that patients with premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) may have an ...
Legalisation of medical and recreational cannabis commerce is spreading around the world, associated with increased use1 and ...
Background Mobility limitation is prevalent in patients with heart failure (HF), but the dose-response relationship between ...
Background Emerging evidence suggests associations between air pollution, multimorbidity, and atrial fibrillation (AF), but their interplay remains unclear. We evaluated these relationships in a ...
Background Conflicting evidence surrounds the effect of dietary macronutrient intake (fat, carbohydrate and protein) on cardiovascular disease (CVD), particularly in women. Methods Women (aged 50–55 ...
Objective There is currently no medical treatment proven to limit abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) progression. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to pool data from previous ...
Background Bicuspid aortic regurgitation (AR) is common in younger patients who often do not meet guideline-based criteria for aortic valve (AV) surgery at diagnosis. However, identifying early ...
Objective To determine the harms of proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors in people who need lipid-lowering therapy. Methods This systematic review included randomised controlled ...
Introduction Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) affects 1% of the general population. NOTCH1 was the first gene associated with BAV. The proportion of familial and sporadic BAV disease attributed to NOTCH1 ...
The 2024 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines on elevated blood pressure (BP) and hypertension reflect a shift from binary thresholds towards a risk-based management approach that aims to ...