Background While female sex has historically been associated with worse outcomes following surgical aortic valve replacement, ...

Background Patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) are at high risk of mortality, regardless of symptom status. Despite ...

Background Annually, 4% of the global population undergoes non-cardiac surgery, with 30% of those patients having at least ...

Background Ebstein’s anomaly (EA) exhibits significant anatomical and clinical heterogeneity, warranting a systematic ...

Objectives The advent of conversational artificial intelligence (AI) systems employing large language models such as ChatGPT has sparked public, professional and academic debates on the capabilities ...

Objective To evaluate the potential mediating role of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) in the relationship between replacement fibrosis (assessed by late gadolinium enhancement (LGE)) and ...

Objective Heart failure (HF) is common with high associated morbidity and mortality. UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Guidelines suggest prioritising assessment by ...

Background The epidemiology of native valve infective endocarditis (IE) has shifted toward older adults with substantial comorbidity burdens, yet contemporary nationwide data on outcomes and surgical ...

Objective Minimally invasive surgery is increasingly adopted as an alternative to conventional sternotomy for mitral valve pathology in many centres worldwide. A systematic safety analysis based on a ...

Background Ruling out myocardial infarction (MI) in patients with an initial indeterminate (detectable to mildly elevated) troponin measure is challenging. Myocardial-Ischaemic-Injury Index (MI 3) is ...