Background Double sequential defibrillation (DSD) is a promising treatment for patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest ...
We thank Calcaterra et al for their thoughtful comments and for providing an embryological perspective on patent foramen ovale (PFO) and platypnoea-orthodeoxia syndrome in response to our editorial.1 ...
Percutaneous mitral commissurotomy (PMC) is the first-line therapy for managing rheumatic mitral stenosis. Over the past two decades, the indications of the procedure have expanded to include patients ...
OBJECTIVE To determine the cardiovascular and coronary risk thresholds at which aspirin for primary prevention of coronary heart disease is safe and worthwhile. DESIGN Meta-analysis of four randomised ...
3 Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, E13 Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa Correspondence to Dr ...
Conventional surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR) is the ‘gold standard’ for treatment of severe or symptomatic aortic valve stenosis. The increasing age of patients and increasing comorbidities ...
Objective Improved diagnostic tools, timely closure of the shunt and a better understanding of the complexity of Eisenmenger syndrome (ES) have led to improved care and treatment in tertiary centres.