Summary As preoperative morbi-mortality remains significant, care of newborns with transposition of the great arteries is still challenging. In this review of the literature, we discuss the different treatments that…
Summary The number of studies demonstrating that right ventricular structure, function and mechanics are valuable predictors of cardiovascular and total morbidity and mortality in patients with a wide range of…
Summary Background Eccentric exercise training has been shown to improve muscle force strength without excessive cardiovascular stress. Such an exercise modality deserves to be tested in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Aim…
Summary Background Functional status is one of the main concerns in the management of heart failure (HF). Recently, the FAIR-HF and CONFIRM-HF trials showed that correcting anaemia using intravenous iron…
Summary Background In February 2013, a retired French professor of medicine published a book denying the benefits of statins for cardiovascular prevention. The book was the subject of extensive media…
Summary Background Access to cardiac surgery is limited in low-income settings, and data on patient outcomes are scarce. Aims To assess characteristics, surgical procedures and outcomes in patients undergoing open-heart…
Summary Background Acute heart failure (AHF) is a life-threatening medical emergency for which no new effective therapies have emerged in recent decades. No previous study has exhaustively described the entire…
Anthracyclines are anticancer agents with a broad spectrum of activity in oncological practice. However, the use of anthracyclines is limited by the cardiotoxicity they may induce . Following the administration…
