Calcific aortic valve disease is a prevalent cardiovascular disease with no available drugs
capable of effectively preventing its progression. Hence, an efficient drug delivery system …

Background Pre-procedural computed tomography (CT) imaging assessment of the aortic
valvular complex (AVC) is essential for the success of transcatheter aortic valve replacement …

This paper discusses aortic stenosis (AS) in China, emphasising the role of transcatheter
aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in treating AS in an ageing population. AS characteristics …

Background Stress hyperglycemia ratio (SHR) has recently been recognized as a novel
biomarker that accurately reflects acute hyperglycemia status and is associated with poor …

Mitral regurgitation (MR) was the most common heart valve disease. Surgical repair with
artificial chordal replacement had become one of the standard treatments for mitral …

A multi-modal residual neural network based on empirical mode decomposition (EMD) was
proposed in this work and used for screening patients with mitral regurgitation (MR). EMD …

This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of diabetes in valvular heart disease (VHD),
as well as the relationship of diabetes with severity of valvular lesions and clinical outcome …

Introduction Preoperative inflammation affects the postoperative outcomes of patients
undergoing heart valve surgery. This study aimed to explore the role and predictive effects of …

Question What is the effect of 3 days of preoperative inspiratory muscle training (IMT) on
lung function prior to heart valve surgery and on postoperative lung function and pulmonary …

Background Despite improvements in management, infective endocarditis (IE) is still
associated with high mortality and morbidity. The outcome of patients with IE remains …