Smart radiator valves let you control the temperature in individual rooms when your central heating is on. They can be programmed and controlled remotely through your smartphone. Manufacturers promise ...

Background Up to half of patients with infective endocarditis (IE) require cardiac surgery. Although anaemia is common, its precise prevalence, transfusion practices and impact on outcomes in ...

Background The National Heart Failure Audit gathers data on patients coded at discharge (or death) as having heart failure as ...

Objectives Older adults can have difficulties understanding and recalling information prior to hospitalisation for elective treatment. Limited research exists regarding how older adults perceive the ...

An antibody titer test identifies and measures the amount of antibodies in your blood, which indicates the strength of your immune response. Doctors use this test to determine if you’ve had past ...

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

Background Although chest X-rays (CXRs) are widely used, diagnosing mitral stenosis (MS) based solely on CXR findings remains ...

Don’t worry, it’s not just you. Everyone dropped their first, or likely fortieth, F-bomb when their dad had them hold the spark plug while he hit the kickstarter on their dirt bike. While it might ...

In this week’s View, Dr. Eagle looks at contemporary outcomes and trends for the transseptal mitral valve-in-valve procedure using balloon-expandable transcatheter valves. He then explores complete vs ...

Objective Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) frequently have multiple comorbidities that increase the risk of hospitalisation and contribute to higher mortality. However, studies examining the ...

Abstract: We design statistical hypothesis tests for performing leak detection in water pipeline channels. By applying an appropriate model for signal propagation, we show that the detection problem ...