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Currently available risk scores are unreliable for predicting recurrent atrial fibrillation (AF) after initial radiofrequency pulmonary vein isolation, a new study has found.

While major infections worsen 5-year survival after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) for coronary artery disease, no detrimental effects on mortality are observed thereafter, suggesting that its impact subsides after 5 years, a recent study has found.

Higher-risk heart failure (HF) patients who show improvements in peak oxygen consumption (VO2) following cardiac rehabilitation (CR) have lower risks of new-onset atrial arrhythmias, mortality, and hospitalization due to HF exacerbation, a recent study has found.

Severe hypoglycaemia is a risk factor for hospitalization and mortality among older patients with diabetes, a study reports. The event may also serve as a marker of future cardiovascular events among those with pre-existing heart disease and obesity.

Individuals with higher blood pressure (BP) variability are at increased risk of developing probable dementia despite good BP control, according to a post hoc analysis of the SPRINT MIND* trial.

Preoperative levels of D-dimer and white blood cells are risk factors for in-hospital mortality in patients with type A acute aortic dissection, a recent study has found.