The prevalence of obesity is increasing at an epidemic rate globally with more than 1 billion
adults overweight and at least 300 million of them clinically obese. This is expected to rise …

The R package mice imputes incomplete multivariate data by chained equations. The
software mice 1.0 appeared in the year 2000 as an S-PLUS library, and in 2001 as an R …

Objectives The purpose of this study was to examine the temporal trends in demographics,
clinical characteristics, management strategies, and in-hospital outcomes in patients with …

Objectives: This study sought to define the prevalence and prognostic impact of blood
transfusions in contemporary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) practice …

Objectives The association between obesity and atrial fibrillation (AF) is well-established.
We aimed to evaluate the impact of index body mass index (BMI) on AF recurrence at 12 …

Objectives: This study sought to evaluate the safety and efficacy of transradial versus
transfemoral access for coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention in …

Background Bleeding complications remain one of the most important challenges in
percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), particularly in Asians who are known to be …

Objective To assess whether the obesity paradox persists in the long term and to study the
effect of optimal medical treatment on this phenomenon. Design A retrospective cohort …

Background Underweight patients are at higher risk of death after acute myocardial
infarction (AMI) than normal weight patients; however, it is unclear whether this relationship …

Aims: To assess outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) according to
sex, with the two available valves and four recognised delivery approaches. Methods and …