The consumption of refined grains and added sugars have increased globally over the past few decades. A recent prospective cohort study revealed that an increased intake of refined grains was associated with the higher risk of mortality and major ca...
Emerging evidences from numerous studies have implicated various sleep problems in the development of heart failure. Recently, a cohort study prospectively investigated the relationship between healthy sleep pattern and the risk of heart failure. In...
Evaluating Clinical Data in Renal Impaired Subgroup Former meta-analysis demonstrated that the use of NOACs, i.e. rivaroxaban, edoxaban, dabigatran and apixaban, was associated with reduced risk of stroke and systemic embolism (SE) and reduced risk ...
Pathological Bases for Coexistence of CKD and AF Dr. Wang explained that CKD and AF may frequently co-exist in a patient. The 2 disorders share many common risk factors including hypertension, diabetes mellitus (DM), ischaemic heart disease, heart f...
The Complication of T2DM with AF Prolonged elevation in blood glucose level would result in various health complications including cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and kidney diseases 4 . In particular, T2DM was found to be a strong and independent ri...
A Brief History of Device Therapy in Cardiology The history of device therapy applying electrical energy to the body can be traced back to the 18 th century. In 1775, a Danish physicist, Nickolev Abildgaard, conducted the first studies investigating...
Underutilisation of Oral Anticoagulant in the Management of Non-valvular Atrial Fibrillation Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common type of arrhythmia and substantially increases the risks of stroke, systemic embolism (SE) and death. The condit...
Elevated Risks of Cardiovascular Diseases Associated with Chronic Psychological Stress Chronic psychological stress can be referred to the non-specific systemic reaction induced by the prolonged stimulation of internal or external negative factors. ...
Complication of Atrial Fibrillation with Obesity and Its Management with Novel Oral Anticoagulants Obesity is the most common chronic metabolic disease worldwide with an increasing prevalence. It has been reported that more than 1.9 billion adults w...
Win Your Heart with the Mediterranean Diet Rich in minimally processed plant-based food and monounsaturated fat from olive oil, but low to moderate in animal products, the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet), one of the most well studied dietary patterns i...
The Debate on Anticoagulation in Cirrhotic Patients Cirrhosis is a form of end-stage liver disease characterised by cell degeneration, inflammation, and fibrosis, most often caused by alcoholic and viral hepatitis. In particular, the condition is as...
Challenge of Myocardial Injury in COVID-19 The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is now a global pandemic inflicting significant morbidity and mortality as well as substantia...
