BMJ

Left atrial appendage closure versus direct oral anticoagulants after pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation: protocol for a multicentre, prospective, randomised, non ...

Introduction Atrial fibrillation (AF), with a prevalence of 1–2%, is the most common cardiac arrhythmia. AF is associated with a fivefold increased risk of cardioembolic events; approximately 20% of ...

Meta launches AI algorithm personalization feature for Threads

The feature, called "Dear Algo," lets Threads users personalize what content they see by publicly posting an AI prompt.

Q&A: Algorithm achieves near end-to-end genome assembly without ultra-long DNA sequencing

Haoyu Cheng, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical informatics and data science at Yale School of Medicine, has developed a new algorithm capable of building complete human genomes using standard ...
Heart

Prognostic importance of exercise electrocardiography in patients with suspected microvascular disease

Background Coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) is associated with a poor prognosis but is difficult to diagnose non-invasively. In a recent paper, ST-segment depression on exercise-ECG was found ...
RMD Open

Dental infection is associated with early relapse in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis

Objectives Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a systemic autoimmune disease where infections ...