Andrew Kennedy

TL;DR: A cross-sectional analysis of the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of VHD identified at recruitment of a large cohort of older people confirms the scale of the emerging epidemic of V HD, with widespread implications for clinicians and healthcare resources.

TL;DR: Cardiac auscultation has limited accuracy for the detection of VHD in asymptomatic patients and is a poor diagnostic screening tool in primary care, particularly for overweight subjects.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify the community prevalence of moderate or greater mitral or tricuspid regurgitation (MR/TR), and compare subjects identified by population screening with those with known valvular heart disease (VHD), to understand the mechanisms of MR/TR and to assess the rate of valve intervention and long-term outcome.

TL;DR: GP auscultation has only moderate accuracy for diagnosing valvular heart disease in an unselected population, and the presence of an isolated murmur would not be a reliable indicator of valve disease.

TL;DR: This analysis provides disease progression insights in T2D patients who developed HF in Germany by measuring how many T2DM patients acquire HF over two years and understanding the progression of HF in these patients in a five-year follow-up.