Roger Hall

TL;DR: Guidelines and Expert Consensus Documents aim to present management recommendations based on all of the relevant evidence on a particular subject in order to help physicians select the best possible management strategies for the individual patient suffering from a specific condition, taking into account the impact on outcome and also the risk–benefit ratio of a particular diagnostic or therapeutic procedure.

TL;DR: The CARDia trial did show that multivessel PCI is feasible in patients with diabetes, but longer-term follow-up and data from other trials will be needed to provide a more precise comparison of the efficacy of these 2 revascularization strategies.

TL;DR: Rates of maternal mortality or heart failure were high in women with heart disease from 2007 to 2010, however, from 2010, these rates declined despite the inclusion of more high-risk pregnancies.

TL;DR: HF was the most common complication during pregnancy, and occurred typically at the end of the second trimester, or after birth, and was strongly associated with pre-eclampsia and an adverse maternal and perinatal outcome.

TL;DR: It is suggested that planned caesarean section does not confer any advantage over planned vaginal delivery, in terms of maternal outcome, but is associated with an adverse fetal outcome.