Background Hypothyroidism has been suggested as a predisposing and prognostic factor in patients with spontaneous coronary ...

Introduction European valvular heart disease guidelines define women as a ‘special group’. To explore what factors have led ...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and CT imaging plays a crucial ...

Background Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has significantly improved outcomes for ST-segment elevation ...

Background Guidelines strongly recommend reperfusion therapy, including thrombolysis and percutaneous coronary intervention, ...

Background Pulsed field ablation (PFA) has emerged as a promising non-thermal alternative to conventional atrial fibrillation ...

Background Stroke after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is an infrequent but serious complication with ...

Background Fabry disease (FD) is an X linked lysosomal disorder with ventricular myocardial involvement that drives morbidity and mortality. Early diagnosis of cardiac involvement can be difficult.

Background The life-long exposure of the left heart chambers to systemic blood pressures may be important to changes in left atrial (LA) function with age, but long-term follow-up studies are scarce.

Background The minimally important difference (MID) for frailty variation associated with adverse outcomes remains unknown in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), and ...

Background Those with premature coronary heart disease (pCHD) have a lower 5-year risk of repeat events; however, their lifetime risk is high. The aim of this study was to assess secondary prevention ...