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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Introduction Observer variability can influence the assessment of CT coronary angiography (CTCA) and the subsequent diagnosis of angina pectoris due to coronary heart disease. Methods We assessed 210 ...

Objective To assess the potential impact of reduction in salt intake on the burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and premature mortality in Cameroon. Methods Using a multicohort proportional ...

Background The specific relationship between different blood pressure measures and the risk of aortic aneurysms (AA) remains unclear. Elucidating these associations would be conducive to identifying ...

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.

Objective Atrial functional mitral regurgitation (A-FMR) has been suggested as a new aetiology of functional MR (MR); however, its prognosis and prognostic predictors are not fully elucidated. Aim of ...