Background The relationship between pericardial inflammation and subsequent constriction in tuberculous (TB) pericarditis remains poorly understood. Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) has shown ...

The natural history of symptomatic severe aortic stenosis (AS) heralds a poor prognosis—a paradigm that rightly drives valve ...

Background Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRv) is a rare multisystem disorder with marked phenotypic heterogeneity.

Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common cause of ischaemic stroke and a major global health burden, but is often ...

Background Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in children is a rare but devastating event, with an estimated incidence of ...

Background Heart failure (HF) remains associated with high mortality worldwide despite advances in guideline-directed therapy ...

Objective This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of hyperemic microvascular resistance (HMR) and its relationship with hyperemic stenosis resistance (HSR) index and fractional flow reserve ...

Background To assess implementation of contemporary guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) for heart failure (HF) across two nationwide public healthcare systems, including treatment persistence ...

Background and aims Misclassification of heart failure (HF) in primary care electronic health records (EHRs) may affect care quality and outcomes. The OSCAR-HF (Optimising Standards of Care of Heart ...

Objective Currently, consensus is lacking on the relation between closure of atrial septal defect (ASD) and the incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF), which is a known complication in ASD patients.

Objective When advising patients about possible initiation of primary prevention treatment, clinicians currently do not have information on expected impact on lifespan, nor how much this increment ...