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 ...

Objectives The advent of conversational artificial intelligence (AI) systems employing large language models such as ChatGPT has sparked public, professional and academic debates on the capabilities ...

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.

Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) and tricuspid regurgitation (TR) commonly coexist and are associated with adverse clinical outcomes. Whether restoration of sinus rhythm through catheter ablation ...

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 ...