Introduction Stiff left atrium (LA) is important in the pathophysiology and progression of heart failure with preserved ...

Background Those with premature coronary heart disease (pCHD) have a lower 5-year risk of repeat events; however, their ...

Background Though undiagnosed in many patients, especially those with cryptogenic stroke, atrial fibrillation (AF) is a key ...

Background Transient or permanent iatrogenic conduction disturbances from injury to arteries supplying the cardiac conduction system (CCS) have increased. A more comprehensive understanding of CCS ...

Aims To assess the prognostic importance of high-sensitive C reactive protein (hsCRP) in patients with mild to moderate aortic valve stenosis during placebo or simvastatin/ezetimibe treatment in ...

Introduction An evidence-based selection between fractional flow reserve (FFR) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) to drive percutaneous coronary intervention is still lacking. Methods Patients ...

Background Acute myocarditis is a potentially life-threatening cardiac condition and immediate assessment of this disease is imminent. While laboratory tests, electrocardiography or transthoracic ...

Aim Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT-2is) have a direct cardiac effect that is independent of their glucose-lowering renal effect. We investigated the relation between SGLT-2is and ...

Background Machine learning based on clinical characteristics has the potential to predict coronary CT angiography (CCTA) findings and help guide resource utilisation. Methods From the SCOT-HEART ...

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 ...