Background The life-long exposure of the left heart chambers to systemic blood pressures may be important to changes in left ...

Background Since the 1960s, beta blockers have been used to treat hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM), a genetic ...

Background Pocket haematoma is a common complication of cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) procedures and may lead ...

Background Pre-procedural and post-procedural plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels can predict rhythm outcomes after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF). However, the significance ...

Background We aimed to estimate mental disorder disparities in cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence and determine whether ...

Background The minimally important difference (MID) for frailty variation associated with adverse outcomes remains unknown in ...

Background Many observational studies highlight clonal haematopoiesis (CH) as a novel determinant of cardiovascular disease ...

Background Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has emerged as an alternative treatment for aortic regurgitation (AR) in patients at high surgical risk. However, evidence comparing outcomes ...

Background Atrial fibrillation (AF)-induced cardiomyopathy (AIC) is characterised by reversible left ventricular (LV) dysfunction after restoration of sinus rhythm (SR). The need for continued ...

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 ...

Objectives To investigate the association between serum uric acid (UA) and high-risk plaques (HRPs) assessed by coronary CT angiography (CCTA). Methods In this retrospective study, we included ...