Background Real-life data is very useful for gaining a better understanding of care in practice and identifying areas for ...

Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common cardiac arrhythmia associated with an increased risk of stroke, heart failure ...

Heart failure (HF) remains a relentless global health challenge, characterised by significant morbidity, mortality and ...

Background Persistent shockable rhythms (refractory to or recurring after three or more defibrillation attempts) are ...

Background There are limited prediction models of long-term mortality for patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Against this ...

3 University of Birmingham Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK Correspondence to Professor Torben Bjerregaard Larsen, Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research ...

Background The use of artificial chords for mitral valve prolapse during minimally invasive mitral valve repair (MIMVR) has ...

Objective Patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the setting of left bundle branch block (LBBB) present an important diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to the clinician.

Objective Tub bathing is considered to have a preventive effect against cardiovascular disease (CVD) by improving haemodynamic function. However, no prospective studies have investigated the long-term ...

Objective Distinguishing early dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) from physiological left ventricular (LV) dilatation with LV ejection fraction <55% in athletes (grey zone) is challenging. We evaluated the ...

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) affects over 113 million people worldwide and is a marker of systemic atherosclerosis associated with significant cardiovascular and limb morbidity. While classic ...

Background Aortic stenosis (AS) is a progressive disease with substantial variability in its rate of progression. Current surveillance guidelines may not adequately identify individuals at highest ...