Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare cause of acute coronary syndrome or sudden cardiac death. Initial reports on this condition were scarce as they were based on postmortem ...

Objective To investigate the prognostic value of left atrial volume index (LAVI) in patients with moderate to severe aortic regurgitation (AR) and bicuspid aortic valve (BAV). Methods 554 individuals ...

2 Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA 3 Epidemiological Cardiology Research Center (EPICARE), Department of Epidemiology and ...

Influence of depression trajectories in heart failure patients with preserved ejection fractions: a secondary analysis of adverse outcomes in the TOPCAT trial ...

Original research: Mortality associated with moderate and severe mitral regurgitation in 608 570 men and women undergoing ...

Correspondence to Dr Carol Ann Remme, Amsterdam UMC Location AMC, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands; c.a.remme{at}amsterdamumc.nl Brugada syndrome (BrS) is an inherited cardiac disorder, ...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death and disease burden worldwide. Macrophages are important components of the internal immune cells, which profoundly affects the internal ...

Background Effective management of coexisting heart failure (HF), chronic kidney disease (CKD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus ...

Following injury, many organs are capable of rapid regeneration of necrotic tissue to regain normal function. In contrast, the damaged heart typically replaces tissue with a collagen-rich scar, due to ...

For over two decades, a ‘treatment-risk paradox’ has been described in older adults with cardiovascular disease, with persistent undertreatment of high-risk older patients with effective ...

Implantation of drug-eluting stents (DESs) remains central to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and chronic coronary syndromes (CCS). DES platforms, polymers ...