Background Hospitalisation with acute heart failure (AHF) carries a high risk of death, and those surviving to discharge ...

Background Cardiac MR (CMR) provides a comprehensive assessment of pericardial structure, tissue characteristics and constriction-related haemodynamics, making it an excellent tool for assessing the ...

Background Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a common cause of cardiovascular mortality, often triggered by ventricular ...

Background The aim of the study was to estimate the sex-specific prevalence and incidence of atrial fibrillation or flutter ...

Aim In the UK, pharmacological management of patients with heart failure (HF) occurs predominantly in general practice. Using ...

Background Postoperative cerebral infarction following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for multivessel coronary artery ...

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 Women with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) experience higher mortality rates than men. This disparity is influenced by factors such as older age, greater comorbidity burden, atypical ...

Background Coronary artery disease (CAD) progression and risk of cardiac events differ between women and men during the lifespan. Accordingly, we aimed to explore the impact of sex and age on plaque ...

Background Despite limited beneficial evidence, mechanical circulatory support (MCS) is commonly used in patients with acute myocardial infarction-related cardiogenic shock (AMI-CS). In this Dutch ...

While iterative developments have improved outcomes of patients with myocardial infarction, mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction cardiogenic shock (AMI-CS) remains stubbornly high.

APCU 45 Overcoming the odds: successful repair of post-infarction inferoseptal ventricular septal rupture (20 January, 2025) Free ...