Background Aortic valve calcification (AVC) is a disease process driven by inflammation and lipid infiltration, serving as a ...
Correspondence to Dr Kathleen W. Zhang, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA; ...
Background Aortic stenosis (AS) frequently coexists with heart failure (HF), but its prevalence, prognostic impact and management across the full HF spectrum remain incompletely characterised. Methods ...
Mitral annular calcification (MAC) is a progressive, degenerative process increasingly recognised for its clinical impact.
Cardiac device therapy has significantly evolved since the introduction of the first implantable pacemaker and the subsequent ...
Acquired valvular heart disease (VHD) is common in the 21st century and its prevalence is increasing, mainly due to increasing longevity associated with the progression of age-related degenerative ...
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 ...
British Cardiovascular Society, Association of British Clinical Diabetologists, British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation, British Association for Nursing in Cardiovascular ...
Background Exercise stress echocardiography (ESE) is widely used to detect inducible myocardial ischaemia. However, a substantial proportion of ESEs remains inconclusive or shows abnormal ...
Infective endocarditis (IE) is a complex and severe disease with in-hospital mortality plateauing at ∼20% and 1 year mortality up to 40% in most contemporary cohorts. Although 60–70% of patients with ...
Background Up to half of patients with infective endocarditis (IE) require cardiac surgery. Although anaemia is common, its ...
Percutaneous ventricular assist devices (pVADs) provide short-term mechanical circulatory support and therefore have potential utility during elective, high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention ...
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