Background Sodium glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) such as canagliflozin have been shown to have beneficial ...

The heart relies on finely tuned spatial heterogeneity in wall structure, fibre orientation, blood distribution and ...

Background Shorter dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) regimens may offer a more favourable risk-benefit profile compared with longer treatment. The aim of this study was to determine the optimal ...

Background Coronary sinus reducer (CSR) implantation is the only guideline-recommended percutaneous treatment for patients ...

Background Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is characterised by systemic congestion and elevated left ...

Background Artificial intelligence ECG (AI-ECG) models can predict cardiovascular outcomes, but their clinical adoption is limited by restricted access to training data and uncertain generalisability.

Background Residual left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy and incomplete reverse remodelling after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) are associated with adverse outcomes. Whether ...

Correspondence to Dr Dirk Westermann, Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany; d.westermann{at}uke.de Importantly, ...

Cardiovascular involvement in Marfan syndrome (MFS) was long considered to be limited to the thoracic aorta. For decades, the attention of clinicians and researchers has focused primarily on aortic ...

Sleep breathing disorders (SBDs)—including obstructive sleep apnoea, central sleep apnoea and sleep-related hypoventilation syndromes—represent a major yet under-recognised contributor to global ...

Background Comorbidities add complexity to pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), but also open opportunities to use therapies with benefits beyond the cardiovascular (CV) system, particularly ...

Correspondence to Dr Jean Joel Bigna, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Centre Pasteur of Cameroon, Yaoundé, Cameroon; bignarimjj{at}yahoo.fr Objective We conducted the first systematic ...