Background Conduction system pacing (CSP) has emerged as an alternative to right ventricular pacing (RVP) for ...

Background Both Takotsubo syndrome (TS) and ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) are conditions characterised by the ...

Background Secondary tricuspid regurgitation (TR) often develops or persists following left-sided valve surgery. However, its ...

For decades, cardiovascular medicine has been a discipline of ‘averages’ and ‘thresholds’—relying on population-based risk ...

Background Patients with adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) frequently develop late complications despite early surgical ...

α-Glucosidase inhibitors (AGIs) are a class of oral glucose-lowering drugs used exclusively for treatment or prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus. AGIs act by altering the intestinal absorption of ...

Objectives To describe medical management in aortic dissection (AD) and to analyse the possible associations between antihypertensive, antithrombotic, anticoagulant and statin agents, respectively, ...

Background Acute myocarditis is a potentially life-threatening cardiac condition and immediate assessment of this disease is imminent. While laboratory tests, electrocardiography or transthoracic ...

Objective Since 2010, National Health Service hospitals in England have been incentivised to risk assess for Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) in all adult patients admitted, using a national tool. We ...

Objectives Inferior vena cava (IVC) diameter may be a surrogate for volume status in acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). The utility of IVC diameter measurement is under studied. The aim of this ...

Background Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is underdiagnosed due to non-specific clinical and echocardiographic features. This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of the ...