Background For patients with a high risk of sudden cardiac death, despite the benefits of an implantable cardioverter ...

Background Clinical benefit of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in chronic coronary syndromes (CCS) remains ...

Objectives Elevated resting heart rate (RHR) predicts mortality in middle-aged and older adults, primarily through ...

VA (congestive heart failure, hypertension, age ≥75 years (double weight), diabetes mellitus, previous stroke (double weight) ...

Background Circulatory collapse at hospital arrival represents one of the most severe clinical presentations of ST-segment ...

Background Machine learning based on clinical characteristics has the potential to predict coronary CT angiography (CCTA) findings and help guide resource utilisation. Methods From the SCOT-HEART ...

Background This study assessed cardiac performance in response to maximal physiological stress in recreational long-distance runners. Methods In this cross-sectional observational study, 44 male ...

Background Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is associated with adverse outcomes in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH). This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the prognostic value ...

Objective Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common inherited cardiomyopathy characterised by pathological left ventricular hypertrophy and categorised into obstructive and non-obstructive ...

Introduction Coronary artery perforation (CP) is a rare but life-threatening complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). This study aimed to assess the incidence, management and outcomes ...