Background Renal denervation (RDN) has emerged as a guideline-recommended therapeutic option in hypertension management with ...

Background Recent cardiovascular risk equations from the USA and United Kingdom use routinely collected electronic medical records (EMRs), while current equations used in Australia (AusCVDRisk) have ...

Introduction Ascertaining the cause of sudden death is often difficult, even in patients with a history of heart disease.

Hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) is a heterogeneous disorder characterised by persistent, abnormal eosinophil elevation in ...

Background Acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) with reduced ejection fraction often requires inotropic support. While dobutamine is commonly used, its safety and efficacy remain debated.

5 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore 6 Department of Cardiology, National University Heart Centre, Singapore Objective To investigate the prognostic ...

Currently, most international guidelines advocate for risk stratification of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) as a framework to guide treatment decisions. Key prognostic factors for patients with PE ...

Objectives In AL amyloidosis, organ response assessment is based on surrogates (eg, cardiac biomarkers). An objective functional test, such as the 6 min walk test (6MWT), capturing overall clinical ...

3 First Department of Cardiology, University of Athens, Heart Centre of Young and Athletes (EKKAN), Unit of Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases, Athens, Greece Correspondence to Professor Perry M ...

Correspondence to Dr Robert M Radke, Division of Adult Congenital and Valvular Heart Disease, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University Hospital Muenster, Albert Schweitzer Campus 1, Muenster ...

1 Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Chirurgiche, Università di Verona, Verona, Italy 2 Dipartimento Cardiaco, Toracico e Vascolare, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy Background Functional mitral ...

Correspondence to Dr Jonathan H Kim, Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; jonathan.kim{at}emory.edu As the popularity of scuba diving increases internationally, ...