Importance/background The 12-lead ECG is recommended in clinical guidelines for prehospital assessment of patients with ...

Background Accelerated biological ageing has been linked to elevated risks of hypertension (HTN) and cardiovascular diseases ...

Background Rheumatic mitral valve disease remains a major global health challenge. Determining optimal surgical approaches is ...

Background Early reperfusion therapy is critical in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). However ...

Background Contemporary guidelines by the European Society for Cardiology and American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association for the treatment of non-acute myocardial ischaemic syndromes ...

Outflow tract ventricular arrhythmias (OT-VAs) are the most common type of idiopathic VAs.1 Despite their often benign clinical presentation, patients may experience symptoms that may severely impact ...

Background Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of small vessels is limited by an increased risk of restenosis and adverse outcome, even when drug-eluting stents (DES) are employed. In recent ...

4 Department of Public Health & Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK 5 Department of Public Health & Primary Care, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK ...

Objective Despite proven effectiveness, participation in traditional supervised exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (exCR) remains low. Telehealth interventions that use information and ...

Objective The study compared clinical characteristics and response at head-up tilt test (HUTT) between situational (SS) and vasovagal syncope (VVS). Methods Consecutive patients who underwent ...

Background The role of female-specific factors in the occurrence and progression of cardiometabolic disease (CMD) across different genetic risks remains incompletely clear. This study aimed to ...

Objective To describe the place and causes of acute cardiovascular death during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods Retrospective cohort of adult (age ≥18 years) acute cardiovascular deaths (n=5 87 225) in ...