OBJECTIVE To assess how much adults with congenital heart disease understand about their heart defect, its treatment, and the preventive measures necessary to avoid complications. DESIGN Descriptive, ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping cardiovascular medicine, evolving from task-specific supervised models towards ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the role of healed plaque disruption in the generation of chronic high grade coronary stenosis. METHODS Coronary arteries obtained at necropsy were perfuse fixed with formal ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) and coronary artery disease (CAD) are prevalent cardiovascular disorders that increasingly coexist as populations age and cardiometabolic comorbidities rise. Their ...

Background Heart-type fatty acid-binding protein (H-FABP), a principal intracellular transporter of long-chain fatty acids ...

Background Chronic kidney disease (CKD) represents one of the most significant risk factors for adverse cardiovascular events and mortality. Data on real-world clinical practice of Chinese patients ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Dr Kathleen W. Zhang, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA; ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is characterised by an increased risk of pathological thrombus formation due to a disruption of physiological haemostatic mechanisms that are better understood by reference to ...

Correspondence to Professor Dr Jan J Piek, Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 22660, Amsterdam 1100 DD, The Netherlands; j.j.piek{at}amc.uva.nl After a ...

Objectives: To develop and test a new concept of the degradation kinetics of newly developed coronary stents consisting of magnesium alloys. Methods: Design of a coronary stent prototype consisting of ...

Department of Cardiological Sciences, St George’s Hospital Medical School, London, UK Correspondence to: Dr Yee Guan Yap Department of Cardiological Sciences, St George’s Hospital Medical School, ...