Background Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular ...

Background Aortic valve replacement (AVR) is considered one of the most potent disease-modifying procedures among patients ...

Background Women with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) experience higher mortality rates than men. This disparity is ...

Introduction Recent studies have highlighted the presence of right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) in a substantial proportion ...

Background Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is the leading cause of mortality in systemic amyloidosis, highlighting the need for ...

Background Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) poses global diagnostic and therapeutic challenges, with potential regional differences in clinical practice that remain underexplored ...

Objective This meta-analysis aims to compare the clinical outcomes of the no-touch (NT) and conventional (CON) vein harvesting techniques in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting ...

Background Long-term outcome of contemporary myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) has not been assessed systematically.Objective To evaluate the association between results of MPS and long-term ...

Background Differentiating cardiac from non-cardiac acute chest pain poses a diagnostic challenge, especially in primary care. The History, ECG, Age, Risk factors and Troponin level (HEART) score aid ...

Background Myocarditis is a rare but potentially serious complication of COVID-19 vaccination. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) with late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) imaging can identify cardiac scar ...

Background Coronary artery disease (CAD) progression and risk of cardiac events differ between women and men during the lifespan. Accordingly, we aimed to explore the impact of sex and age on plaque ...

Objectives This study aimed to establish a prediction model that incorporates the radiomic features of epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) to predict atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence after ...