Fractional flow reserve (FFR) is increasingly used to guide myocardial revascularisation. However, supporting evidence regarding its use originates from studies that have enrolled mainly patients with ...
Background Previous epidemiological studies demonstrated that premature atrial contractions (PACs) and premature ventricular ...
Background Hypertension is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease, dementia and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Older adults bear the brunt of these conditions, and managing hypertension ...
Objective To develop and validate a 10-year predictive model for cardiovascular and metabolic disease (CVMD) risk using comprehensive health examination data from nearly 37 701 individuals.Methods ...
Introduction Atrial fibrosis identified on cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging has been proposed as a preprocedural imaging biomarker for patient selection for rhythm control interventions in ...
Background Left ventricular mass (LVM) is suggested to be a sensitive predictor of adverse cardiovascular outcomes, such as heart failure. In recent years, genome-wide association studies have ...
Background Revised haemodynamic criteria for pulmonary hypertension (PH)—mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) >20 mm Hg and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) >2 Wood Units (WU)—have defined new ...
Background Systemic right ventricle (sRV) patients are at an increased risk of developing heart failure. Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) could be a valuable treatment option. This ...
Background The effectiveness of risk stratification using the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) Risk Score (GRS) for patients presenting to hospital with suspected non-ST elevation ...
Background Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is characterised by abnormal thickening of ventricular myocardium. Left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction occurs in up to 70% of patients, ...
Objectives Peak exercise systolic blood pressure (SBP) is associated with future cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality. We aimed to evaluate the predictive value of different SBP patterns at the ...