Background Aortogenic stroke is an important subtype of embolic strokes, yet lacks a diagnostic method for proactive ...

Purpose Sotatercept, an activin signalling inhibitor approved in March 2024 for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), ...

Background Biochemical markers of inflammation, coagulation and myocardial stress have been associated with both prevalent ...

Background Hospitalisation with acute heart failure (AHF) carries a high risk of death, and those surviving to discharge ...

Background Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a common cause of cardiovascular mortality, often triggered by ventricular ...

Aim In the UK, pharmacological management of patients with heart failure (HF) occurs predominantly in general practice. Using ...

Background Postoperative cerebral infarction following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for multivessel coronary artery ...

Background The aim of the study was to estimate the sex-specific prevalence and incidence of atrial fibrillation or flutter ...

Background Cardiac MR (CMR) provides a comprehensive assessment of pericardial structure, tissue characteristics and constriction-related haemodynamics, making it an excellent tool for assessing the ...

Acidemia, or too much acid in the blood, only occurs when the body’s buffering capacity can no longer maintain a normal pH level. A normal blood pH is considered to be 7.35–7.45. However, even at a ...

Aims To describe the use of warfarin and direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and chronic kidney disease (CKD), to evaluate changes in renal function over time ...

Objectives Aortoseptal angulation (AoSA) can predict provocable left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO) in patients with symptomatic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Lack of a ...