Background Restarting direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) after a serious bleeding event in patients with atrial fibrillation ...

Background Atrial fibrillation(AF) may be linked to increased sudden cardiac death (SCD) risk, but patients with AF are often neglected in studies on ECG risk factors for SCD. We aimed to clarify the ...

The obesity epidemic has significantly heightened the impact of cardiometabolic risk factors on the global burden of cardiovascular and kidney diseases. Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists ...

Background Although treatment options for heart failure (HF) have improved, advanced HF (AdHF) remains a challenging ...

There continues to be controversy regarding the use of menopausal therapy for women, with considerable evidence supporting the benefits of oestrogen for women,1 but with recent guidelines from the ...

Background Stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation (STAR) is a novel, non-invasive treatment for therapy-refractory ventricular tachycardia (VT). In STAR, a high dose of radiation is used to ...

Objective We conducted the first systematic review and meta-analysis to estimate the specific prevalence of apparent treatment-resistant, pseudo-resistant and true-resistant hypertension among treated ...

There are large knowledge gaps regarding the global epidemiology of atrial fibrillation (AF), in part due to the paucity of informative community-based or population-based studies representative of ...

Electrocardiographic imaging (ECGI) is a non-invasive technique that combines patient-specific cardiac anatomy with numerous body-surface potentials to gain insight into the in vivo electrical ...

Intravenous thrombolytics remain the mainstay of treatment for ischaemic stroke and retain importance for selected patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction and pulmonary embolism.

A recent meta-analysis has shown that loneliness and social isolation are risk factors for coronary heart disease and stroke.1 These latest findings, specific to cardiovascular outcomes, are ...

Background Bicuspid aortic regurgitation (AR) is common in younger patients who often do not meet guideline-based criteria for aortic valve (AV) surgery at diagnosis. However, identifying early ...