Introduction Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) is a stress-induced catecholamine acute myocardial dysfunction in the absence of ...

Background Since the 1960s, beta blockers have been used to treat hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM), a genetic ...

Background Pocket haematoma is a common complication of cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) procedures and may lead ...

Background Fabry disease (FD) is an X linked lysosomal disorder with ventricular myocardial involvement that drives morbidity and mortality. Early diagnosis of cardiac involvement can be difficult.

Background Pre-procedural and post-procedural plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels can predict rhythm outcomes after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF). However, the significance ...

Objective To conduct a landscape assessment of public knowledge of cardiovascular disease risk factors and acute myocardial infarction symptoms, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated ...

Introduction Routine measurement of the outcome of myocardial infarction is usually limited to immediate morbidity and mortality. Our aim was to determine the response to patient-reported outcome ...

A recent publication by Malhotra1 was refreshing, inspiring and hit on an important topic that has been heavily debated for over 50 years, that is, are saturated fats as bad as we have been led to ...

Gilbert syndrome (GS) is characterised by a lifelong genetically determined elevation of plasma unconjugated bilirubin levels.1 This typically entails decreased hepatic expression of the enzyme that ...

Background Anomalous coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ACAPA) is a very rare congenital anomaly that often occurs during infancy. Patients can present in a critical condition. Methods We ...

Background The minimally important difference (MID) for frailty variation associated with adverse outcomes remains unknown in ...