Background Marfan syndrome (MFS) is associated with progressive aortic and valvular disease requiring cardiac surgery, but ...

Background Chronic total occlusion (CTO) often triggers collateral coronary development, yet the relationship between ...

Background Acute inflammatory responses during and after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are associated with subsequent cardiovascular event risk, but limited data exist on acute immune cell ...

Background Recurrent pericardial effusion remains a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge due to high recurrence rates. Laparoscopic pericardioperitoneal window represents an understudied method in the ...

Introduction Serum chloride has been recently recognised as a predictor of short-term mortality in patients hospitalised with ...

Objectives Non-dilated left ventricular cardiomyopathy (NDLVC) is a novel cardiomyopathy characterised by normal LV size and non-ischaemic myocardial scarring or fatty tissue replacement. This study ...

Background Despite limited beneficial evidence, mechanical circulatory support (MCS) is commonly used in patients with acute myocardial infarction-related cardiogenic shock (AMI-CS). In this Dutch ...

Objectives We sought to evaluate the physiology of non-culprit lesions by using vessel fractional flow reserve (vFFR) among patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and multivessel ...

Background Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a common cause of cardiovascular mortality, often triggered by ventricular arrhythmias in the setting of myocardial vulnerability. The wearable ...

Background Hypertension is a risk factor for bleeding events and is included in the HAS-BLED (Hypertension, Abnormal renal/liver function, Stroke, Bleeding history or predisposition, Labile INR, ...

Background Native aortic valve endocarditis continues to present significant operative challenges, often complicated by heart failure, peri-annular extension and conduction disturbances. This study ...

Background Anaemia and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are both established risk factors for bleeding events after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). These conditions often coexist; however, ...