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

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, ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Because serum magnesium does not reflect intracellular magnesium, the latter making up more than 99% of total body magnesium, most cases of magnesium deficiency are undiagnosed. Furthermore, because ...

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

Objective To investigate whether aligning exercise timing with chronotype enhances cardiometabolic and sleep-related benefits in sedentary adults with cardiovascular risk factors. Methods In this ...

Background Cardiogenic shock (CS) complicating acute myocardial infarction (AMI) carries high mortality. Early revascularisation improves survival, but the effect of structured multidisciplinary care ...

Background Amyloid transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis is a rare, life-threatening disease frequently manifesting with cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), polyneuropathy (ATTR-PN) or both (ATTR-mixed). We ...

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 ...