Background Up to 30% of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy have the myocardial bridge (MB) mainly in the left anterior ...

Background Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is a leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young adults and athletes. It is ...

Twenty years ago, writing from India, one of us described distrust as a ‘third burden’ confronting medicine. Alongside ...

Background Exercise systolic blood pressure (SBP) indexed to fitness, expressed as SBP divided by peak metabolic equivalents ...

Background Discharge N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is a recognised prognostic marker after ...

Objective Gene therapies are increasingly being developed and evaluated to treat complex diseases with multiple genetic causes, including cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). However, these studies have ...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and CT imaging plays a crucial role in its diagnosis and management. However, the clinical use of CT is ...

Background Women with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) experience higher mortality rates than men. This disparity is influenced by factors such as older age, greater comorbidity burden, atypical ...

Background Coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the biggest causes of mortality worldwide. Risk stratification for early detection is essential for the primary prevention of CAD. QRISK3 is known to ...

Background Birth weight (BW) has been linked to cardiometabolic diseases, but causal associations with a comprehensive range of cardiovascular outcomes and underlying metabolic mechanisms remain ...

Background Myocardial injury with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) accounts for around one in ten hospitalisations with acute myocardial infarction. Despite guideline recommendations, ...