Advances in human genetics are improving the understanding of a variety of inherited cardiovascular diseases, including cardiomyopathies, arrhythmic disorders, vascular disorders, and lipid disorde…
Cardiac sarcoidosis is an infiltrative cardiomyopathy that results from granulomatous inflammation of the myocardium and may present with high-grade conduction disease, ventricular arrhythmias, and r
BackgroundChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with an increased risk of adverse events in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF); however, few data are available…
BACKGROUND: Patients with atrial fibrillation have a high mortality rate that is only partially attributable to vascular outcomes. The competing risk of death may affect…
BACKGROUND: Primary aldosteronism (PA) is frequently caused by a unilateral aldosterone-producing adenoma with a PA-driver mutation. Unilateral adrenalectomy has a high probability of short-term bioc
BACKGROUND: Significant controversy continues to confound patient selection and referral for revascularization and mitral valve intervention in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM). Cardiac ma
BACKGROUND: The optimal functional evaluation of coronary artery stenosis in patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) has not been established. The objective of the study…
* Correspondence to: Fathima Aaysha Cader, MBBS, MD, MSc, MRCP, Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Rothwell Road, Kettering NN16 8 UZ, United Kingdom. Email:,…
BACKGROUND: Computed tomography (CT) fractional flow reserve (FFR)–derived functional SYNTAX score (FSSCT-FFR) is a valuable method for guiding treatment strategy in patients with multivessel coronar
BACKGROUND: The prognostic impact of left atrial appendage (LAA) patency, including those with and without visible peri-device leak (PDL), post–LAA closure in patients with atrial…
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