Infiltrative cardiomyopathy can result from a wide spectrum of both inherited and acquired conditions with varying systemic manifestations. They usually portend an adverse prognosis, although in rare ...

Background Non-dilated left ventricular cardiomyopathy (NDLVC), characterised by non-ischaemic scar/fatty replacement or isolated systolic dysfunction without dilatation, lacks validated risk ...

Methods The study included all patients in Sweden undergoing a bioSAVR during 2008–2014 who were alive at discharge from the index hospital stay. Exposure was analysed and defined as postdischarge ...

Introduction The effects of music on humans have been well documented for thousands of years. There are several individual reactions to music that are dependent on individual preferences, mood or ...

Introduction Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality around the globe, resulting in significant global health and socioeconomic burden. Accordingly, evaluating ...

The recent guidelines from the American Society of Echocardiography and European Society of Echocardiography have defined an abnormal ejection fraction (EF) of the left ventricle, as one that is ...

Amid a global cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden of approximately 17.9 million annual deaths (including 7.4 million from stroke and 6.7 million from coronary heart disease),1 rapid advances in mobile ...

Coronary atherosclerosis is a chronic condition characterised by the development of an atherosclerotic plaque in the inner layer of the coronary artery, mainly associated with cholesterol accumulation ...

Background Women with pre-eclampsia are at increased risk of later-life cardiovascular disease (CVD). Despite suggestions ...

Atrial septal aneurysm is an uncommon condition. Between 1981 and 1984 10 cases of atrial septal aneurysm were diagnosed by real time cross sectional echocardiography performed in 4840 patients. The ...

Objectives Timely diagnosis of atrial fibrillation (AF) is essential to reduce complications from this increasingly common condition. We sought to assess the diagnostic accuracy of smartphone camera ...

The workup of cardiac disease in patients with autoimmune disorders The range of CV manifestations of rheumatological diseases are broad and include but are not restricted to coronary artery disease ...