Background Previous epidemiological studies demonstrated that premature atrial contractions (PACs) and premature ventricular ...

Vitamin K has important functions within the body, some of which are still being discovered. Research has shown that vitamin K is an anticalcification, anticancer, bone-forming and insulin-sensitising ...

Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) are the most commonly used among blood pressure-lowering drugs worldwide, despite the absence of sound evidence of effectiveness in large and unbiased clinical ...

Objective Exercise intolerance is a clinical hallmark of chronic conditions. The present study determined pathophysiological mechanisms of exercise intolerance in cardiovascular, neuromuscular, and ...

Objective This study aims to compare aortic morphology between repaired coarctation patients and controls, and to identify aortic morphological risk factors for hypertension and cardiovascular events ...

Aim To systematically evaluate whether relationships between cardiac rehabilitation participation and clinical outcomes, return to work, or knowledge about cardiovascular disease vary across ...

Objective Identify predictors for mortality and clinical short-term outcomes in patients with left-sided infective endocarditis (IE). Methods This study was a retrospective cohort investigating 376 ...

Aims To evaluate the effect of combining real-time deep learning (DL)-based guiding and automated measurements of left ventricular (LV) volumetric measurements and strain. Methods and results Patients ...

Background Differences in the clinical outcomes and level of risk among Asian versus non-Asian patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) have been sparsely investigated. Objective To provide a ...

Introduction Atrial fibrosis identified on cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging has been proposed as a preprocedural imaging biomarker for patient selection for rhythm control interventions in ...

Background Hypertension is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease, dementia and chronic kidney disease (CKD).