Introduction Recent studies have highlighted the presence of right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) in a substantial proportion of peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM), with evidence suggesting that RVD is ...

Background Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) poses global diagnostic and therapeutic challenges, with potential regional differences in clinical practice that remain underexplored ...

Background Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is the leading cause of mortality in systemic amyloidosis, highlighting the need for accurate risk assessment to guide patient management. While the diagnostic ...

Conclusion This study highlights significant treatment disparities in AVR among octogenarians with high-gradient sAS despite clear benefits in survival and reduced hospitalisations. The findings ...

For some time the alcohol-heart relationship has been a controversial topic in heart disease epidemiology.1–3 The relationship between average alcohol consumption and ischaemic heart disease (IHD) is ...

Background and aim Long-term data on cardiac changes in anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) users are lacking. The aim of this study was to explore the effects of AAS on cardiac structure and function ...

Objective To systematically review and meta-analyse the risk–benefit ratio of warfarin users compared with non-warfarin users in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), who are undergoing ...