Background Cardiovascular (CV) disease remains the second leading cause of mortality in Japan, yet real-world estimates of ...

Background Diagnosing heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) can be challenging because natriuretic peptide ...

Objectives Updated knowledge about perioperative myocardial ischaemia (MI) after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and treatment of acute graft failure is needed. We analysed main factors ...

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is an increasingly recognised cause of acute coronary syndromes, especially in young and middle-age women. Recognising its particularities and differences with ...

Objective This study aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of transapical epicardial temporary pacemaker lead implantation compared with the conventional transvenous approach in patients ...

Background Anaemia and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are both established risk factors for bleeding events after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). These conditions often coexist; however, ...

Background Pericardium is considered electrically inert, but diffuse ST-elevation is an electrocardiographic marker of acute pericarditis. We hypothesised that ST-elevation in acute pericarditis may ...

Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and prognostic implication of iron deficiency (ID) and anaemia in patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS). Methods In an observational ...

Aims To assess the diagnostic accuracy of dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) in symptomatic patients with a low to intermediate pretest probability of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) ...

Background Evidence supporting dietary interventions for heart failure (HF) prevention remains limited. The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet has been proposed as a cardioprotective ...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the most common cause of death in women. Early identification of CVD risk factors in women is ...