Degenerative aortic stenosis (AS) has become the most common valvular heart disease and the definitive treatment of symptomatic, severe AS is surgical valve replacement. In the absence of symptoms, ...

Background Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common comorbidity in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and may exacerbate arrhythmic ...

The long-term survival rate after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) has significantly improved over recent decades because of improvements in the HCT procedure. However, chronic ...

Increased risk for incident clinical heart failure is associated with cognitive impairment, independent of cardiac function and other HF risk factors.

A 32-year-old woman develops takotsubo cardiomyopathy after an uncomplicated caesarean section, highlighting the value of ...

Beta-blockers have been the cornerstone of treatment for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy for almost 6 years. Recent ...

Observational studies suggest that conventional right ventricular apical pacing may have a deleterious effect on left ventricular function. In this study, we examined whether biventricular pacing is ...

A team of biomechanical engineers at the University of New South Wales, working with a colleague from Queensland University of Technology and cardiac surgeons at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, has ...

Our recent research explored the impact of inflammation on LVDD, highlighting a strong relationship between inflammatory responses and cardiac remodeling in individuals with LVDD. 5 These findings ...

Guidelines regarding the management of cardiovascular disease in pregnant patients have been published by the European Society of Cardiology.

When it comes to heart health, new research adds to the argument that a pear-shaped body, which is heavy in the hips, may be better than an apple-shaped body, which carries more weight around the ...