Introduction Current guidelines recommend surgical or transcatheter aortic valve replacement (AVR) for severe aortic stenosis (AS) once symptoms or left ventricular dysfunction develop, whilst those ...

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Objective We retrospectively analysed outcome data from the Simvastatin and Ezetimibe in Aortic Stenosis (SEAS) study to assess the incidence and potential risk factors of sudden cardiac death (SCD) ...

Ventricular ectopic beats (VEBs) are commonly seen in daily clinical practice. They are largely asymptomatic but can cause upsetting symptoms in some patients. In normal hearts, their occurrence is ...

1 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan 2 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan ...

Objective A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to assess the efficacy of low-sodium salt substitutes (LSSS) as a potential intervention to reduce cardiovascular (CV) diseases. Methods ...

In his song ‘Envelhecer’ (‘Aging’), Arnaldo Antunes states that “the most modern thing there is in this life is to grow old”.1 In this piece, he reframes aging not only as an inevitable biological ...

Background Limited empirical evidence informs driving restrictions after implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation. We sought to evaluate real-world motor vehicle crash risks after ICD ...

Background With the rising incidence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) and the number of undiagnosed cases, there is an urgent need for innovative strategies for early identification of individuals ...

Introduction The added value of exercise ECG data to traditional risk factors in predicting cardiovascular events remains unclear. Deep learning of ECG signals has demonstrated state-of-the-art ...

Deep learning promises to revolutionise cardiac imaging with more accurate and more reproducible interpretation delivered almost instantaneously. But transferring promise into clinical delivery is a ...