Background Metabolic-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is a prevalent chronic liver disease affecting approximately ...

Introduction The PRECISE study demonstrated that the Prospective multicentre imaging study for evaluation of chest pain ...

Background Hospitalisation with acute heart failure (AHF) carries a high risk of death, and those surviving to discharge remain at high risk of death or rehospitalisation with AHF. The impact of ...

Objective The mean closure time of the ductus arteriosus (DA) in full-term neonates is presumed to be 1–2 days after birth; however, whether this rate is accurate throughout the neonatal period is ...

Aims Mavacamten, the first approved myosin inhibitor for symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (oHCM), addresses hypercontractility and left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction.

Objective To develop diagnostic models to predict initial heart failure (HF) hospitalisation in patients with unstable angina (UA) and prognostic models to predict rehospitalisation for recurrent or ...

Background Eisenmenger syndrome (ES) is a severe and fatal complication of uncorrected congenital heart disease characterised by the development of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) due to chronic ...

Objective To determine if a hybrid cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programme using the Family-Centered Empowerment Model (FCEM) as compared with standard CR will improve patient quality of life, perceived ...

Objectives Cascade-tested relatives of individuals with pathogenic genetic variants in sarcomere genes causing hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are recommended. Little is known about the outcomes in ...

Background Japanese guidelines recommend a corticosteroid maintenance dose of 5–10 mg/day for cardiac sarcoidosis (CS); however, the optimal dose remains unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the ...

Background Non-adherence to secondary prevention medicines (SPMs) among patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) remains a challenge in clinical practice. This study attempted to identify actual ...

Background Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction leads to an increase in pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) and potentially right heart failure in healthy individuals and patients with respiratory diseases.