Objectives Elevated resting heart rate (RHR) predicts mortality in middle-aged and older adults, primarily through ...

Background The reported prevalence and burden of coronary artery disease in young adults varies markedly in published studies ...

Background Invasive procedures, including endomyocardial biopsy (EMB), right heart catheterisation (RHC) and coronary ...

Background Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in low-resource settings, ...

Background C-reactive protein (CRP) is commonly used to assess systemic inflammation, yet its prognostic value in acute ...

Background Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is associated with adverse outcomes in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH). This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the prognostic value ...

Objective Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common inherited cardiomyopathy characterised by pathological left ...

This study aimed to explore whether baseline values and 12-month change in the 6-Minute Walk Distance (6MWD) and the physical ...

Background Ultrasound-assisted catheter-directed thrombolysis using the EkoSonic Endovascular System (EKOS) is an established treatment for intermediate high-risk pulmonary embolism (IHR-PE). However, ...

Original research: Operational performance of the 2023 World Heart Federation screening criteria for rheumatic heart disease in a high-risk, resource-limited population (8 July, 2026) ...

Objectives Guidance recommends statin treatment in familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) to achieve at least a 50% reduction in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). We assessed statin ...