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May 2025 saw several significant developments in the field of cardiology, including new regulatory approvals, long-term clinical trial data and important findings from late-breaking studies. This roundup highlights the latest updates across structural, interventional and heart failure therapies, with implications for ...
Functional status refers to an individual’s ability to carry out different levels of activities to meet the needs of daily living.1 Patients with heart failure (HF) commonly have poor functional status that is affected by a number of physical, ...
In this Q&A, we talk to Dr Nadia Chaher shares insights into her career so far, her experiences and the most exciting current innovations in cardio-imaging.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) continues to be the primary cause of mortality and morbidity globally with middle-aged women presenting with additional and possibly, overlooked risk factors.1Â Despite several awareness programmes, there remain several gaps in the political education and representation needs ...
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). An estimated 60–80% of patients with T2DM die of cardiovascular events.1,2 A bidirectional relationship has been noted between heart failure (HF) ...
Welcome to the summer issue of Heart International. We are excited to present a collection of insightful articles that delve into various aspects of cardiovascular health and related interventions. This issue encompasses a wide array of topics, from novel treatment ...
Infiltrative cardiomyopathies are a diverse group of cardiac diseases caused by the deposition of abnormal substances within the myocardium and include diseases, such as Fabry disease, sarcoidosis and less common genetic diseases, such as Friedreich’s ataxia and Danon disease.1 ...
Over the past two decades, the field of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has experienced remarkable advancement. Initially approved for patients with high and prohibitive surgical risk, TAVR has progressively extended its indications to all patients, regardless of surgical risk. ...
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is strongly associated with severe macro- and micro-vascular complications; it is also proven to be a strong independent risk factor for developing heart failure (HF).1Â In fact, the prevalence of DM is reported to be as high ...
Heart failure (HF), a prevalent disease, is the common final pathway of several conditions, which result in the activation of numerous neurohumoral pathways. Cardiorenal interaction plays an essential role in the progression of the disease, and the use of diuretics ...
Highlights Failure to target and deliver durable radiofrequency lesions to all functionally critical areas has been identified as an important cause of ventricular tachycardia recurrence and is particularly challenging in deep midmyocardial or very extensive substrate where point-by-point radiofrequency ablation ...
The systemic amyloidoses are a group of heterogenous diseases, which are characterized by the deposition of insoluble amyloid fibrils within the extracellular matrix of multiple organs throughout the body. Amyloid fibrils are formed from the misfolding of amyloid precursor proteins (...
Mitral valve (MV) disease includes either mitral regurgitation or mitral stenosis or both. The incidence and prevalence of valvular heart disease is increasing with the increasing population age. Degenerative MV disease poses a global burden with a prevalence of 18.1 million ...
Heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) are inexorably linked. They frequently coexist and share common risk factors, including ageing, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, sleep apnoea and coronary disease.1–4 Over half of patients with HF develop AF at some point,5 and ...
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), along with its more common subgroup, hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM), is the most common monogenic cardiovascular disorder, with a prevalence of about 1 in 500,1 and a dominant inheritance pattern, thus clustering in affected families. Patients with HCM often ...
Atrial fibrillation (AF), one of the most common cardiac arrhythmias, is considered to be a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease, stroke and mortality. The prevalence of AF increases with age, and patients with AF are at risk of atrial ...
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