Background: As the primary culprit for nearly half of global cardiovascular deaths, ischemic heart disease (IHD) exerts a significant medical and economic toll, particularly on low- and middle-income ...

BACKGROUND: Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is substantially influenced by genetic factors. Sarcomere function is intricately associated with other organelles, particularly the reciprocal regulation ...

BACKGROUND: Desmosomal gene variants (DGVs) have been associated with a diverse spectrum of phenotypic manifestations within ...

A 46-year-old woman with type 1 myotonic dystrophy (DM1) presented to the emergency department with dyspnea and palpitations.

The effects of treatments for heart failure (HF) may vary among patients according to left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). In FINEARTS-HF (Finerenone Trial to Investigate Efficacy and Safety ...

There are a lack of randomized controlled trial data comparing outcomes of different catheter-based interventions for intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism. PEERLESS is a prospective, multicenter, ...

Values are mean±SD unless otherwise indicated. Component definitions are shown in Table S1. BMI indicates body mass index; BP, blood pressure; DASH, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension; PA, ...

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a multicomponent intervention to reduce adverse outcomes from coronary artery disease, but its mechanisms are not fully understood. The aims of this study were to ...

Heart failure is a public health issue worldwide. However, no comprehensive study on the global burden of heart failure and its contributing causes has been reported. The present study aimed to ...

Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA‐ECMO) is increasingly used for patients with cardiogenic shock. Although Impella or intra‐aortic balloon pump (IABP) is frequently used for left ...

Endothelial cell (EC) apoptosis and proliferation of apoptosis-resistant cells is a hallmark of pulmonary hypertension (PH). Yet, why some ECs die and others proliferate and how this contributes to ...

Codeveloped by the American Heart Association and the American Red Cross, these guidelines represent the first comprehensive update of first aid treatment recommendations since 2010. Incorporating the ...