Myocardial fibrosis, either focal or diffuse, is a common feature of many cardiac diseases
and is associated with a poor prognosis for major adverse cardiovascular events. Although …

Increasing survival rates for patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) represent a major
achievement of modern medicine. Despite incredible progress been made in diagnosis …

Background: Although in the past decade a large number of studies have been performed to
identify the relationship between uric acid and stroke, the issue remains unresolved and it is …

Background Riociguat and phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors (PDE5i), approved for the
treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), act on the same pathway via different …

BACKGROUND: Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction represents the earliest preclinical
manifestation of diabetic cardiomyopathy. Right ventricular function has not been studied in …

Aims The role of low-dose dopamine infusion in patients with acute decompensated heart
failure (ADHF) remains controversial. We aim to evaluate the efficacy and safety of high …

Background: The prevalence, clinical characteristics and natural history of patients with
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and midventricular obstruction (MVO) have not been …

Background Reports from countries severely hit by the COVID‐19 pandemic suggest a
decline in acute coronary syndrome (ACS)‐related hospitalizations. The generalizability of …

Abstract Background Geometrically-correct 3D OCT is a new imaging modality with the
potential to investigate the association of local hemodynamic microenvironment with OCT …

The effect of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO) at rest on the incidence of
sudden death (SD) in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is rather conflicting. The …