Background Insomnia symptoms are prevalent in older adults and linked to cardiovascular disease (CVD), but the role of ...

Transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) is a condition caused by TTR protein misfolding and amyloid deposition, particularly in the ...

Background Anticoagulation therapy reduces stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), but it is often underused in older populations due to concerns about bleeding. This study aimed to ...

Background Patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and atrial fibrillation are mostly elderly patients, and persistent atrial fibrillation (PerAF) with multiple ...

Background Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a global leading cause of morbidity, with residual inflammation contributing to recurrent events. Colchicine has been proposed as an adjunct therapy, but ...

Correspondence to Dr Arun R Sridhar, Division of Cardiology, Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; arun11{at}cardiology.washington.edu ...

Background Coronary artery disease (CAD) is linked to an increased risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Effective and convenient screening methods for identifying MCI from the CAD population are ...

Background The 2024 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines for hypertension introduced the ‘elevated BP’ (eBP) category (120–139/70–89 mm Hg). Individuals with persistent eBP (130–139/80–89 ...

Correspondence to Dr Kerstin Welén Schef, Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 171 77, Sweden; kerstin.welen-schef{at}ki.se Objective To assess the ...

Objectives To assess the risk of stroke/systemic embolism (SE) and major bleeding associated with the use of oral anticoagulants in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) in a real-world ...

Correspondence to Dr Bao Tran, Cardiology, St Mary's Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA; Bao.Tran3{at}CommonSpirit.org To be familiar with tools in the diagnosis of peripheral artery ...

Background The aim of this study was to analyse the long-term prognosis of patients with acute myocarditis (AMC) who had been discharged from hospital while having normal left ventricular (LV) ...