Introduction The PRECISE study demonstrated that the Prospective multicentre imaging study for evaluation of chest pain ...

Background Japanese guidelines recommend a corticosteroid maintenance dose of 5–10 mg/day for cardiac sarcoidosis (CS); however, the optimal dose remains unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the ...

Background Patients with heart failure (HF) frequently suffer from undetected declines in cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), which significantly increases their risk of poor outcomes. However, current ...

Objective To evaluate sex differences in perioperative characteristics, in-hospital outcomes and long-term survival following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).Methods Prospective data were ...

Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality worldwide, while depression is highly prevalent in this patient population and has long been regarded as an independent risk ...

Background Invasive coronary function testing (CFT) is indicated in patients with refractory angina with non-obstructed coronary arteries (ANOCA). Despite this, questions remain regarding patient ...

Background People living with HIV (PWH) are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease; however, evidence from Asian populations remains limited. We evaluated the prevalence and characteristics of ...

Objectives Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR) may be beneficial to patients following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and open surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR). We aimed ...

Objective To develop diagnostic models to predict initial heart failure (HF) hospitalisation in patients with unstable angina (UA) and prognostic models to predict rehospitalisation for recurrent or ...

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation carries a significant risk of complications, however published estimates appear inconsistent. We aimed to present a contemporary systematic ...

Background The long-term effects of myocarditis following COVID-19 vaccination on cardiac function and symptoms remain unclear. Purpose To assess the long-term effects of myocarditis following ...