Research studies in cardiovascular epidemiology assessing the relationship between a primary exposure and a health outcome must account for the presence of what are often called third variables, ...

BACKGROUND: Penetrance and risk of ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) are increasingly recognized as being genotype specific. Therefore, ...

Acute fulminant myocarditis (AFM) is characterized by sudden, severe cardiac inflammation causing hemodynamic instability or arrhythmia. 1 Currently, no approved medical therapy exists for AFM. Janus ...

Department of Cardiology, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Intervention and Precision Medicine, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang ...

Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, China (G.S., J.S., C.L., K.L., Z.L., Q.S., H.Z., H.C.). Guizhou Branch of Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Guizhou Province ...

The postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2, also known as Long COVID, may affect 10% to 25% of individuals diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2. More than 100 symptoms have been reported among patients with Long COVID ...

Environmental toxicants and pollutants are causes of adverse health consequences, including well-established associations between environmental exposures and cardiovascular diseases. Environmental ...

BACKGROUND: Evaluation of whether dyspnea has a cardiac cause is essential. Guidelines from 2016 were reported to result in a ...

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a growing health care concern due to its increasing incidence, high morbidity and mortality, and lack of effective treatment options. 1, 2, 3 ...

While significant progress has been made in reducing disparities within the US health care system, notable gaps remain. This article explores existing disparities within pediatric congenital heart ...

BACKGROUND: Anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity has a variable incidence, and the development of left ventricular dysfunction is preceded by elevations in cardiac troponin concentrations.

Left ventricular (LV) systolic function is a powerful prognosticator of clinical outcome following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), 1, 2, 3 and patients who do not have in‐hospital LV ...