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.

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

Poor myocardial reperfusion due to distal embolization and microvascular obstruction after percutaneous coronary intervention is associated with increased risk of morbidity and mortality. Prior trials ...

Results from multiple randomized clinical trials comparing outcomes after intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)– and optical coherence tomography (OCT)–guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with ...

Table 1 reflects recommendations that are substantially revised from the 2020 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Guidelines or were drafted as new recommendations in the 2024 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ...

Our vision is to innovate and incorporate promising technologies to communicate freely available, high-priority, high-quality content, which accelerates scientific progress and advances heart and ...

Cardiac intensive care units are witnessing a demographic shift, characterized by patients with increasingly complex or end-stage cardiovascular disease with a greater burden of concomitant comorbid ...

Cardiovascular diseases are closely linked to cognitive health. Subclinical cardiovascular functional changes, such as cardiac autonomic dysfunction, precede cardiovascular diseases and improve risk ...

This document describes performance measures for chronic coronary disease that are appropriate for public reporting or pay-for-performance programs. Quality measures are also provided that are not yet ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with increasing risk of thromboembolic or ischemic stroke. The CHA 2 DS 2 ‐VASc score is a well‐established predictor of AF stroke. Patients with AF have an ...