Cardiovascular Medicine, Volume 25, Issue 6

Introduction. Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) represents a widely accepted treatment modality for patients with cardiac and/or respiratory failure failing to respond to conventional medical therapy [...]

Heart failure is the final common pathway of most cardiac conditions[...]

Heart failure is an emerging epidemic owing to the growing and ageing population.[...]

The role of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the management of chronic coronary syndromes (CCS) has long been a subject of debate. Numerous clinical trials have demonstrated limited benefit from revascularisa-ion on hard clinical endpoints...

Coronary vasospasm is often considered a rather benign condition. But one needs to take into account that they can trigger severe myocardial ischaemia causing ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac arrest. Introduction of effective treatments, in...