Background: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the foundation of evidence-based medicine. However, the rapid pace of technological innovation in cardiovascular surgery and interventional cardiology challenges the traditional RCT framework. Obser...
Background: Myocardial scar and fibrosis predict adverse cardiac outcomes. Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is the reference standard for detection. However, it requires gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs), whic...
Background: Heart failure (HF) is common and deadly, affecting over 60 million people worldwide, and it remains a leading cause of hospitalization and post-discharge death. One-year mortality after an acute decompensated HF (ADHF) admission often app...
Background: Balloon aortic valvuloplasty is a procedure for treating aortic stenosis, as well as being a preliminary step before transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Balloon aortic valvuloplasty requires inserting a balloon catheter into the aort...
Background: Left ventricular myocardial work (MW) derived from non-invasive pressure–strain loops has emerged as a load-adjusted index of contractile performance. Its value for risk stratification in advanced heart failure (HF) remains uncertai...
Background: Congenital heart disease (CHD) is associated with an increased risk of anxiety and depression in adults. However, little is known about the mental health of children and adolescents with CHD. The aim of this study was to assess difference...
Background/Objectives: Heart failure (HF) often develops from a prolonged asymptomatic phase where early detection could prevent progression. Pre-heart failure (pre-HF) populations—those with risk factors (Stage A) or subclinical myocardial cha...
Background/Objectives: Invasive coronary angiography (ICA) is the gold standard for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD), with various non-invasive imaging modalities also available. Machine learning (ML) methods are increasingly applied to...
Background/Objectives: While elevated Lp(a) levels are associated with incident heart failure development, the role of Lp(a) in established heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) versus heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HF...
Background: Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini are being increasingly adopted in medicine; however, their reliability in cardiology remains underexplored. Purpose of the study: To compare the performance of three general...
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