Background Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common comorbidity in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and may exacerbate arrhythmic ...

Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) is linked to significant morbidity and mortality, with ischaemic stroke being a leading ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) has traditionally been classified by episode duration, whereas rhythm control outcomes—via antiarrhythmic drugs or catheter ablation (CA)—have typically been evaluated using a ...

Achieving and maintaining weight loss is notoriously difficult, but also incredibly important. Obesity is associated with numerous long-term health consequences, including malignancy, respiratory ...

Correspondence to Dr Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Brigham Young University, Provo UT 84602, USA; julianne_holt-lunstad{at}byu.edu How should these data inform ...

Elevated blood pressure (BP) in the inpatient setting is frequently encountered by most healthcare providers. While there is general consensus on the management of acute BP elevations when associated ...

10 The George Institute for Global Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK Background Cardiovascular risk is underassessed in women. Many women undergo screening ...

British Cardiovascular Society, Association of British Clinical Diabetologists, British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation, British Association for Nursing in Cardiovascular ...

Background Composite outcomes in cardiovascular trials often group events of unequal clinical importance, and conventional analyses may obscure treatment trade-offs. Generalised pairwise comparisons ...

Background Patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) often reduce their physical activity due to concerns about sudden cardiac death. However, objective data on activity patterns in HCM, ...

Background False-positive (FP) alerts from implantable loop recorders increase clinical workload and may delay appropriate intervention. AccuRhythm AI, a cloud-based filtering algorithm, is designed ...

Background Evidence on the associations of multiple minor ECG abnormalities (EA) with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality in older populations is limited, particularly whether a weighted EA ...