Cardiology

The following selected highlights showcase intriguing and relevant abstracts presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)…

Comprehending the rate at which ischaemic myocardium succumbs to necrosis following an abrupt occlusion of a coronary artery is crucial to understand the efficacy and benefits behind the time dependency in ST-elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI) management. Over decades, efforts to shave off life-saving minutes from STEMI care centred on reducing door-to-needle and door-to-balloon times.

Contemporary data suggest endurance athletes are at an increased risk of developing atrial fibrillation (AF) when compared with the general population. Cardioembolic events such as stroke are a well-established complication of untreated AF.

Staging cardiac damage in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has been proposed as a prognostic tool. Other authors have shown that these staging systems are related with mortality. The aim of this study was to perform an external validation of the predictive capacity of the staging system proposed by Généreux et al.

Globally, cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of death, taking an estimated 17.9 million lives each year. It is projected that the global burden of cardiovascular diseases will continue to rise.

Psoriasis has been associated with vascular and myocardial dysfunction through mechanisms of inflammation and oxidative stress…

TGF-β1 is a crucial regulatory cytokine that contributes to the development of the mitral valve. Under normal conditions, TGF-β regulates…

Depression is a frequent comorbidity in patients with cardiovascular diseases, with a prevalence ranging from 35% to 74%.1-3 It is believed…