Background Troponin elevation is common in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, but underlying
aetiologies are ill-defined. We used multi-parametric cardiovascular magnetic resonance (…

Background Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is frequently performed to reduce the
symptoms of stable angina. Whether PCI relieves angina more than a placebo procedure in …

Background Current European and American guidelines recommend the perioperative
initiation of a course of β-blockers in those at risk of cardiac events undergoing high- or …

Objective To investigate whether discrepancies in trials of use of bone marrow stem cells in
patients with heart disease account for the variation in reported effect size in improvement of …

Background : His bundle pacing is a new method for delivering cardiac resynchronization
therapy (CRT). Objectives : The authors performed a head-to-head, high-precision, acute …

Importance Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) therapy is a widely used intervention for acute
myocardial infarction with cardiogenic shock. Guidelines, which previously strongly …

Background Patients trying life-preserving agents such as beta-blockers may be discouraged
by listings of harmful effects provided in good faith by doctors, drug information sheets, and …

Aims Primary prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are established therapy
for reducing mortality in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction and ischaemic …

Background: Automated analysis of cardiac structure and function using machine learning (ML)
has great potential, but is currently hindered by poor generalizability. Comparison is …

Over the past 2 decades, there have been numerous stem cell studies focused on cardiac
diseases, ranging from proof-of-concept to phase 2 trials. This series of papers focuses on the …