is an open access journal by BMJ and BCS, publishing original research in cardiovascular medicine. Open Heart considers submissions of a variety of article types, including original research articles, ...
Background The relationship between pericardial inflammation and subsequent constriction in tuberculous (TB) pericarditis remains poorly understood. Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) has shown ...
The natural history of symptomatic severe aortic stenosis (AS) heralds a poor prognosis—a paradigm that rightly drives valve ...
Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common cause of ischaemic stroke and a major global health burden, but is often ...
Background Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in children is a rare but devastating event, with an estimated incidence of ...
Background Heart failure (HF) remains associated with high mortality worldwide despite advances in guideline-directed therapy ...
Background Activities of daily living (ADL) are frequently impaired in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Although the 6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT) is widely used for functional assessment, it ...
Background Differentiating heart failure (HF) with mildly reduced/reduced ejection fraction (HFmr/rEF) from HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) guides therapy but echocardiography may be ...
Background Heterogeneous myocardial contraction is common in myocardial disease and linked to ventricular arrhythmias, but its frequency and relevance in the general population remain unclear. This ...
Background Atrioventricular block (AVB) in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) is a rarely reported complication. Due to its low incidence and lack of randomised trials, there remain significant gaps in ...
Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality worldwide, while depression is highly prevalent in this patient population and has long been regarded as an independent risk ...
Background Amyloid transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis is a rare, life-threatening disease frequently manifesting with cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), polyneuropathy (ATTR-PN) or both (ATTR-mixed). We ...
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