Background Heart auscultation is a widely used and cost-effective clinical tool for detecting valvular heart disease (VHD), ...

Introduction Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) exerts paracrine effects on the myocardium. More lipid-laden adipocytes, with lower attenuation on computed tomography (CT), are associated with greater ...

Objective Infective endocarditis is associated with high morbidity and mortality and optimal timing for surgical intervention is unclear. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to compare ...

Clinical introduction A 49-year-old man presented to the emergency department following sudden onset chest pain with collapse. He was refurbishing his home when he collapsed on the floor with chest ...