Clinical Research in Cardiology

Culprit vessel-related myocardial mechanics and prognostic implications following acute myocardial infarction

Characteristics and outcomes of HFpEF with declining ejection fraction

Residual inflammatory risk in coronary heart disease: incidence of elevated high-sensitive CRP in a real-world cohort

Epicardial fat accumulation is an independent marker of impaired heart rate recovery in obese patients with obstructive sleep apnea

Haemodynamic prosthetic valve performance in patients with early leaflet thrombosis after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement in low-risk patients: a meta-analysis of randomized trials

Atrial fibrillation ablation strategies and outcome in patients with heart failure: insights from the German ablation registry

Feasibility of entirely subcutaneous ICD™ systems in patients with coronary artery disease

Thrombus aspiration in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction presenting late after symptom onset: long-term clinical outcome of a randomized trial

Impacts of non-recovery of trastuzumab-induced cardiomyopathy on clinical outcomes in patients with breast cancer

Hemodynamics of paradoxical severe aortic stenosis: insight from a pressure–volume loop analysis

Coronary microvascular dysfunction in patients with acute coronary syndrome and no obstructive coronary artery disease

Right atrial–right ventricular coupling in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Association of NT-proBNP and GDF-15 with markers of a prothrombotic state in patients with atrial fibrillation off anticoagulation

Predictive value of soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor for mortality in patients with suspected myocardial infarction

Implantable cardioverter defibrillators in patients with electrical heart disease and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: data from the German device registry

Predictors of transportation delay in patients with suspected ST-elevation-myocardial infarction in the VIENNA-STEMI network

Cardioprotective effect of renin–angiotensin inhibitors and β-blockers in trastuzumab-related cardiotoxicity

Efficacy of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in patients with diabetes and heart failure and reduced ejection fraction

Septal total atrial conduction time for prediction of atrial fibrillation in embolic stroke of unknown source: a pilot study

Management and outcomes of patients with unstable angina with undetectable, normal, or intermediate hsTnT levels

Non-invasive evaluation of the relationship between electrical and structural cardiac abnormalities in patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement acutely improves left ventricular mechanical efficiency in severe aortic stenosis: effects of different phenotypes

Polyhedral erythrocytes in intracoronary thrombus and their association with reperfusion in myocardial infarction

Progression of left ventricular thrombus in Loeffler’s endocarditis without eosinophilia—case report and review of the literature

Association between atrial fibrillation and Helicobacter pylori

Neonatal myocardial infarction: substantial improvement of cardiac function after autologous bone marrow-derived cell therapy

Left atrial appendage occlusion in patients with atrial fibrillation and high risk of fall: a clinical dilemma or a budgetary issue?

Fractional flow reserve in patients with coronary artery disease undergoing TAVI: a prospective analysis

Performance of the entirely subcutaneous ICD in borderline indications

Implementation of an intensified outpatient follow-up protocol improves outcomes in patients with ventricular assist devices

Validation of National Cardiovascular Data Registry risk models for mortality, bleeding and acute kidney injury in interventional cardiology at a German Heart Center

Strain analysis reveals subtle systolic dysfunction in confirmed and suspected myocarditis with normal LVEF. A cardiac magnetic resonance study

Sex differences in optimal atrioventricular delay in patients receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy

Outcome differences and device performance of the subcutaneous ICD in patients with and without structural heart disease

Effect of baroreflex activation therapy on renal sodium excretion in patients with resistant hypertension

The role of heart rate in the assessment of cardiac autonomic modulation with heart rate variability

Passive leg-lifting in heart failure patients predicts exercise-induced rise in left ventricular filling pressures

Validation of simple measures of aortic distensibility based on standard 4-chamber cine CMR: a new approach for clinical studies

Percutaneous left atrial appendage closure using the TrueFusion™ fusion-imaging technology

Impact of recruitment and retention on all-cause mortality in a large all-comers randomised controlled trial: insights from the GLOBAL LEADERS trial

A challenging case of severe pulmonary bleeding in a patient with congenital ventricular septal defect (VSD) and Eisenmenger syndrome: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support and weaning strategies

Retrieval of an embolised occluder with an alligator forceps during staged paravalvular leakage closure

Comparison between treatment of “established” versus complex “off-label” coronary lesions with Absorb® bioresorbable scaffold implantation: results from the GABI-R® registry

Simultaneous inferior and anterior infarction or severe right ventricular involvement?

Correction to: Relation of lowering door-to-balloon time and mortality in ST segment elevation myocardial infarction patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

Correction to: Antithrombotic therapy in atrial fibrillation: stop triple therapy and start optimizing dual therapy?