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Patients with congenital or acquired long QT syndrome face a constant threat of malignant ventricular arrhythmias triggered by surges in sympathetic activity.…
Atrial fibrillation (AF) and bioprosthetic heart valves frequently coexist in contemporary practice. Patients who have undergone surgical aortic or mitral…
Atrial fibrillation ablation is increasingly guided by an understanding of atrial substrate rather than pulmonary vein triggers alone. Left atrial size, rhythm…
When a patient with coronary artery disease develops recurrent ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation within a short window, the clinical…
Patients with atrial fibrillation and reduced ejection fraction represent one of the most challenging cohorts in contemporary cardiology, particularly when…
Cardiac implantable electronic devices, including permanent pacemakers, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, and cardiac resynchronisation therapy systems,…
A cryptogenic stroke is diagnosed when standard investigations do not identify a convincing cause. Yet an apparently unexplained ischaemic stroke may reflect…
Vasovagal syncope remains one of the commonest causes of transient loss of consciousness encountered in emergency departments and outpatient cardiology…
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), also called transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), has changed the treatment pathway for severe aortic…
Ventricular tachycardia remains a leading cause of sudden cardiac death in patients with ischaemic and non-ischaemic cardiomyopathies, and recurrent arrhythmia…