Cardiovascular care continues to evolve in response to increasingly complex clinical realities, where advances in intervention, electrophysiology and population health must be integrated with a more critical appraisal of long-held assumptions. Across disciplines, there is a growing recognition that improving ...

Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in young adults (typically defined as individuals younger than 40 years) has emerged as an important yet under-recognized public health concern. Recent estimates suggest an incidence of approximately 1–4 cases per 100,000 person-years, underscoring the clinical and epidemiological relevance ...

At #ACVC2025 in Florence, a study on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) highlighted the importance of early cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Researchers found that rapid CPR initiation, rather than the type of rescuer, significantly impacts survival outcomes. Delays in return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) led to higher mortality risks.

Cardiogenic shock (CS) is a life-threatening condition characterized by cardiac pump dysfunction resulting in end-organ hypoperfusion and hypoxia.1,2 Although multiple treatment strategies have been explored in clinical trials, optimal therapy for CS is still debatable and mortality remains substantially high ...

Introduction: Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in sport is a tragic event. Elite footballers are at increased risk compared with the general population. The risk in non-elite but competitive individuals is unknown. Rapid response to SCA events is critical to ensure ...

First described in Japan in 1990, takotsubo or stress cardiomyopathy (SC), has become one of most commonly described forms of cardiomyopathy in the literature over the past two decades.1 Typically, patients with SC present with angina or other acute cardiac symptoms ...

- Highlights from the 14th annual Complex Cardiovascular Therapeutics: Advanced Endovascular and Coronary Intervention Global Summit (C3), Hilton Bonnet Creek, Orlando, FL, US, 17–20 June 2018 — Focus on managing cardiac arrest. Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is the leading cause of death in Europe ...

Chest pain evaluation during pregnancy or the post-partum period poses diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma. The differential diagnosis would include acute myocardial infarction, coronary spasm, dissection, myocarditis and non-cardiac chest pain. Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare cause of ...

Introduction: Brugada syndrome (BrS) is an inherited cardiac disease in which a characteristic ECG pattern of coved-type ST-segment elevation is seen in the right precordial leads. Patients are at increased risk of sudden cardiac death and usually present in the ...