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 ...

Hypertension affects over 1.4 billion adults worldwide and remains the leading modifiable risk factor for global cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality. It is responsible for an estimated 10.8 million deaths annually and contributes significantly to the global burden of ischaemic heart disease, ...

Hypertension has been associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, as well as with overall elevated all-cause mortality.1 Prevalence increases with age, affecting 28.5% of US individuals aged 20–44 years, 58.6% of those aged 45–64 years and 76.5% of those aged 65 years and older.2 In ...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). An estimated 60–80% of patients with T2DM die of cardiovascular events.1,2 A bidirectional relationship has been noted between heart failure (HF) ...

Recommended therapy for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension is generally a combination of an endothelin receptor antagonist and a phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor. In this touchCARDIO interview, we speak with Dr Kelly Chin (UT Southwestern Medical Centre, Dallas, TX, USA) to ...

The aim of the A DUE study was to assess the combination of macitentan and tadalafil for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. In this touchCARDIO interview, we speak with Dr Kelly Chin (UT Southwestern Medical Centre, Dallas, TX, USA) to ...

Nearly half of patients who present with angina have non-obstructed coronary arteries (ANOCA).1 A significant proportion of these patients have a coronary vasomotor dysfunction, such as coronary microvascular disease and/or coronary artery spasm.2,3 Vasospastic angina (VSA) refers to a ...