Aortic regurgitation (AR) is the third most frequent form of valvular disease and has
increasing prevalence with age. This will be of increasing clinical importance with the …

Acute valvular emergencies represent an important cause of cardiogenic shock. However,
their clinical presentation and initial diagnostic testing are often non-specific, resulting in …

Objective: bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) stands as the most prevalent congenital heart
condition intricately linked to aortic pathologies encompassing aortic regurgitation (AR) …

Ceramides are a class of bioactive sphingolipids increasingly recognized in metabolic
disease, heart failure (HF), atherosclerosis, and cardiovascular death (1). Despite …

Structural heart disease (SHD) emergencies include acute deterioration of a stable lesion or
development of a new critical lesion. Structural heart disease emergencies can produce …

Heart failure is an inevitable end‐stage consequence of significant valvular heart disease
(VHD) that is left untreated and increasingly encountered in an ageing society. Recent …

To assess the association between the aortic root diameter in HLA-B27 positive (+) and HLA-
B27 negative (−) ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients from the CARDAS cohort. The …

A doença valvar cardíaca é um problema de saúde crescente no mundo. Os pacientes com
valvopatia podem apresentar diversas emergências cardiovasculares. O manejo desses …

Behcet's disease (BD) is a multisystem inflammatory disease that is characterized by oral
aphthosis, genital aphthosis, ocular lesions, and cutaneous lesions. Although BD rarely …

Up to 20% of patients presenting with acute heart failure and cardiogenic shock have a
structural etiology. Despite efforts in timely management, mortality rates remain alarmingly …