Optimal risk assessment for primary prevention remains highly challenging. Recent
registries have highlighted major discrepancies between guidelines and daily practice …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the most common cause of morbidity/mortality worldwide.
Early diagnosis is the key to improve CVD prognosis, and cardiovascular imaging plays a …

Variants in desmoplakin gene (DSP MIM* 125647) have been usually associated with
Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy (ACM), or Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM) inherited in an …

Background: Myocardial fibrosis is a common postmortem finding among individuals with
Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD). Numerous in vivo and in vitro studies have shown that …

Background The present study was to investigated differential expressed genes (GEGs) in
ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM), and to construct regulation networks, and to study the …

Heart failure (HF) is a clinical syndrome resulting from structural cardiac remodeling and
altered function that impairs tissue perfusion. This article aimed to highlight the current …

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) represents a major challenge in modern medicine. The
prevention of SCD orbits on two levels, the general population level and individual level …

Aims Some patients with cardiac dystrophinopathy die suddenly. Whether such deaths are
preventable by specific antiarrhythmic management or simply indicate heart failure …

Risk stratification for malignant ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death is a
daunting task for physicians in daily practice. Multiparametric mapping sequences obtained …

Background Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) on cardiac magnetic resonance is a
predictor of adverse events in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy (NICM). Objective …