The prevalence of heart failure is on the rise and imposes a major health threat, in part, due
to the rapidly increased prevalence of overweight and obesity. To this point …

This international multidisciplinary document intends to provide clinicians with evidence-
based practical patient-centered recommendations for evaluating patients and decedents …

Ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death (SCD) occur most frequently in the setting
of coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathy and heart failure but are also increasingly …

Sudden cardiac death is, by definition, an unexpected, untimely death caused by a cardiac
condition in a person with known or unknown heart disease. This major international public …

Aim To assess the impact of body mass index (BMI) on survival to hospital discharge of
patients presenting with refractory ventricular fibrillation treated with extracorporeal …

Aims Cardiac arrhythmias comprise a major health and economic burden and are
associated with significant morbidity and mortality, including cardiac failure, stroke, and …

Background: In sudden cardiac deaths (SCD), visceral adipose tissue has begun to manifest
interest as a standalone cardiovascular risk factor. Studies have shown that epicardial …

Cardiovascular diseases represent a major health problem, being one of the leading causes
of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Therefore, in this scenario, cardiovascular prevention …

Aims We sought to investigate the association of obesity and metabolic health status with the
incidence of clinical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) diagnosis in the general …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of the body mass index (BMI)
categories with the risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in a systematic review and meta …