Faizel Osman

Overview This six-part interview series, recorded around ESC 2025, brings together leading experts to share strategies for earlier and more accurate detection of cardiovascular disease. The discussions highlight how atypical or subtle symptoms of stroke and heart failure can delay diagnosis, and why vigilance in routine practice is critical.

1 Introduction Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a chronic, often progressive disease.

Article Abstract Coronary slow flow (CSF) phenomenon, also known as cardiac syndrome Y, is defined as the delayed opacification of the coronary vasculature at the distal level. Different hypotheses and theories have been postulated about its substrate and mechanism, such as microvascular and endothelial dysfunction. Several studies have confirmed that CSF is a cause of ischaemia detected by non-invasive testing.