Background The National Heart Failure Audit gathers data on patients coded at discharge (or death) as having heart failure as ...

Correspondence to Dr Prachi Bhatnagar, British Heart Foundation Centre on Population Approaches for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention, Nuffield Department of Population Health, Old Road Campus, ...

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1 Department of Radiology and Cardiology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Parma, Italy 2 Department of Radiology and Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Objective To ...

Isolated tricuspid regurgitation (TR) can be caused by primary valvular abnormalities such as flail leaflet or secondary annular dilation as is seen in atrial fibrillation, pulmonary hypertension and ...

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate whether information on both cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and exercise-induced ST segment depression improves the prediction of sudden cardiac ...

Background Emergency Medical Services (EMS) patients with chest pain are often suspected of having non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS). Current risk stratification protocols for ...

Correspondence to Dr Luis Nombela-Franco, Interventional Cardiology, Hospital Clinico Universitario San Carlos, Madrid 28040, Spain; luisnombela{at}yahoo.com; Dr Manuel Carnero-Alcázar; ...

Despite the numerous recent advancements in therapy, heart failure (HF) remains a principle cause of both morbidity and mortality. HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), a condition that shares ...

Objective In healthy populations, leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) improves health outcomes, while, paradoxically, occupational physical activity (OPA) is associated with detrimental health ...

OBJECTIVE To determine how magnesium affects human coronary arteries and whether endothelium derived nitric oxide (EDNO) is involved in the coronary arterial response to magnesium. SETTING Hiroshima ...

Objective: To establish a classification of bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) that includes both leaflet morphology and aortic shape. Setting: Two academic medical centres of the University of Washington, ...