Stroke, one of the most severe complications of atrial fibrillation (AF), can be prevented by oral anticoagulants in patients ...

Correspondence to Dr Anenta Ramakrishnan, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London Faculty of Medicine, London, UK; anenta.ramakrishnan{at}imperial.ac.uk If you wish to reuse any or ...

Background Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) progression following left-sided valvular heart disease (VHD) correction is a critical clinical concern. This study aimed to determine the incidence, predictors ...

First Department of Medicine (Cardiology), Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, 68167 Mannheim, Germany Professor Jens J Kaden, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Mannheim, ...

Care provided by specialist nurses has been shown to improve outcomes for patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), significantly reducing the number of unplanned readmissions, length of hospital ...

Introduction Out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a major cause of mortality, with reported rates of survival as low as 10%. Acute coronary syndrome is responsible for up to 60% of OHCA with ...

Objective—To assess prevalence and type of non-atherosclerotic coronary artery disease in young people (≤35 years) who died suddenly. Design—A necropsy study of 150 consecutive cases of sudden death ...

Background Sepsis is one of the leading causes of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and hospital admission in the UK. It is now increasingly recognised that admission with sepsis is associated with a ...

Correspondence to: Steve R Ommen, MD, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55906, USA; omen.stevemayo.edu At the cellular level diastole can be ...

Professor Keith AA Fox, Department of Cardiology, The Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh EH3 9YW, UK email:k.a.a.fox{at}ed.ac.uk ...

Correspondence to Dr Eric Brochet, CHU Bichat-Claude Bernard, Department of Cardiology, 46 rue Henri Huchard 75018, Paris, France; eric.brochet{at}bch.aphp.fr If you wish to reuse any or all of this ...