Background Drug exposure has been reported in association with Takotsubo syndrome, but the breadth and relative strength of ...

Background Coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) is associated with a poor prognosis but is difficult to diagnose non-invasively. In a recent paper, ST-segment depression on exercise-ECG was found ...

Background Preventing high heart rates in atrial fibrillation (AF) is recommended to reduce AF-related symptoms and morbidity. Evidence on a strong relationship between lower heart rate during AF and ...

British Cardiovascular Society, Association of British Clinical Diabetologists, British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation, British Association for Nursing in Cardiovascular ...

1 Health Economics Research Centre, Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK 2 British Heart Foundation Health Promotion Research Group, Institute of Health Sciences, University ...

Correspondence to Prof Christian Templin, Director Acute Cardiology, Andreas Grüntzig Heart Catheterization Laboratories, University Hospital Zurich, University Heart Center, Raemistrasse 100, 8091 ...

Objective To assess the associations between ambient temperatures and hospitalisations for coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke. The relationship of temperatures with cardiovascular-related ...

Right ventricle (RV) apex continues to remain as the standard pacing site in the ventricle due to ease of implantation, procedural safety and lack of convincing evidence of better clinical outcomes ...

Imaging techniques play a crucial role in the diagnosis, follow-up and management of aortic aneurysms. Ultrasound, CT and MRI have strengths and limitations in the assessment of this disease depending ...

Correspondence to Dr Pedro Marques-Vidal, Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois Departement de Medecine, Lausanne 1011, Switzerland; pedro.marquesvidal{at ...

Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, The University of Warwick, Coventry, UK Correspondence to Dr Simon Gates, Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, Division of ...

Background and aims N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is a well-established biomarker in clinical practice, particularly for heart failure, but its role in predicting atrial ...