Background Contemporary guidelines by the European Society for Cardiology and American College of Cardiology/American Heart ...

Importance/background The 12-lead ECG is recommended in clinical guidelines for prehospital assessment of patients with ...

Background Accelerated biological ageing has been linked to elevated risks of hypertension (HTN) and cardiovascular diseases ...

Background Early reperfusion therapy is critical in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). However ...

Background Rheumatic mitral valve disease remains a major global health challenge. Determining optimal surgical approaches is ...

School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Correspondence to Dr Anita E Heywood, Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community ...

Correspondence to Dr Madalina Garbi, Department of Cardiology, Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0AY, UK; madalina.garbi{at}nhs.net Clinical guidelines are developed by professional societies and ...

Correspondence to Dr Simon Winther, Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 99, DK-8200 Aarhus, Denmark; sw{at}dadlnet.dk Objective Diagnosing coronary ...

Correspondence to Dr Andreas Martinsson, Department of Cardiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Goteborg 413 45, Sweden; andreas.s.martinsson{at}vgregion.se Objective The optimal medical therapy ...

Objective To describe the place and causes of acute cardiovascular death during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods Retrospective cohort of adult (age ≥18 years) acute cardiovascular deaths (n=5 87 225) in ...

Objective To examine the effects on emergency hospital admissions, length of stay and emergency re-admissions of providing a consultant-led, community-based cardiovascular diagnostic, treatment and ...

Background Pulmonary hypertension (PHT) lacks community prevalence and outcome data. Objective To characterise minimum ‘indicative’ prevalences and mortality data for all forms of PHT in a selected ...