Background Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a global leading cause of morbidity, with residual inflammation contributing to ...

Background Coronary artery disease (CAD) is linked to an increased risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Effective and ...

Pulmonary haemodynamics and right heart function during exercise at high versus low altitude in patients with pulmonary vascular disease: a randomised crossover trial ...

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has presented unprecedented challenges for day-to-day medical practice. In some hospitals face-to-face clinic consultations have significantly reduced, being replaced ...

Correspondence to Dr James Douketis, St Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, 50 Charlton Ave East, Hamilton, ON L8N 4A6, Canada; jdouket{at}mcmaster.ca To underscore clinical scenarios when anticoagulation ...

Correspondence to Professor Arthur A M Wilde, Amsterdam Universitair Medische Centra, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; a.a.wilde{at}amsterdamumc.nl Congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS) is characterised by ...

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1053-7840Paul M Haydock, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8126-9583Andrew S Flett To review the pathophysiology of heart failure with reduced ...

Coronary Heart Disease Research Unit, St. Vincent's Hospital, and the Departments of Medicine and Social Medicine, University College, Dublin 2, Republic of Ireland The frequency and degree of arcus ...

Skeletal muscle abnormalities are highly prevalent in chronic heart failure and are associated with an increase in the ergoreflex, a muscle reflex stimulated by work done. Stimulation of the ...

Objective To evaluate the consequence of treatment delay of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) on long-term survival. Background Network organisation based on early recognition, ...

Background Acute aortic dissection (AD) in pregnancy poses a lethal risk to both mother and fetus. However, well-established therapeutic guidelines are lacking. This study aimed to investigate ...

Objective Distinguishing early dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) from physiological left ventricular (LV) dilatation with LV ejection fraction <55% in athletes (grey zone) is challenging. We evaluated the ...