Ventricular ectopic beats (VEBs) are commonly seen in daily clinical practice. They are largely asymptomatic but can cause upsetting symptoms in some patients. In normal hearts, their occurrence is ...

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Background Cardiovascular risk is underassessed in women. Many women undergo screening mammography in midlife when the risk of cardiovascular disease rises. Mammographic features such as breast ...

5 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Anesthesiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden 6 Uppsala Clinical Research Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, ...

Background The role of female-specific factors in the occurrence and progression of cardiometabolic disease (CMD) across different genetic risks remains incompletely clear. This study aimed to ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the application of guidelines in the decision making process leading to medical or surgical treatment for aortic stenosis in elderly patients. DESIGN Cohort analysis based on a ...

Background We assessed the prognostic significance of absolute and percentage change in N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels in patients hospitalised for acute decompensated ...

Correspondence to Dr Liwen Liu, Department of Ultrasound, Xijing Hospital, Xian, Shaanxi, 710032, China; liuliwen{at}fmmu.edu.cn; Professor David H Hsi, Heart & Vascular Institute, Stamford Hospital, ...

Faculty of Health Sciences, Tygerberg Hospital and University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg, South Africa Professor B M Mayosi, Department of Medicine, J Floor Old Main Building, Groote Schuur Hospital, ...

4 Department of Public Health & Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK 5 Department of Public Health & Primary Care, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK ...

1 Division of Cardiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA 2 Division of Cardiology, University of Nebraska Medical Centre, Omaha, Nebraska, USA 3 Division of Cardiology ...

Background Contemporary guidelines by the European Society for Cardiology and American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association for the treatment of non-acute myocardial ischaemic syndromes ...