Sports cardiology has emerged as a distinct subspecialty at the intersection of preventive cardiology and athlete care. While ...

Background Pharmacotherapy combinations have been shown to improve survival and reduce hospitalisations in adults with ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common arrhythmia associated with increased risk of stroke, heart failure and mortality. Advances in genomic research have revealed a complex genetic architecture ...

Correspondence to Dr Jean Joel Bigna, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Centre Pasteur of Cameroon, Yaoundé, Cameroon; bignarimjj{at}yahoo.fr Objective We conducted the first systematic ...

Correspondence to Dr Arun R Sridhar, Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; arun11{at}cardiology.washington.edu Bundle branch block (BBB ...

Correspondence to Dr Christian Hakulinen, Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; christian.hakulinen{at}helsinki.fi Objective To ...

Percutaneous mitral commissurotomy (PMC) is the first-line therapy for managing rheumatic mitral stenosis. Over the past two decades, the indications of the procedure have expanded to include patients ...

Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Correspondence to Professor Thomas H Marwick, Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, ...

Thoracoabdominal aneurysm of the aorta (TAAA) is a morbid condition, the treatment of which can be associated with high mortality and complication rates, as well as prolonged length of hospital stay.

Objective To describe patterns of prehospital ECG (PHECG) use and determine its association with processes and outcomes of care in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and ...

Correspondence to: Dr Siew Yen Ho, Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College, Dovehouse Street, London SW3 6LY, UK; yen.ho{at}ic.ac.uk According to Walmsley, ...

Correspondence to Prof Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe, Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Cardiovascular Research, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK; ...