Background Immune disorders are key heart failure (HF) triggers, but little is known about whether the status of immunity ...

2 Department of Cardiology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain 3 Medical Genetics Unit, Department of Clinical and Developmental Sciences, St George’s Hospital Medical ...

The adverse consequences of stable coronary artery disease (CAD) are death, myocardial infarction (MI) and angina. Trials in stable CAD show that percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) does not ...

The term “atrioventricular septal defect” (AVSD) covers a spectrum of congenital heart malformations characterised by a common atrioventricular junction coexisting with deficient atrioventricular ...

Objective Decreased kidney function increases cardiovascular risk and predicts poor survival. Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) by creatinine may theoretically be less accurate in the ...

Correspondence to Dr Matthias Michal, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz 55131, Germany; ...

Division of Cardiac & Vascular Sciences, St George's University of London, London, UK Correspondence to Dr Malini Govindan, Division of Cardiac and Vascular Sciences, St George's University of London, ...

DESIGN Detailed macroscopic and histological examination at 19 segments of the left and right ventricle and the left atrial free wall. PATIENTS 72 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who had ...

Introduction The evidence base for rhythm control strategies in atrial fibrillation (AF) remain contentious. Synchronised DC cardioversion (DCCV) is a simple and accessible treatment option in many ...

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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 ...