Original research: Mortality associated with moderate and severe mitral regurgitation in 608 570 men and women undergoing ...

Introduction Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is an established therapeutic strategy for atrial fibrillation (AF). Recent advancements in AF ablation have led to the development of the novel pulsed ...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether the use of inverted lead aVR (−aVR) would improve the classification of acute inferior or lateral myocardial infarction presenting with ST elevation. DESIGN Observational ...

Objective Troponin and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) concentrations are associated with cardiovascular risk in stable patients. Understanding their determinants and identifying modifiable clinical ...

Objectives: To develop and test a new concept of the degradation kinetics of newly developed coronary stents consisting of magnesium alloys. Methods: Design of a coronary stent prototype consisting of ...

Introduction UK and US Guidelines now recommend HeartFlow FFR-CT (Fractional Flow Reserve-Computed Tomography) in stable chest pain (CP), but its clinical effectiveness and costs in real-world ...

1 Functional Area of Emergency Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, 14184, Stockholm Objective There is a paucity of data regarding prognosis in patients with acute versus chronic myocardial ...

EPICORE Centre-CQIN, Division of Cardiology, 213 Heritage Medical Research Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2S2, Canada Kathryn M King, RN, PhD, Southern Alberta Nursing and Health ...

Background Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular disease (CVD) recommend preconception risk stratification and counselling in all women of childbearing age. We assessed the provision of ...

Objective To report retrospectively on the training and subsequent experience of two operators in transseptal ablation of arrhythmias arising in the left atrium and left atrioventricular annulus, to ...

Introduction Cardiovascular mortality is high in end-stage renal disease patients undergoing haemodialysis (HD). Early detection of cardiac dysfunction is important. Left ventricular global ...

2 School of Pharmacy and Bimolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University Introduction Daphnia magna are an established model in ecology for the investigation of toxins in freshwater systems, as ...