Heart disease is common both in the population at large but also in the population of working age. It is estimated that heart disease, including stroke and high blood pressure, is responsible for more ...
Correspondence to Dr. Allan L Klein, Center for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pericardial Diseases, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA ; kleina{at}ccf.org ...
Heart failure (HF) remains a relentless global health challenge, characterised by significant morbidity, mortality and ...
Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common cardiac arrhythmia associated with an increased risk of stroke, heart failure ...
Background Persistent shockable rhythms (refractory to or recurring after three or more defibrillation attempts) are ...
3 University of Birmingham Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK Correspondence to Professor Torben Bjerregaard Larsen, Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research ...
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Objective Patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the setting of left bundle branch block (LBBB) present an important diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to the clinician.
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 ...
Background Aortic stenosis (AS) is a progressive disease with substantial variability in its rate of progression. Current surveillance guidelines may not adequately identify individuals at highest ...
Background Guideline size criteria for prophylactic repair of ascending aortic aneurysm do not account for sex, although some evidence suggests women may experience acute type A aortic dissection ...