Background Drug exposure has been reported in association with Takotsubo syndrome, but the breadth and relative strength of ...

Background Coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) is associated with a poor prognosis but is difficult to diagnose non-invasively. In a recent paper, ST-segment depression on exercise-ECG was found ...

Background Preventing high heart rates in atrial fibrillation (AF) is recommended to reduce AF-related symptoms and morbidity. Evidence on a strong relationship between lower heart rate during AF and ...

1 King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, The Rayne Institute, St. Thomas’ Hospital Campus, London, UK 2 National Institute for Health Research Biomedical ...

Objective To study the association of self-reported physical activity level with prognosis in a cohort of patients with coronary heart disease (CHD), with a special focus on the dose–response ...

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare cause of acute coronary syndrome or sudden cardiac death. Initial reports on this condition were scarce as they were based on postmortem ...

Imaging techniques play a crucial role in the diagnosis, follow-up and management of aortic aneurysms. Ultrasound, CT and MRI have strengths and limitations in the assessment of this disease depending ...

Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, The University of Warwick, Coventry, UK Correspondence to Dr Simon Gates, Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, Division of ...

The central and peripheral vascular haemodynamic effects of glucagon were studied in 29 patients. With a single dose method of 2 or 5 mg. glucagon intravenously the inotropic action of the drug ...

Objective Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) availability, programme characteristics and barriers are not well-known in low/middle-income countries (LMICs). In this study, they were compared with high-income ...

Objective: To investigate markers that predict modes of death in patients with chronic heart failure. Design: Randomised, double blind, three period, comparative, parallel group study (ATLAS, ...

Background Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a global leading cause of morbidity, with residual inflammation contributing to recurrent events. Colchicine has been proposed as an adjunct therapy, but ...