Background N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is a key test in primary care to inform which people with ...
Background Despite advances in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) management, contemporary data assessing long-term prognosis ...
34 The clinical utility of contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in the management of patients with heart ...
Background Bystanders may critically influence prehospital delay during acute myocardial infarction (AMI), but existing ...
Background Hypertension is highly prevalent among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and contributes substantially to ...
Correspondence to Dr Nick Townsend, Nuffield Department of Population Health, British Heart Foundation Centre on Population Approaches for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention, Old Road Campus, ...
Objective This study sets out to compare morbidity, mortality and reintervention rates after stenting of the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) versus modified Blalock-Taussig shunt (mBTS) for ...
BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Correspondence to Dr Andrew R Chapman, BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, Chancellors Building, University of ...
Objective Timely diagnosis and management of heart failure (HF) is critical, but identification of patients with suspected HF can be challenging, especially in primary care. We describe the journey of ...
Ventricular tachycardia (VT) is an abnormal rapid heart rhythm that most commonly occurs in the setting of ventricular scar. In patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy and VT, the most common mechanism ...
Correspondence to Dr Alicja Bortkiewicz, Nofer Collegium, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, 91-348 Lodz, Poland; Alicja.Bortkiewicz{at}imp.lodz.pl Cardiovascular disease (CVDs) is a major ...
Introduction Heart failure (HF) is a growing epidemic with significant morbidity and mortality, estimated to affect over half a million people in the U.K., and contributes to a large burden of cost on ...