We thank Calcaterra et al for their thoughtful comments and for providing an embryological perspective on patent foramen ovale (PFO) and platypnoea-orthodeoxia syndrome in response to our editorial.1 ...
Background Double sequential defibrillation (DSD) is a promising treatment for patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest ...
Background Despite advances in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) management, contemporary data assessing long-term prognosis ...
Background N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is a key test in primary care to inform which people with ...
34 The clinical utility of contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in the management of patients with heart ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...