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 ...

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 ...

Institute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité University Medical Center, Berlin, Germany Correspondence to: Dr J Müller-Nordhorn Institute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology ...

Objective Cardiac output, a fundamental parameter of cardiovascular function, has consistently been shown to increase across healthy pregnancy; however, the time course and magnitude of adaptation ...

1 Departments of Cardiology and Pathology, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 2 Departments of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Background The aorta ...

1 British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence and National Institute for Health Research Centre, Cardiovascular Division, St Thomas' Hospital Campus, King's College London, UK ...