Department of Cardiothoracic Radiology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK Correspondence to Dr Stephen P Harden, Department of Cardiothoracic Radiology, University ...

Rationale The accumulated prevalence of obesity, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome is more than 25% of the world’s population. These are all conditions that have been repeatedly related to a higher ...

2 Department of Cardiology, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands 3 Department of Cardiology, Isala Klinieken, Zwolle, The Netherlands Correspondence to Arnoud van 't Hof, Isala klinieken, ...

Objective: To study the role of echocardiography in the stepwise evaluation of syncope. Design: A prospective observational study with an 18 month follow up. Setting: University teaching hospital ...

Background Early heart failure (HF) diagnosis is crucial to ensure that optimal guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) is ...

Objectives Non-contrast CT aortic valve calcium scoring ignores the contribution of valvular fibrosis in aortic stenosis. We assessed aortic valve calcific and non-calcific disease using ...

OBJECTIVE--To evaluate the incidence, characteristics, and haemodynamic consequences of pericardial effusion after cardiac surgery. DESIGN--Clinical, echocardiographic, and Doppler evaluations before ...

1 Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 2 Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA ...

1 Department of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, Section of Health Promotion Research, Chicago, Illinois, USA 2 David Braley Cardiac, Vascular, and Stroke Research ...

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Objective: To assess health related quality of life of patients with congestive heart failure; to compare their quality of life with the previously characterised general population and in those with ...

Background: Angiotensin 1 converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors reduce morbidity and mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). This benefit may result from an anti-inflammatory action.