Background Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a rare variant of HCM, often considered to have a benign prognosis. This study aimed to compare the clinical characteristics and genetic ...

The identification and management of comorbidities are central to the care of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). The ...

Arrhythmia Center, Cardiovascular Institute and Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China Dr S Zhang, Arrhythmia Center, Cardiovascular Institute and Fuwai Hospital, Chinese ...

32 The University of Edinburgh Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, Edinburgh, UK Correspondence to Dr Amitava Banerjee, Institute of Health Informatics, University College London. 222 Euston Road, ...

Background Pulmonary hypertension (PHT) lacks community prevalence and outcome data. Objective To characterise minimum ‘indicative’ prevalences and mortality data for all forms of PHT in a selected ...

Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital General Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Barcelona, Spain Professor Jordi Soler-Soler, Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital General Universitari Vall d'Hebron, P Vall ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of prenatal exposure to maternal malnutrition on coronary heart disease in people born around the time of the Dutch famine, 1944–45. DESIGN Historical cohort study.

This review gives examples of emerging cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) techniques and applications that have the potential to transition from research to clinical application in the near ...

Objective To investigate dietary determinants of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) in health conscious individuals to explain the reduced risk in vegetarians, and to examine the relation between IHD and ...

Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, UK Background: The transradial approach for percutaneous coronary procedures has the advantage of reduced access ...

Enteroviral RNA detection in myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy is rare. Enteroviral particles and RNA have recently been identified in patient's skeletal muscle, suggesting that skeletal more ...

1 Department of Cardiology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK 2 Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh 3 Medical Statistics Unit, University of Edinburgh Correspondence ...