Background Despite sub-optimal long-term results DC electrical cardioversion (DCCV) remains a main stay in atrial fibrillation (AF) management. In selected patients long-term success at 6 weeks is ...

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK Dr Alison Hislop, UCL Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK; a.hislop{at}ich.ucl.ac ...

BHF Health Promotion Research Group, Division of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Oxford, UK Dr M O’Flaherty, Division of Public Health, Whelan Building, Quadrangle, University of ...

Objective: To investigate how patients with heart failure with preserved left ventricular systolic function (LVSF) compare with patients with reduced LVSF. Design: Cohort study. Setting: Urban ...

Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Coronary blood flow is dependent upon arterial pressure, ...

1 Hatter Cardiovascular Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa 2 Soweto Cardiovascular Research Unit, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, University of the ...

CRY Centre for Cardiac Pathology, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK Objective: To characterise the demographics and aetiology of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in athletes ...

OBJECTIVE--To assess the arrangement of myocardial bridges. DESIGN--A necropsy study of 90 consecutive hearts (56 male, 34 female). RESULTS--Myocardial bridges, either single or multiple, were seen in ...

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 ...

Cardiothoracic Centre, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London, UK Correspondence to Professor John B Chambers, Cardiothoracic Centre, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK; john.chambers{at}gstt.nhs ...

Acute coronary syndromes are due to rupture or erosion of an atherosclerotic coronary artery plaque with superimposed platelet aggregation and coronary thrombosis. Complete thrombotic occlusion of a ...

Objective: To assess whether use of oral glucocorticoids is associated with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular morbidity. Design and setting: Nested case–control study within a cohort of patients (⩾ ...