Background Mobility limitation is prevalent in patients with heart failure (HF), but the dose-response relationship between ...

5 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore 6 Department of Cardiology, National University Heart Centre, Singapore Objective To investigate the prognostic ...

Objectives This updated hierarchical Bayesian meta-analysis aims to integrate the latest randomised controlled trials (RCTs) on the use of cerebral embolic protection (CEP) in transcatheter aortic ...

Correspondence to Dr Klaus K Witte, Division of Cardiovascular and Diabetes Research, University of Leeds, Leeds LS16 5AR, UK; k.k.witte{at}leeds.ac.uk ...

In his song ‘Envelhecer’ (‘Aging’), Arnaldo Antunes states that “the most modern thing there is in this life is to grow old”.1 In this piece, he reframes aging not only as an inevitable biological ...

Background For the treatment of breathlessness in heart failure (HF), most textbooks advocate the use of opioids. Yet, meta-analyses are lacking. Methods A systematic review was performed for ...

Vagally mediated atrioventricular (AV) block is defined as a paroxysmal AV block, localised within the AV node, associated with slowing of the sinus rate. All types of second-degree AV block, ...

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1053-7840Paul M Haydock, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8126-9583Andrew S Flett To review the pathophysiology of heart failure with reduced ...

Correspondence to Dr Partho P Sengupta, Heart and Vascular Institute, West Virginia University, 1 Medical Center Drive Morgantown, WV 26506, USA; Partho.Sengupta{at}wvumedicine.org To be able to ...

Background There is substantial interest in the cardiovascular effects of e-cigarette use, highlighting the need to update our knowledge on the subject. We conducted this review to analyse whether ...

Background The Assessing cardiovascular risk using Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (ASSIGN) risk score, developed in 2006, is used in Scotland for estimating the 10-year risk of first ...

Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging is useful in cardiovascular disease across several areas, from assessment of myocardial perfusion and viability, to highlighting atherosclerotic plaque ...