Objective To study abnormalities in the resting ECG as independent predictors for all cause, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality in a population based random ...

1 National Clinical Research Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical ...

Correspondence to Dr Sarah Hudson, Bristol Heart Institute, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK; sarahhudsonuk{at}gmail.com Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF ...

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 ...

Christian Stumpf, MD, Dept of Cardiology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany; ch.stumpf{at}web.de Background: Increasing scientific data suggest a role for ...

Correspondence to Dr Jonathan R Lindner, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA; lindnerj{at}ohsu.edu Contrast echocardiography is a family ...

Correspondence to Professor Catherine M Otto, Division of Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; cmotto{at}uw.edu Both coronary artery (CAC) and aortic valve calcification (AVC) ...

Background Recent molecular biological investigations have identified abnormal genes in familial forms of long QT syndrome, but in bradycardia dependent acquired long QT syndrome, no such genetic ...

1 Imperial College, National Heart & Lung Institute, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK 2 Imperial College, National Heart & Lung Institute, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK Correspondence to: Dr ...

South America comprises widely different environments consisting of many complex and heterogeneous ethnicities, societies and cultures. During recent decades conspicuous advances in human and societal ...

Introduction The transradial route for coronary intervention has proven to be safe, effective, and widely applicable in different clinical situations. Several compressive haemostatic devices have been ...

Heart disease is common both in the population at large but also in the population of working age. It is estimated that heart disease, including stroke and high blood pressure, is responsible for more ...