Background Nationwide studies report the high incidence of major health outcomes following myocardial infarction (MI). This ...

Objective Myocardial infarction is a leading cause of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). In patients with OHCA due to ...

2 Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, University Hospital Lewisham, London, UK 3 National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK Background This study investigated ...

Objectives: To quantify the incidence of major adverse events (AEs) occurring in hospital or within 30 days after surgery in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and to ...

Ventricular ectopic beats (VEBs) are commonly seen in daily clinical practice. They are largely asymptomatic but can cause upsetting symptoms in some patients. In normal hearts, their occurrence is ...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether there is evidence of platelet activation following in vivo cocaine administration in humans, as cocaine abuse is associated with myocardial infarction and stroke, and ...

Acute stress-induced (takotsubo) cardiomyopathy has a dramatic clinical presentation, mimicking an acute myocardial infarction and is triggered by intense emotional or physical stress. In this paper, ...

Over the past 40 years in England and Wales the rise in mortality from coronary heart disease has continued unabated among working-class men, whereas among professional men the rate has changed little ...

Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil Correspondence to: Dr M L C Vieira Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, Brazil, Imaging ...

Diabetes is an increasing problem in sub-Saharan Africa. Type 2 diabetes, the most common form, is becoming more prevalent owing to rising rates of obesity, physical inactivity and urbanisation. Type ...

Nearly half of patients with symptoms of heart failure are found to have a normal left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction. This has variously been labelled as diastolic heart failure, heart failure ...

Department of Public Health, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK Correspondence to Professor Jill Pell, Department of Public Health, Institute of Health and Wellbeing ...