Background Effective decongestion is a key therapeutic goal during hospitalisation for acute heart failure (HF), but the ...

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

Background Obesity is a major contributor to cardiovascular disease (CVD). Different fat depots may have distinct effects on ...

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 ...

For more than two decades, the crucial dilemma of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has remained unchanged: the same therapies used to treat myocardial ...

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Context: International guidelines recommend the routine use of oxygen therapy in the treatment of myocardial infarction (MI). Objective: To undertake a systematic review and meta-analysis of ...

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, ...

Correspondence to Dr Sanjeev Bhattacharyya, Barts Heart Centre, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London EC1 7AB, UK; Sanjeev.Bhattacharyya{at}bartshealth.nhs.uk Radiation to the mediastinum ...

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 ...

Ultrasound imaging of the human heart has undergone revolutionary changes along with recent strides in computing power. Since the wider acceptance of two dimensional (2D) echocardiography in the 1970s ...