BMJ8d
Inpatient versus outpatient diagnosis of heart failure across the spectrum of ejection fraction: a population cohort study
Background Early heart failure (HF) diagnosis is crucial to ensure that optimal guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) is ...
BMJ23h
β blocker treatment is associated with improvement in renal function and anaemia in patients with heart failure
Heart Failure Unit, North West Regional Cardiac Centre, South Manchester University Hospital, Manchester, UK Correspondence to: S Williams Heart Failure Unit, South Manchester University Hospitals ...
BMJ17h
Non-cardiac surgery in the heart failure patient
Department of Cardiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA Roger M Mills MD, Department of Cardiology, Desk F15, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH ...
BMJ2d
Cardiac arrest survivors: short residual risk of death, long life expectancy
Correspondence to Dr Kristian Kragholm, Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Sdr. Skovvej 15, Aalborg 9000, Denmark; kdks{at}rn.dk ...
BMJ2d
Value of fractional flow reserve in making decisions about bypass surgery for equivocal left main coronary artery disease
OBJECTIVE To investigate the value of coronary pressure derived fractional flow reserve (FFR) measurements in supporting decisions about medical or surgical treatment in patients with angiographically ...
BMJ8d
Tricuspid regurgitation severity after atrial septal defect closure or pulmonic valve replacement
Objectives Cardiac surgery or catheter interventions are nowadays commonly performed to reduce volume loading of the right ventricle in adults with congenital heart disease. However, little is known, ...
BMJ3d
Grown-up congenital heart (GUCH) disease: current needs and provision of service for adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease in the UK
Executive summary: This report addresses the needs and problems of grown-up congenital heart (GUCH) patients and makes recommendations on organisation of national medical care, training of specialists ...
BMJ4d
Swallow syncope associated with complete atrioventricular block and vasovagal syncope
A 21 year old man presented with multiple, recurrent episodes of complete atrioventricular (AV) block associated with swallowing. Electrophysiological study revealed an AV block with swallowing of ...
BMJ2d
Survival and risk of recurrence of takotsubo syndrome
Correspondence to Dr Ming-Sum Lee, Cardiology, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90027, USA; mingsum.lee{at}kp.org Objective The goal of this study is to evaluate ...
BMJ12d
Timing of intervention in aortic stenosis: a review of current and future strategies
Correspondence to Dr Russell James Everett, BHF/Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, UK; russell.everett{at}ed.ac.uk To review the pathophysiology of ...
BMJ5d
Assessment and classification of patients with myocardial injury and infarction in clinical practice
BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Correspondence to Dr Andrew R Chapman, BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, Chancellors Building, University of ...
BMJ2d
Myocardial perfusion defects and associated systemic ventricular dysfunction in congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries
Dr T S Hornung, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, High Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN, UK. Background Patients with systemic ventricles of right ventricular morphology are at ...