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 ...
Introduction Careful, stepwise assessment is required in all patients with atrial septal defect (ASD) to exclude pulmonary vascular or left ventricular (LV) disease. Fluid challenge and balloon ...
Correspondence to Prof Jun Lv, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China; lvjun{at}bjmu.edu.cn Objective To comprehensively examine ...
Drug-induced valvular heart disease (DIVHD) was first described in the 1960s. Initially, associations with ergot derivatives used for migraine prevention, or with anorectic drugs, were described.
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Correspondence to Dr Christina Christersson, Department of Medical Sciences, Cardiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala SE-751 85, Sweden; christina.christersson{at}medsci.uu.se Objectives Compare the ...
Background Cardiology training is demanding and associated with high workloads. Poor lifestyle and health among clinicians ...
Background Proteomic biomarkers have shown promise in predicting various cardiovascular conditions, but their utility in assessing the risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) remains unclear. This study ...
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Correspondence to Dr Ibrahim Danad, Department of Cardiology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1081, The Netherlands; i.danad{at}amsterdamumc.nl Background The diagnostic performance of ...
Correspondence to Professor Jiabi Qin, Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410013, China; ...