Arrhythmia Center, Cardiovascular Institute and Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China Dr S Zhang, Arrhythmia Center, Cardiovascular Institute and Fuwai Hospital, Chinese ...

OBJECTIVE--To assess the arrangement of myocardial bridges. DESIGN--A necropsy study of 90 consecutive hearts (56 male, 34 female). RESULTS--Myocardial bridges, either single or multiple, were seen in ...

BHF Health Promotion Research Group, Division of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Oxford, UK Dr M O’Flaherty, Division of Public Health, Whelan Building, Quadrangle, University of ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of prenatal exposure to maternal malnutrition on coronary heart disease in people born around the time of the Dutch famine, 1944–45. DESIGN Historical cohort study.

Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital General Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Barcelona, Spain Professor Jordi Soler-Soler, Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital General Universitari Vall d'Hebron, P Vall ...

Pathology Department, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, London, UK Correspondence to: Dr Mary N Sheppard Department of Pathology, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK; ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the extent to which geographic variation in the incidence of major coronary heart disease (CHD) in Great Britain may be explained by established risk factors. DESIGN Prospective ...

Cardiothoracic Centre, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London, UK Correspondence to Professor John B Chambers, Cardiothoracic Centre, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK; john.chambers{at}gstt.nhs ...

The structural and functional abnormalities that lead to cardiac death are coronary artery disease and left ventricular abnormalities related to remodelling (left ventricular hypertrophy, left ...

1 Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul, South Korea 2 Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea Correspondence to Eun ...

Correspondence to Professor Demosthenes Panagiotakos, School of Health Science and Education, Harokopio University, Attica 176 71, Greece; dbpanag{at}hua.gr Contributors Both authors met the ICMJE ...

Acute coronary syndromes are due to rupture or erosion of an atherosclerotic coronary artery plaque with superimposed platelet aggregation and coronary thrombosis. Complete thrombotic occlusion of a ...