Correspondence to: Dr Adrian P Banning, Department of Cardiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK; adrian.banning{at}orh.anglox.nhs.uk Despite dramatic advances in ...

Introduction Heart failure (HF) is growing global epidemic. Given the high morbidity and mortality associated with HF, and the impact it has on an already stretched health care system, its effective ...

Background Limited strategies have been developed to evaluate and address the alarming discrepancy in early mortality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations. Objective To assess heart ...

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK Dr Alison Hislop, UCL Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK; a.hislop{at}ich.ucl.ac ...

OBJECTIVE To address a potential role for p53, Bcl2 associated protein X (Bax), and apoptosis in the processes associated with cell turnover during cystic medial degeneration (CMD) of the aorta.

OBJECTIVE To ascertain the surgical risk and long term outcome of patients over 80 years old undergoing aortic valve replacement (AVR). DESIGN Consecutive cases with respective case note audit and a ...

Objectives/Background Based on previous experiences, the Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency recommend that clinical trials for novel antidiabetic drugs are powered to ...

Correspondence to Dr Shamir R Mehta, Division of Cardiology, Hamilton General Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario ON L8L 2X2, Canada; smehta{at}mcmaster.ca Objective Approximately 10% of patients with ...

Correspondence to Dr Martin Penicka, Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, Moorselbaan 164, Aalst 9300, Belgium; Martin.Penicka{at}olvz-aalst.be ...

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BACKGROUND The QT interval is strongly and inversely related to heart rate. To compare QT intervals between different subjects with different heart rates requires the application of a QT interval rate ...

Correspondence to Dr Khang-Li Looi, Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Papworth Everard, Cambridge CB23 3RE, UK; khangli{at}hotmail.com Objective Studies have shown beneficial effects of cardiac ...