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Correspondence to Dr Joshua Beckman, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Heart and Vascular Institute, 1215 Ave South Medical Center East, 5th Floor, South Tower, Nashville, TN 37232-8802, USA; ...
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has presented unprecedented challenges for day-to-day medical practice. In some hospitals face-to-face clinic consultations have significantly reduced, being replaced ...
1 Department of Cardiology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 2 Department of Nephrology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and University of ...
This review aims to outline the current evidence base and guidance for care of patients post-valve intervention. Careful follow-up, optimisation of medical therapy, antithrombotics, reduction of ...
Division of Cardiac & Vascular Sciences, St George's University of London, London, UK Correspondence to Dr Malini Govindan, Division of Cardiac and Vascular Sciences, St George's University of London, ...
The management of atrial fibrillation (AF) has focused on anticoagulation, rhythm control and ventricular rate control. Recently, a fourth pillar of AF management has been incorporated recognising the ...
Objectives This subanalysis of the Study of the Effects of Nebivolol Intervention on Outcomes and Hospitalisation in Seniors with Heart Failure (SENIORS) investigates whether treatment with nebivolol, ...
Objective The decline in the incidence and mortality of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has been less among younger compared with older individuals. The aim of this nationwide study was to assess ...
Dr P F Currie, Department of Cardiology, 1 Lauriston Place, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh EH3 9YW, UK. Objective To assess the frequency of circulating cardiac specific autoantibodies in HIV positive ...
3 Clinical Cardiology, National Heart and Lung institute, Imperial College London (Royal Brompton Hospital), London, UK 4 Clinical and Academic Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (3a), The ...
Background The 2024 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines for hypertension introduced the ‘elevated BP’ (eBP) category (120–139/70–89 mm Hg). Individuals with persistent eBP (130–139/80–89 ...
2 Institute of Cardiovascular Medicine and Science, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital/Cardiology, Liverpool, UK To understand the clinical features, prognosis and management of patients with ...