Objective To determine the distribution and importance of various factors, especially the preventable ones, that contribute to cardiac decompensation and subsequent hospital admission for heart ...

Background Despite simpler regimens than vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (AF), adherence (taking drugs as prescribed) and persistence (continuation of drugs) ...

Home-based exercise training is a promising alternative to conventional supervised training for patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). Even though the beneficial effect of exercise ...

1 School of Public Health and Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia 2 Department of Epidemiology,School of Population Health, ...

Servei de Cardiologia, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain Dr J Soler-Soler, Servei de Cardiologia, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Pg. Vall d'Hebron 119-129, 08035 Barcelona, ...

Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation occurred in a fit 35 year old man who consumed large doses of nicotine chewing gum (Nicorette Leo) over a prolonged period.

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Around 40% of all patients undergoing angiography are found to have normal coronary arteries or non-obstructive coronary artery disease (NOCAD). Despite the high prevalence, this is a group who rarely ...

Objective: To evaluate the incidence of coronary vasospasm as a possible pathophysiological mechanism causing chest pain symptoms in patients with clinically suspected myocarditis. Design and setting: ...

Correspondence to Dr Takahiro Shiota, The Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA; shiotat{at}cshs.org Objectives Mitral valve (MV) clip procedure requires interatrial ...

Vagally mediated atrioventricular (AV) block is defined as a paroxysmal AV block, localised within the AV node, associated with slowing of the sinus rate. All types of second-degree AV block, ...

Objective In the majority of studies, the effect of physical activity (PA) on cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality is estimated at a single time point. The impact of long-term PA is likely to ...