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 In patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), the role of small vessel disease and myocardial perfusion remains incompletely understood and data on absolute myocardial blood flow (MBF, ...

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 ...

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 ...

1 Department of Cardiology, The Heart Center, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark 2 Department for Cardiology, Heart Center North Rhine Westfalia, Ruhr-University ...

Molecular Medicine Unit, University College London Institute of Child Health, London, UK Correspondence to Paul R. Riley, Molecular Medicine Unit, University College London Institute of Child Health, ...

The last decade has produced a proliferation of techniques for the assessment of left ventricular systolic function, and there now seems to be more choice than seems rational for the questions that we ...

Introduction The burden of coronary heart disease (CHD) in the UK is substantial. However, recent trends and associated socioeconomic inequalities are not well studied. We aim to identify and analyse ...

Background Patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and atrial fibrillation are mostly elderly patients, and persistent atrial fibrillation (PerAF) with multiple ...

Hyperhomocysteinaemia and Helicobacter pylori infection have recently been implicated in the pathogenesis of coronary artery disease. These two risk factors, though they seem unrelated, could be ...

Department of Cardiology, Tzanio State Hospital, Pireus, Greece. OBJECTIVE: To assess the contribution of coronary artery ectasia, either isolated or in association with obstructive coronary artery ...