Stroke, one of the most severe complications of atrial fibrillation (AF), can be prevented by oral anticoagulants in patients ...

Introduction Treatment of supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) with adenosine by paramedics has been investigated and proven to be safe in the USA, but patients (pts) are transferred to hospital. We ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Because of a desire to reduce the morbidity of a well-established and effective procedure for coronary artery disease, up to 30% of coronary bypass operations are being performed without the use of a ...

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 ...

Two cases of acute myocardial infarction occurred in association with myocarditis, which was confirmed by biopsy. The first patient suffered an anteroseptal and the second patient an inferior wall ...

Correspondence to Dr Christina Christersson, Department of Medical Sciences, Cardiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala SE-751 85, Sweden; christina.christersson{at}medsci.uu.se Objectives Compare the ...

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 ...

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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 ...