Objective To examine the residual effect of a green Mediterranean diet, further enriched with green plant-based foods and lower meat intake, on cardiometabolic risk. Methods For the DIRECT-PLUS ...

Correspondence to Professor Dr Jan J Piek, Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 22660, Amsterdam 1100 DD, The Netherlands; j.j.piek{at}amc.uva.nl After a ...

The quantification of ventricular dyssynchrony is a key factor in identifying patients with severe heart failure who may benefit from cardiac resynchronisation with biventricular pacing (BVP).

Correspondence to Dr Teruo Noguchi, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1 Fujishirodai, Suita, Osaka 565-8565, Japan; tnoguchi{at}hsp.ncvc.go.jp ...

Correspondence to Dr Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Brigham Young University, Provo UT 84602, USA; julianne_holt-lunstad{at}byu.edu How should these data inform ...

Eosinophil-mediated endomyocardial damage is a well-known complication in patients with hypereosinophilic syndromes (HES). Although management and survival have improved significantly, some patients ...

Context Disease management interventions for heart failure (HF) are inconsistent and very seldom incorporate the views and needs of patients and their caregivers into intervention design. Objective ...

Correspondence to Dr Jarett D Berry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390-9047,USA; jarett.berry{at}utsouthwestern.edu If you wish to reuse any or ...

Introduction External transthoracic direct current (DC) cardioversion is a commonly used method of terminating arrhythmias, emergently or electively. It is known that external DC cardioversion can ...

Correspondence to Dr Stefan Heber, Institute of Physiology, Medical University of Vienna, Wien 1090, Austria; stefan.heber{at}meduniwien.ac.at Objective To compare effects of moderate-intensity ...

Correspondence to Dr Radoslaw Marek Debiec, Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester College of Medicine Biological Sciences and Psychology, Leicester LE3 9QP, UK; rmd24{at}le.ac.uk Aim The ...

Correspondence to Professor Richard J McManus, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6GG, UK; ...