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

Background Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) progression following left-sided valvular heart disease (VHD) correction is a critical clinical concern. This study aimed to determine the incidence, predictors ...

Correspondence to Dr Matthias Michal, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz 55131, Germany; ...

Correspondence to Dr Maoyi Tian, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China; maoyi.tian{at}hrbmu.edu.cn Objectives The Salt Substitute and Stroke Study (SSaSS) recently reported ...

Division of Cardiology, Shimada Municipal Hospital, Shimada City, Shizuoka, Japan Correspondence to: Makoto Kondo, MD, Division of Cardiology, Shimada Municipal ...

Metabolomics, the comprehensive measurement of low-molecular-weight molecules in biological fluids used for metabolic phenotyping, has emerged as a promising tool to better understand pathways ...

Background Patients with psychotic illness have increased risk of cardiovascular death. Arrhythmias [particularly Torsades de Points (TdP)] and sudden cardiac deaths (SCD) are the most serious ...

Correspondence to Dr Lazaros K Kochilas, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta GA 30341, USA; lazaros.Kochilas{at}emory.edu ...

a Department of Cardiology, Catharina Hospital, PO Box 1350, 5602 ZA Eindhoven, Netherlands, b Cardiovascular Center, Moorselbann 164, 9300 Aalst, Belgium If you wish to reuse any or all of this ...

Updating the Scottish national cardiovascular risk score: ASSIGN version 2.0 ...

1 Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Lower Lane, Liverpool, MSY L9 7AL, United Kingdom 2 Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Introduction Heart failure (HF) co-exists ...