Background Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is essential for assessing patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) ...

All pilots in the USA must undergo medical certification by an aeromedical examiner (AME) at regular intervals. The Federal ...

Vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitors (VEGFIs) have transformed treatment paradigms for several malignancies. By ...

2 University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK Background and aims Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) reduce mortality and hospitalisation in heart failure with ...

2 Non-Profit Research Association Alliance for the Promotion of Preventive Medicine (APPREMED), Mechelen, Belgium Objective Heart failure (HF) is characterised by collagen deposition. Urinary ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the prevalence of plaque erosion as a substrate for coronary thrombosis. DESIGN Pathological study in patients with acute myocardial infarction not treated with thrombolysis or ...

Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands Professor H J G M Crijns, Maastricht University Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Postbus 5800, 6202 ...

2 School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 3 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 4 ...

Correspondence to Dr Shamir R Mehta, Division of Cardiology, Hamilton General Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario ON L8L 2X2, Canada; smehta{at}mcmaster.ca Objective Approximately 10% of patients with ...

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 ...

6 Department of Medicine/Geriatrics and Gerontology Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA 7 Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA 8 ...