Peripheral artery disease (PAD) affects over 113 million people worldwide and is a marker of systemic atherosclerosis ...

Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is an acute and reversible form of heart failure characterised by transient left ventricular (LV) ...

A male adolescent suffered a sudden syncopal episode lasting 15 s, accompanied by loss of consciousness without convulsions.

Background Guideline size criteria for prophylactic repair of ascending aortic aneurysm do not account for sex, although some evidence suggests women may experience acute type A aortic dissection ...

Despite the numerous recent advancements in therapy, heart failure (HF) remains a principle cause of both morbidity and mortality. HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), a condition that shares ...

Correspondence to Dr Nathaniel M Hawkins, Cardiology, University of British Columbia, St. Paul’s Hospital, 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; nat.hawkins{at}ubc.ca Objective To ...

Correspondence to Professor Dong Ki Kim, Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea (the Republic of); dkkim73{at}gmail.com Objective To investigate the risk ...

Coarctation of the aorta (CoA ) is a well-known congenital heart disease (CHD) , which is often associated with several other cardiac and vascular anomalies, such as bicuspid aortic valve (BAV), ...

Cardiology Department, Konya Teaching and Medical Research Center, Baskent University, Konya, Turkey Correspondence to: Dr D Erdogan Cardiology Department, Konya Teaching and Medical Research Center, ...

Correspondence to Dr Paul Callan, Department of Cardiology, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Hull, HU16 5JQ UK; paulcallan843{at}btinternet.com To gain an overview of the history and ...

1 King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, The Rayne Institute, St. Thomas’ Hospital Campus, London, UK 2 National Institute for Health Research Biomedical ...

Objective: To study the role of echocardiography in the stepwise evaluation of syncope. Design: A prospective observational study with an 18 month follow up. Setting: University teaching hospital ...