1 McGill University Health Centre, Montreal QC, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, GLEN campus, 1001 Decarie, Montreal, Quebec, ...

Objective Patients with Fontan physiology may eventually require heart transplantation (HT). We determined the rates and outcomes of HT in a national, population-based multicentre study. Methods From ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the diagnostic value and safety of sublingual glyceryl trinitrate tilt testing compared with isoprenaline infusion in patients with unexplained syncope. DESIGN Glyceryl trinitrate ...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether anginal episodes might be related to extremes of hypotension in patients with ischaemic heart disease taking drugs to treat angina and heart failure. DESIGN AND SETTING ...

Objective A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to assess the efficacy of low-sodium salt substitutes (LSSS) as a potential intervention to reduce cardiovascular (CV) diseases. Methods ...

5 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Anesthesiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden 6 Uppsala Clinical Research Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, ...

Context: International guidelines recommend the routine use of oxygen therapy in the treatment of myocardial infarction (MI). Objective: To undertake a systematic review and meta-analysis of ...

Stroke, one of the most severe complications of atrial fibrillation (AF), can be prevented by oral anticoagulants in patients with ECG-documented AF and clinical stroke risk factors. Recent controlled ...

Department of Cardiological Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK Dr PM Elliott, Department of Cardiological Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London ...

Division of Cardiovascular & Diabetes Medicine, Medical Research Institute, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK Correspondence to Professor Allan Struthers, Division of Cardiovascular & Diabetes Medicine ...

Correspondence to: Dr Arend Mosterd Department of Cardiology, Meander Medical Centre, PO Box 1502, 3800 BM Amersfoort, The Netherlands; a.mosterd{at}meandermc.nl If ...

Background No previous long-term studies have examined if workers with low physical fitness have an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality due to long work hours. The aim of this study was to test ...