Background Conflicting evidence surrounds the effect of dietary macronutrient intake (fat, carbohydrate and protein) on cardiovascular disease (CVD), particularly in women. Methods Women (aged 50–55 ...

Background Functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) is a common finding in patients with heart failure (HF), but its effect on outcome is still uncertain, mainly because in previous studies sample sizes ...

Objective Despite the widespread and increasing use of ambulatory electrocardiography (ECG), there is no consensus on reference ranges for ambulatory electrocardiogram parameters to guide ...

Objective: To test the hypothesis that alcohol consumption is positively related to heart rate variability (HRV) in women with coronary heart disease (CHD) and therefore that cardiac autonomic ...

Background The influence of social relationships on morbidity is widely accepted, but the size of the risk to cardiovascular health is unclear. Objective We undertook a systematic review and ...

Aims Pharmacological conversion to sinus rhythm is generally difficult to achieve, particularly in long-lasting persistent atrial fibrillation (AF). The purpose of this study is to compare the ...

We performed a systematic review of the current state of the literature regarding the natural history and outcomes of bicuspid aortic valve (BAV). PubMed and the reference lists of the included ...

acute myocardial infarction; Symptoms suggestive of an acute coronary syndrome remain one of the most common reasons for emergency department presentations worldwide.1 However, only a small proportion ...

Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus are at a higher risk of developing heart failure compared with the healthy population. In recent landmark clinical trials, sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2 ...

The majority of preclinical studies and clinical trials to date have evaluated the efficacy of cell therapy mainly in AMI. Cell therapy in the acute phase of a myocardial infarction (MI) is geared ...

Background and objective Prior studies have suggested that patients with premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) may have an ...

Oxygen has been used in the treatment of myocardial infarction (MI) and acute coronary syndromes for over 100 years.1 The rationale for its longstanding use is that it increases oxygen delivery to the ...