Background Aortic stenosis is a degenerative condition with high mortality in its severe stages and no preventive treatment.

Background Although the prognostic implications of severe mitral regurgitation (MR) are well recognised, they are less clear ...

10 Department of Cardiology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China 11 Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of ...

Correspondence to Dr Simrat Gill, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK; s.gill.5{at}bham.ac.uk Objectives Timely diagnosis of atrial fibrillation (AF) is ...

Objective The effect of moderate excess alcohol consumption is widely debated and has not been well defined in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). There is need for a greater evidence base to help advise ...

Correspondence to Dr Linda M O'Keeffe, School of Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland; linda.okeeffe{at}ucc.ie; linda.okeeffe{at}bristol.ac.uk Background The changes which typically ...

Correspondence to Prof Giulio G Stefanini, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele - Milan 20090, Italy; giulio.stefanini{at}gmail.com To discuss the most appropriate ...

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension occurs in a proportion of patients with prior acute pulmonary embolism and is characterised by breathlessness, persistently raised pulmonary pressures and ...

Objective To evaluate the utility of two-dimensional multiplanar speckle tracking strain to assess for cardiotoxicity post allogenic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) for haematological conditions.

Objective The association between combat-related traumatic injury (CRTI) and cardiovascular risk is uncertain. This study aimed to investigate the association between CRTI and both metabolic syndrome ...

Correspondence to Dr Thomas Joseph Ford, BHF Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, Glasgow G128QQ, UK; tom.ford{at}health.nsw.gov.au ...

Correspondence to Professor Arthur A M Wilde, Amsterdam Universitair Medische Centra, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; a.a.wilde{at}amsterdamumc.nl Congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS) is characterised by ...