Background The National Heart Failure Audit gathers data on patients coded at discharge (or death) as having heart failure as ...

Background Emergency Medical Services (EMS) patients with chest pain are often suspected of having non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS). Current risk stratification protocols for ...

Hypertension remains one of the leading risk factors for cardiovascular (CV) events and mortality, making its effective treatment and control a critical public health priority.1 2 In response to the ...

Background Up to half of patients with infective endocarditis (IE) require cardiac surgery. Although anaemia is common, its precise prevalence, transfusion practices and impact on outcomes in ...

Background Exercise stress echocardiography (ESE) is widely used to detect inducible myocardial ischaemia. However, a substantial proportion of ESEs remains inconclusive or shows abnormal ...

Composite endpoints are widely used in large randomised cardiovascular outcome trials. They are frequently referred to as ...

In this issue of the journal, Shoji et al showed that isolated non-specific ST-segment and T-wave abnormalities (NSSTTAs) are associated with incident heart failure (HF).1 The authors conducted a ...

Correspondence to Dr Nick Townsend, Nuffield Department of Population Health, British Heart Foundation Centre on Population Approaches for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention, Old Road Campus, ...

Background Pregnancy in women with Marfan syndrome (MFS) is associated with increased maternal and neonatal risks, yet most existing studies are limited by small sample sizes and short follow-up. This ...

Correspondence to Farid Foroutan, Ted Rogers Centre of Excellence in Heart Function, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada; farid.foroutan{at}uhn.ca Since ...

Correspondence to Dr Prachi Bhatnagar, British Heart Foundation Centre on Population Approaches for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention, Nuffield Department of Population Health, Old Road Campus, ...

Research Group in Valvular Heart Disease, Laval Hospital Research Centre/Quebec Heart Institute, Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada Correspondence to: Dr Philippe Pibarot Laval Hospital ...