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

Department of Cardiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA Roger M Mills MD, Department of Cardiology, Desk F15, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the value of coronary pressure derived fractional flow reserve (FFR) measurements in supporting decisions about medical or surgical treatment in patients with angiographically ...

Correspondence to Dr Chris Wilkinson, Hull York Medical School, University of York, York, UK; c.wilkinson{at}york.ac.uk To gain an appreciation of the importance and clinical impact of frailty on ...

Correspondence to Dr Sonya V Babu-Narayan, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK. Adult Congenital Heart Centre, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney St, Chelsea, London ...

Correspondence to Dr Kristian Kragholm, Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Sdr. Skovvej 15, Aalborg 9000, Denmark; kdks{at}rn.dk ...

Objectives Cardiac surgery or catheter interventions are nowadays commonly performed to reduce volume loading of the right ventricle in adults with congenital heart disease. However, little is known, ...