Background Iron deficiency (ID) is common in patients with atrial fibrillation/flutter (AF), but its prognostic implications and optimal diagnostic criteria, particularly in those with and without ...

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) looms as a major public heart challenge with increasing prevalence due to an ageing population. Diagnosis can be challenging due to non-specific ...

Correspondence to Dr Sarah Hudson, Bristol Heart Institute, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK; sarahhudsonuk{at}gmail.com Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF ...

Introduction The burden of coronary heart disease (CHD) in the UK is substantial. However, recent trends and associated socioeconomic inequalities are not well studied. We aim to identify and analyse ...

5 Centre for Applied Health Economics, School of Medicine, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia 6 Department of Cardiology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia 7 Department of ...

First Department of Medicine (Cardiology), Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, 68167 Mannheim, Germany Professor Jens J Kaden, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Mannheim, ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is frequent in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis (MS). Pressure overload leads to marked structural and electrical remodelling of left atrium. The frequency of ...

Objective: To measure caval and pulmonary flows at rest and immediately after exercise in patients with total cavopulmonary connection (TCPC). Design: An observational study using the patients as ...

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China Correspondence to Professor Z-C Jing, Department of Pulmonary Circulation, Shanghai ...

Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, USA Albert L Waldo, MD, Division of Cardiology, Room 3080, Lakeside ...

Correspondence to Professor Juan Sanchis, Cardiology Department, University Clinic Hospital, Blasco Ibáñez 17, Valencia 46010, Spain; sanchis_juafor{at}gva.es Objectives High-sensitivity troponin ...

Correspondence to Dr Martin Penicka, Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, Moorselbaan 164, Aalst 9300, Belgium; Martin.Penicka{at}olvz-aalst.be ...