Sports cardiology has emerged as a distinct subspecialty at the intersection of preventive cardiology and athlete care. While ...

Background Pharmacotherapy combinations have been shown to improve survival and reduce hospitalisations in adults with ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common arrhythmia associated with increased risk of stroke, heart failure and mortality.

Objective In healthy populations, leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) improves health outcomes, while, paradoxically, occupational physical activity (OPA) is associated with detrimental health ...

Correspondence to Professor A John Camm, Cardiology, St George's University of London, London SW17 0RE, UK; jcamm{at}sgul.ac.uk The modern practice of cardiac rhythm management represents the constant ...

Correspondence to Dr Gregory Roth, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA; rothg{at}uw.edu Studies of the epidemiology of heart failure in ...

1 Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan 2 Department of Hypertension and Cardiorenal Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, ...

1 Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 2 Department of Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands Correspondence ...

The high mortality rates associated with out of hospital cardiac arrest, particularly those occurring in the home, stress the need for early treatment in the form of publicly accessible external ...

Context: International guidelines recommend the routine use of oxygen therapy in the treatment of myocardial infarction (MI). Objective: To undertake a systematic review and meta-analysis of ...

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Objective Bioprosthetic valves are being used with increased frequency for valve replacement, with controversy regarding risk:benefit ratio compared with mechanical valves in younger patients. However ...