Background Fluid restriction is a commonly prescribed non-pharmacological intervention in the management of heart failure (HF). However, data on its efficacy and safety are scarce. Recent randomised ...
Background Despite simpler regimens than vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (AF), adherence (taking drugs as prescribed) and persistence (continuation of drugs) ...
Correspondence to Dr Susanna C Larsson, Unit of Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm SE-17177, Sweden; susanna.larsson{at}ki.se Background ...
Constrictive pericarditis (CP) is a form of diastolic heart failure that arises because an inelastic pericardium inhibits cardiac filling. This disorder must be considered in the differential ...
Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Correspondence to Professor Thomas H Marwick, Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, ...
Myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) was first described over 80 years ago. The term has been widely and inconsistently used in clinical practice, influencing various ...
Objective To analyse whether levels of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) below their respective 99th percentile can be used as a single parameter to rule out acute myocardial infarction (AMI) ...
Correspondence to: Ramachandran S Vasan, MD, Framingham Heart Study, 73, Mt Wayte Avenue, Framingham, MA 01702, USA; vasan{at}fram.nhlbi.nih.gov ...
Correspondence to: Dr Steve W Goodacre Medical Care Research Unit, University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 30 Regent Street, Sheffield, S1 4DA, UK; s.goodacresheffield.ac.uk Each year, over 15 million ...
Correspondence to Professor Philip MacCarthy, Department of Cardiology, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, USA; philip.maccarthy{at}nhs.net To learn the optimal management of ...
Correspondence to Dr Alida L P Caforio, Division of Cardiology, Department of Cardiological, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Centro ‘V. Gallucci’, University of Padova-Policlinico, Via Giustiniani, 2, ...
Introduction Assessment for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a common indication for transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE). PAH is defined as a mean pulmonary artery pressure (PAP)>25 mmHg and is ...
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