While we already have an understanding of the trajectories of babies who undergo different surgical/interventional procedures ...

Background A single assessment of psychological distress, which includes depression and anxiety, has been associated with increased mortality in patients with coronary heart disease, but the ...

Correspondence to Dr David Nanchen, Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, University of Lausanne, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland; david.nanchen{at}chuv.ch ...

Acute aortic syndrome and in particular aortic dissection (AAD) persists as a cause of significant morbidity and mortality despite improvements in surgical management. This clinical review aims to ...

Pacemaker lead infection is a rare condition, most often occurring when intervention is needed after pacemaker implantation. Diagnosis is by blood cultures and confirmation by transoesophageal ...

Objective: To assess whether use of oral glucocorticoids is associated with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular morbidity. Design and setting: Nested case–control study within a cohort of patients (⩾ ...

1 Department of Cardiology, King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, The Rayne Institute, St. Thomas’ Hospital Campus, London, UK 2 Department of Cardiology, National ...

Objective: To develop, in patients referred for syncope to an emergency department (ED), a diagnostic score to identify those patients likely to have a cardiac cause. Design: Prospective cohort study.

1 Health Economics Research Centre, Department of Public Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK 2 British Heart Foundation Health Promotion Research Group, Department of Public Health, University of ...

Dr MA de Belder, South Cleveland Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough TS4 3BW, UKmdb.sch.heart{at}onyxnet.co.uk If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please ...

Department of Cardiothoracic Radiology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK Correspondence to Dr Stephen P Harden, Department of Cardiothoracic Radiology, University ...

Correspondence to Dr Jaimini Cegla, Imperial College London Division of Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism, London, UK; j.cegla{at}ic.ac.uk This article provides a summary of the available ...