4 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital and Imperial College, London, UK Correspondence to Dr Dipak Kotecha, Clinical Trials and Evaluation Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, ...

Objectives Characterisation of trends in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) outcomes are critical to informing clinical practice and quality improvement, but there are few recent population studies for ACS ...

Vagally mediated atrioventricular (AV) block is defined as a paroxysmal AV block, localised within the AV node, associated with slowing of the sinus rate. All types of second-degree AV block, ...

This review provides a comprehensive overview of the available data on antithrombotic therapy after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). In the absence of large randomised clinical trials, ...

1 Department of Cardiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China 2 Department of Cardiology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan ...

Correspondence to Dr O Stumper, Heart Unit, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham B4 6NH, UK; oliver.stumper{at}bch.nhs.uk Objective To assess the indication, technical aspects, ...

Correspondence to Dr Peter Ong, Department of Cardiology, Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus GmbH, Stuttgart 70376, Germany; Peter.Ong{at}rbk.de To learn the most commonly used methods of intracoronary function ...

Three cases with supraventricular tachyarrhythmias related to oesophageal transit are reported. A 61 year old man had episodes of atrial tachycardia on each swallow of food but not liquid; this has ...

OBJECTIVE--To evaluate the incidence, characteristics, and haemodynamic consequences of pericardial effusion after cardiac surgery. DESIGN--Clinical, echocardiographic, and Doppler evaluations before ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the reasons for delay in calling for help during acute myocardial infarction and the reasons for choice of first medical contact. DESIGN Review of routine medical records and ...

Correspondence to: Tim C Clayton Medical Statistics Unit, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK; tim.claytonlshtm.ac.uk Role of the funding source: The ...

Objective To investigate heart rate differences between non-dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers and beta-blockers in patients with non-permanent atrial fibrillation (AF). Methods Using data from ...