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Transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) is a condition caused by TTR protein misfolding and amyloid deposition, particularly in the ...
Background Insomnia symptoms are prevalent in older adults and linked to cardiovascular disease (CVD), but the role of ...
Background Patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and atrial fibrillation are mostly elderly patients, and persistent atrial fibrillation (PerAF) with multiple ...
Background The 2024 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines for hypertension introduced the ‘elevated BP’ (eBP) category (120–139/70–89 mm Hg). Individuals with persistent eBP (130–139/80–89 ...
This May, the World Health Assembly (WHA) will vote on re-establishing a mandate for the WHO to address the health consequences of nuclear weapons and war.1 Health professionals and their associations ...
Correspondence to Dr Kerstin Welén Schef, Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 171 77, Sweden; kerstin.welen-schef{at}ki.se Objective To assess the ...
Pulmonary haemodynamics and right heart function during exercise at high versus low altitude in patients with pulmonary vascular disease: a randomised crossover trial ...
Background The aim of this study was to analyse the long-term prognosis of patients with acute myocarditis (AMC) who had been discharged from hospital while having normal left ventricular (LV) ...
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1053-7840Paul M Haydock, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8126-9583Andrew S Flett To review the pathophysiology of heart failure with reduced ...
Dr J Greenwood, Senior Lecturer in Cardiology, Academic Unit of Cardiovascular Medicine, G Floor, Jubilee Wing, Leeds General Infirmary, Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3EX, UK; j.greenwood{at}leeds.ac ...
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 ...