Objectives Currently, 80% of all CVD deaths worldwide occur in developing countries. China, with the largest population in the world, has experienced increasing economic burden of CVD. A systematic ...

Background Through a proteomics approach we have recently identified a novel blood-based biomarker for heart failure called CLEC3B, which exhibits improved diagnostic accuracy over BNP. We have ...

Objective The relationship between dietary patterns and development of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is not well understood. Thus, we prospectively evaluated the association between the ...

Introduction Careful, stepwise assessment is required in all patients with atrial septal defect (ASD) to exclude pulmonary vascular or left ventricular (LV) disease. Fluid challenge and balloon ...

BACKGROUND The QT interval is strongly and inversely related to heart rate. To compare QT intervals between different subjects with different heart rates requires the application of a QT interval rate ...

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The feasibility of using balloon dilatation to relieve stenosis caused by dysplasia of the pulmonary valve was assessed in seven patients (five female, mean age two years) with angiographically ...

First Department of Medicine (Cardiology), Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, 68167 Mannheim, Germany Professor Jens J Kaden, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Mannheim, ...

Correspondence to David M Shavelle, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Southern California, 1510 San Pablo Street, Suite 322, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA; shavelle{at}usc.edu ...

a Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, b Department of Haemostasis, Inflammation, Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis Research Dr de Winter, Department ...

Background: Occupational head exposure to radiation in cardiologists may cause radiation induced cataracts and an increased risk of brain cancer. Objective: To determine the effectiveness of 0.5 mm ...

Objective To inform a clinical practice guideline (BMJ Rapid Recommendations) considering sodium glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists for treatment of ...