Objectives Female sex is an inconsistent ischaemic stroke risk factor in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). We hypothesised that the ischaemic stroke risk varies with age among women compared ...

Regular physical activity combined with structured exercise training has well described benefits for quality of life and ...

Background Cardiology training is demanding and associated with high workloads. Poor lifestyle and health among clinicians ...

Background Significant secondary mitral regurgitation (SMR) is known to be associated with worse prognosis. However, data ...

Background Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a common cause of non-ischaemic sudden cardiac death (SCD). Left ventricular ...

Background Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinics (RACPC) are widely used for the outpatient assessment of chest pain, but there ...

Correspondence to Ms Elizabeth Jordan, Division of Human Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; Elizabeth.jordan{at}osumc.edu Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a cardiovascular ...

Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA David J Sahn, MD, L608, Pediatric Cardiology, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW ...

Correspondence to Dr Holly R Middlekauff, Division of Cardiology, UCLA Medical School, Los Angeles, California, USA; hmiddlekauff{at}mednet.ucla.edu Tobacco cigarette smoking is the most prevalent ...

1 Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 2 Department of Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands Correspondence ...

Correspondence to Dr Nathaniel M Hawkins, Cardiology, University of British Columbia, St. Paul’s Hospital, 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; nat.hawkins{at}ubc.ca Objective To ...

Correspondence to Dr Prachi Bhatnagar, British Heart Foundation Centre on Population Approaches for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention, Nuffield Department of Population Health, Old Road Campus, ...