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Queen Mary University of London, Clinical Pharmacology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts & The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Charterhouse Square, London, UK Correspondence to Dr ...

Objectives This study evaluates the 5-year clinical outcomes of transcatheter mitral valve (MV) repair with the MitraClip device in patients at high risk for MV surgery treated in the Endovascular ...

Introduction Treatment of supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) with adenosine by paramedics has been investigated and proven to be safe in the USA, but patients (pts) are transferred to hospital. We ...

Stroke, one of the most severe complications of atrial fibrillation (AF), can be prevented by oral anticoagulants in patients ...

Because of a desire to reduce the morbidity of a well-established and effective procedure for coronary artery disease, up to 30% of coronary bypass operations are being performed without the use of a ...

Over the last 20 years, off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery (OPCAB) has evolved as a standard technique for surgical myocardial revascularisation, and although it is used routinely in many centres ...

Background Recent work has shown no difference in change of LVEF between RV apical (RVA) pacing and non-RVA pacing in patients with normal LV function. We hypothesised that a more sensitive marker ...

AIM To visualise the characteristics of ruptured plaques by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and to correlate plaque characteristics with clinical symptoms to establish a quantitative index of plaque ...

Evidence of dual atrioventricular nodal pathwats (a sudden jump in H1-H2 at critical A1-A2 coupling intervals) was shown in 41 out of 397 patients studied with atrial extrastimulus techniques. In 27 ...

OBJECTIVE To address a potential role for p53, Bcl2 associated protein X (Bax), and apoptosis in the processes associated with cell turnover during cystic medial degeneration (CMD) of the aorta.

Correspondence to Dr Martin Penicka, Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, Moorselbaan 164, Aalst 9300, Belgium; Martin.Penicka{at}olvz-aalst.be ...