Photon-counting CT (PCCT) represents a transformative advancement in cardiac imaging, addressing key limitations of ...

Background Current cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk prediction models tailored for older adults are inadequate. This study ...

Objective: To study the role of echocardiography in the stepwise evaluation of syncope. Design: A prospective observational study with an 18 month follow up. Setting: University teaching hospital ...

Christian Stumpf, MD, Dept of Cardiology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany; ch.stumpf{at}web.de Background: Increasing scientific data suggest a role for ...

Correspondence to Dr Jonathan R Lindner, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA; lindnerj{at}ohsu.edu Contrast echocardiography is a family ...

Correspondence to Professor Catherine M Otto, Division of Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; cmotto{at}uw.edu Both coronary artery (CAC) and aortic valve calcification (AVC) ...

This May, the World Health Assembly (WHA) will vote on re-establishing a mandate for the WHO to address the health ...

Background Recent molecular biological investigations have identified abnormal genes in familial forms of long QT syndrome, but in bradycardia dependent acquired long QT syndrome, no such genetic ...

1 Imperial College, National Heart & Lung Institute, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK 2 Imperial College, National Heart & Lung Institute, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK Correspondence to: Dr ...

Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology at the University Hospital Rostock, Rostock School of Medicine, Rostock, Germany Correspondence to: Professor Christoph A Nienaber Division of ...

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South America comprises widely different environments consisting of many complex and heterogeneous ethnicities, societies and cultures. During recent decades conspicuous advances in human and societal ...