Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) is linked to significant morbidity and mortality, with ischaemic stroke being a leading ...

Objectives To assess the risk of stroke/systemic embolism (SE) and major bleeding associated with the use of oral anticoagulants in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) in a real-world ...

Objective To investigate whether sphericity volume index (SVI), an indicator of left ventricular (LV) remodelling, predicts incident cardiovascular events (coronary heart disease, CHD; all ...

Objective To examine the risk for cyanotic congenital heart diseases (CCHDs) among live births in the USA, resulting from various forms of infertility treatments. Methods This study is a ...

Correspondence to: Dr Alain Fraisse Département de cardiologie, Hôpital de la Timone, 264 rue St Pierre, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France; alain.fraisseap-hm.fr Hypoplastic coronary artery disease ...

The rationale, need and opportunity of multiple screening. Although the incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) has decreased in recent decades, CVD remains a major healthcare challenge. In Europe ...

Correspondence to: Dr Arend Mosterd Department of Cardiology, Meander Medical Centre, PO Box 1502, 3800 BM Amersfoort, The Netherlands; a.mosterd{at}meandermc.nl If you wish to reuse any or all of ...

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, ...

Objective Pharmacological options for patients with a failing systemic right ventricle (RV) in the context of transposition of the great arteries (TGA) after atrial switch or congenitally corrected ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia, with a rising global burden. While previous studies have ...

Correspondence to Dr James D Thomas, Section of Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA ...

Correspondence to Dr Sacha Bull, Department of Cardiology, Royal Berkshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Craven Road, Reading RG1 5AN, UK; sacha.bull{at}royalberkshire.nhs.uk To understand the ...