BMJ1d
Cardiovascular genetics: the role of genetic testing in diagnosis and management of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Correspondence to Dr Carolyn Y Ho, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; cho{at}bwh.harvard.edu Genetic testing in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a ...
BMJ22h
Use of intravenous magnesium to treat acute onset atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis
Dr K M Ho, Intensive Care Unit, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA 6000, Australia; kwok.ho{at}health.wa.gov.au Objectives: To assess the effects of intravenous magnesium on converting acute onset atrial ...
BMJ6d
A single serum glucose measurement predicts adverse outcomes across the whole range of acute coronary syndromes
Objectives: To analyse the relation between serum glucose concentration and hospital outcome across the whole spectrum of acute coronary syndromes. Methods: This was a prospective cohort study of 2127 ...
BMJ3d
Rationale and design of a randomised trial of intravenous iron in patients with heart failure
Correspondence to Dr Ian Ford, University of Glasgow Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK; ian.ford{at}glasgow.ac.uk Methods IRONMAN is a prospective, randomised, open-label, ...
BMJ2d
14 Time to TAVI: streamlining the outpatient pathway to treatment
Introduction Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) is an established treatment option for severe aortic stenosis (AS), with over 5000 procedures performed in the UK in 2019. Given the high ...
BMJ4d
Preventable causative factors leading to hospital admission with decompensated heart failure
Objective To determine the distribution and importance of various factors, especially the preventable ones, that contribute to cardiac decompensation and subsequent hospital admission for heart ...
BMJ5d
Pericardial diseases in patients with hypothyroidism
Correspondence to Dr. Allan L Klein, Center for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pericardial Diseases, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA ; kleina{at}ccf.org ...
BMJ2d
Chocolate consumption and risk of cardiovascular diseases: a meta-analysis of prospective studies
1 The Affiliated Luohu Hospital, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen, China Objective Studies investigating the impact of chocolate consumption on cardiovascular disease (CVD) have ...
BMJ6d
Prognostic value of cardiac troponin in chronic stable heart failure: a systematic review
1 Department of Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA 2 Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA 3 Heart and ...
BMJ5d
Inhibition of the late sodium current as a potential cardioprotective principle: effects of the late sodium current inhibitor ranolazine
Department of Pharmacology, CV Therapeutics, Inc, Palo Alto, California, USA Correspondence to: Dr Luiz Belardinelli Department of Pharmacological Sciences, CV ...
BMJ6d
The NCDR CathPCI Registry: a US national perspective on care and outcomes for percutaneous coronary intervention
3 Division of Cardiology, Cardiac and Vascular Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA 4 Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Division of ...