Introduction Heart disease (HD) accounts for high morbidity and mortality in Brazil. Underserved populations often suffer long delays in diagnosis. We aimed to evaluate the feasibility of integrating ...

Correspondence to Professor Arthur A M Wilde, Amsterdam Universitair Medische Centra, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; a.a.wilde{at}amsterdamumc.nl Congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS) is characterised by ...

Nutrition has a central role in both primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease yet only relatively recently has food been regarded as a treatment, rather than as an adjunct to ...

Congenital heart defects are the most common type of birth defect, affecting 1% of live births. The underlying cause of congenital heart disease is frequently unknown. However, advances in human ...

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Correspondence to Dr Lieselot van Erven, Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, Netherlands; l.van_erven{at}lumc.nl Amiodarone was initially ...

Objective: To assess the potential clinical use, particularly in modulating stress, of changes in the cardiovascular and respiratory systems induced by music, specifically tempo, rhythm, melodic ...

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The term type 2 myocardial infarction first appeared as part of the universal definition of myocardial infarction. It was introduced to cover a group of patients who had elevation of cardiac troponin ...

Objective Aortic regurgitation (AR) can lead to pulmonary hypertension (PHT). There is a paucity of data on the prognostic importance of PHT in these patients. We therefore aimed to describe the ...

Correspondence to Dr Andrew R Chapman, BHF/University Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK; a.r.chapman{at}ed.ac.uk Chest pain is one of the most frequent ...

Correspondence to Dr Gorav Batra, Department of Medical Sciences, Cardiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala 751 05, Sweden; gorav.batra{at}ucr.uu.se Objective Beta-blockers (BB) are an established ...