Background Cardiovascular risk is underassessed in women. Many women undergo screening mammography in midlife when the risk ...

Importance/background The 12-lead ECG is recommended in clinical guidelines for prehospital assessment of patients with ...

Background Early reperfusion therapy is critical in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). However ...

Background Contemporary guidelines by the European Society for Cardiology and American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association for the treatment of non-acute myocardial ischaemic syndromes ...

Background Current cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk prediction models tailored for older adults are inadequate. This study aimed to validate, update and assess the utility of widely used CVD risk ...

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Department of Cardiological Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK Dr PM Elliott, Department of Cardiological Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London ...

The management of atrial fibrillation (AF) has focused on anticoagulation, rhythm control and ventricular rate control. Recently, a fourth pillar of AF management has been incorporated recognising the ...

1 Health Economics Research Centre, Department of Public Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK 2 British Heart Foundation Health Promotion Research Group, Department of Public Health, University of ...

St George's Hospital Medical School, Histopathology Department, London, UK Professor M J Davies, St George's Hospital Medical School, Histopathology Department, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, UK If ...

Constrictive pericarditis (CP) is a form of diastolic heart failure that arises because an inelastic pericardium inhibits cardiac filling. This disorder must be considered in the differential ...