Introduction Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the developed world. Computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA), with a spatial resolution of ...

Objective To investigate dietary determinants of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) in health conscious individuals to explain the reduced risk in vegetarians, and to examine the relation between IHD and ...

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Background Subclinical leaflet thrombosis (SLT) is a common complication after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).

Correspondence to Dr Carol Ann Remme, Amsterdam UMC Location AMC, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands; c.a.remme{at}amsterdamumc.nl Brugada syndrome (BrS) is an inherited cardiac disorder, ...

Correspondence to Professor Sang-Ho Jo, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, 14068, Korea (the Republic of); sophi5neo{at}gmail.com Objective It is uncertain whether percutaneous coronary ...

Correspondence to Dr Rohan S Wijesurendra, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; rohan.wijesurendra{at}cardiov.ox.ac.uk; Professor Barbara Casadei, Division of ...

Background: The total atrial conduction time (TACT) is an independent predictor of atrial fibrillation (AF). A new transthoracic echocardiographic tool to determine TACT by tissue Doppler imaging ...

Correspondence to Dr Nathaniel M Hawkins, Cardiology, University of British Columbia, St. Paul’s Hospital, 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; nat.hawkins{at}ubc.ca Objective To ...

Correspondence to Hualiang Lin, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; linhualiang{at}mail.sysu.edu.cn Objectives We aimed to ...

Background Bacteraemia and infective endocarditis (IE) are rare but severe complications of transcatheter aortic valve ...

Correspondence to: Dr Siew Yen Ho, Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College, Dovehouse Street, London SW3 6LY, UK; yen.ho{at}ic.ac.uk According to Walmsley, ...