Background Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common comorbidity in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and may exacerbate arrhythmic ...

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

Objective A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to assess the efficacy of low-sodium salt substitutes (LSSS) as a potential intervention to reduce cardiovascular (CV) diseases. Methods ...

Context: International guidelines recommend the routine use of oxygen therapy in the treatment of myocardial infarction (MI). Objective: To undertake a systematic review and meta-analysis of ...

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 ...

Objective We aimed to assess differences in incidence, clinical features, current treatment strategies and outcome in patients with type 2 vs. type 1 acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Methods and ...

1 British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence and National Institute for Health Research Centre, Cardiovascular Division, St Thomas' Hospital Campus, King's College London, UK ...

Correspondence to Dr Nick Townsend, Nuffield Department of Population Health, British Heart Foundation Centre on Population Approaches for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention, Old Road Campus, ...

Myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) was first described over 80 years ago. The term has been widely and inconsistently used in clinical practice, influencing various ...

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, ...

2 School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 3 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 4 ...

Correspondence to: Dr Denis Noble University Laboratory of Physiology, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK; denis.noble{at}physiol.ox.ac.uk Late sodium current in cardiac cells is very small compared with ...