Background The use of artificial chords for mitral valve prolapse during minimally invasive mitral valve repair (MIMVR) has ...

Introduction Reduced exercise performance is common in patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot (rToF) and relates to ...

In 2010, the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) commissioned a working group to produce a report on cardiovascular ...

Background Early identification of patients at risk of heart failure (HF) provides opportunities for preventative management. Though models have been developed to predict HF incidence, their ...

Objective Tub bathing is considered to have a preventive effect against cardiovascular disease (CVD) by improving haemodynamic function. However, no prospective studies have investigated the long-term ...

Objective Distinguishing early dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) from physiological left ventricular (LV) dilatation with LV ejection fraction <55% in athletes (grey zone) is challenging. We evaluated the ...

Background The natural history of asymptomatic moderate or severe aortic regurgitation (AR) remains uncertain, with conflicting reports about its progression and surgical timing. We aimed to quantify ...

Home-based, online-monitored high-intensity interval training improves fitness in patients with tetralogy of Fallot: a randomised controlled trial ...

Department of Cardiology, Isala Klinieken, locatie Weezenlanden, Zwolle, the Netherlands Correspondence to: Dr Arnoud W J van ’t Hof Isala Klinieken, locatie Weezenlanden, Department of Cardiology, ...

Correspondence to Professor Martin Ng, Department of Cardiology, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Martin.ng{at}sydney.edu.au Background Despite restoration of epicardial ...

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 ...

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 ...