South America comprises widely different environments consisting of many complex and heterogeneous ethnicities, societies and cultures. During recent decades conspicuous advances in human and societal ...

Introduction The transradial route for coronary intervention has proven to be safe, effective, and widely applicable in different clinical situations. Several compressive haemostatic devices have been ...

Division of Cardiology, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Correspondence to: Dr A Woo, Division of Cardiology, Toronto General ...

Dr P F Currie, Department of Cardiology, 1 Lauriston Place, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh EH3 9YW, UK. Objective To assess the frequency of circulating cardiac specific autoantibodies in HIV positive ...

Dr J Greenwood, Senior Lecturer in Cardiology, Academic Unit of Cardiovascular Medicine, G Floor, Jubilee Wing, Leeds General Infirmary, Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3EX, UK; j.greenwood{at}leeds.ac ...

3 Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Tenon University Hospital, Paris, France 4 Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, ...

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OBJECTIVE To assess the feasibility of measuring left atrial (LA) function with acoustic quantification (AQ) and then assess the effects of age and sex on LA reservoir, conduit, and booster pump ...

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 ...

AIMS To evaluate illness knowledge and understanding in children and adolescents with congenital and acquired heart disease, and whether the degree of understanding is related to age, sex, or ...

OBJECTIVE To examine a general practice population to measure the prevalence of signs and symptoms of heart failure (SSHF) and left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD). DESIGN Cross sectional ...

Correspondence to Dr Alexandros Briasoulis, Division of Cardiology, Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, IL 48226, USA; alexbriasoulis{at}gmail.com Objective Late gadolinium ...