BMJ13h
Clinical and echocardiographic parameters associated with outcomes in patients with moderate secondary mitral regurgitation
Background Significant secondary mitral regurgitation (SMR) is known to be associated with worse prognosis. However, data ...
BMJ13h
New-onset atrial fibrillation after coronary surgery and stroke risk: a nationwide cohort study
Background New-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) increases ...
BMJ1d
Genetic variants associated with cardiac hypertrophy-related sudden cardiac death and cardiovascular outcomes in a Finnish population
Background Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a common cause of non-ischaemic sudden cardiac death (SCD). Left ventricular ...
BMJ1d
Left ventricular bands. A normal anatomical feature.
Discrete delicate fibromuscular structures crossing the cavity of the left ventricle were identified on morphological examination in 329 (48%) of 686 hearts from patients of all ages with congenital ...
BMJ2d
Systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve—beyond hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Dr Rajdeep S Khattar, Manchester Heart Centre, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PH, UK; rskhattar{at}hotmail.com If you wish to reuse any or ...
BMJ2d
Preventable causative factors leading to hospital admission with decompensated heart failure
Objective To determine the distribution and importance of various factors, especially the preventable ones, that contribute to cardiac decompensation and subsequent hospital admission for heart ...
BMJ2d
Anatomy of the mitral 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, ...
BMJ3d
Comparison of warfarin versus antiplatelet therapy after surgical bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement
Objectives To compare effectiveness of warfarin and antiplatelet exposure regarding both thrombotic and bleeding events, following surgical aortic valve replacement ...
BMJ3d
Sexual problems in elderly male and female patients with heart failure
1 Department of Cardiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands 2 Health Psychology Section, Department of Health Sciences, University of Groningen ...
BMJ4d
Clinical indications for cardiovascular magnetic resonance
Correspondence to Professor Eike Nagel, Institute for Experimental and Translational Cardiovascular Imaging, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main 60590, Germany ...
BMJ4d
Ablate and pace revisited: long term survival and predictors of permanent atrial fibrillation
The University of Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK Correspondence to: Dr Michael D Gammage, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK; ...
BMJ5d
Repaired tetralogy of Fallot in the adult: monitoring and management
Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA Kier V Huehnergarth, MD, Division of Cardiology, Box 356422, University of ...