Christian Stumpf, MD, Dept of Cardiology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany; ch.stumpf{at}web.de Background: Increasing scientific data suggest a role for ...

Correspondence to Dr Jonathan R Lindner, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA; lindnerj{at}ohsu.edu Contrast echocardiography is a family ...

Background Recent molecular biological investigations have identified abnormal genes in familial forms of long QT syndrome, but in bradycardia dependent acquired long QT syndrome, no such genetic ...

1 Imperial College, National Heart & Lung Institute, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK 2 Imperial College, National Heart & Lung Institute, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK Correspondence to: Dr ...

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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 ...

Heart disease is common both in the population at large but also in the population of working age. It is estimated that heart disease, including stroke and high blood pressure, is responsible for more ...

1 The Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology Unit (BioStem), Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK 2 Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular ...

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, ...

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 ...