Background Surgical ablation (SA) is a key treatment for atrial fibrillation (AF) patients undergoing heart surgery. However, direct comparisons between SA and non-mitral valve (non-MV) surgery alone ...

Cardiovascular complications are increasingly recognised as a major driver of morbidity and early mortality in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD), yet they remain underdiagnosed and ...

The syndrome variously called Da Costa's syndrome, effort syndrome, neurocirculatory asthenia, etc has been studied for more than 100 years by many distinguished physicians. Originally identified in ...

Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (ccTGA) is a rare defect representing approximately 0.5% of all congenital heart disease. ccTGA is characterised by the combination of ...

The workup of cardiac disease in patients with autoimmune disorders The range of CV manifestations of rheumatological diseases are broad and include but are not restricted to coronary artery disease ...

A 41 year old man presented with an eight year history of paroxysmal attacks of chest pain, palpitations, excessive sweating, nausea, headache, and pallor. Six years previously he had undergone ...

With the incidence of coronary heart disease being greater in certain ethnic communities in the UK, health professionals need to be aware of ethnic and cultural differences that may influence the ...

Background Atrial fibrillation(AF) may be linked to increased sudden cardiac death (SCD) risk, but patients with AF are often neglected in studies on ECG risk factors for SCD. We aimed to clarify the ...