Background: Cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) improves symptoms and prognosis in patients with heart failure and cardiac dyssynchrony. Guidelines from the National Institute of Health and ...

Introduction Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a leading cause of death in the UK with estimated 2.3 million people living with coronary artery disease [1]. Effective cardiac rehabilitation can improve ...

Background Heart failure (HF) guidelines recommend routine testing for iron deficiency (ID) and, for those with ID, ...

Preterm birth affects 1 in 10 pregnancies worldwide, with increasing survival rates over the last 30 years. However, as this new generation of long-term survivors approaches middle age, recent studies ...

Catherine M Otto, MD, Division of Cardiology, Box 356422, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use ...

Dr MA de Belder, South Cleveland Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough TS4 3BW, UKmdb.sch.heart{at}onyxnet.co.uk If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please ...

Dr Bernard Iung, Cardiology Department, Bichat Hospital, 46, rue Henri Huchard, 75018 Paris, France email: bernard.iung{at}bch.ap-hop-paris.fr If you wish to reuse ...

Background Recently, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) proposed a four-domain approach to assess frailty in ...

Correspondence to Dr Michael Papadakis, Cardiovascular Clinical Academic Group, St George's University of London, London SW17 0RE, UK; mipapada{at}sgul.ac.uk There is a paucity of studies looking at ...

Small Area Health Statistics Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College School of Medicine, St Mary’s Campus, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK Dr R Maheswaran, Section of ...

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK Correspondence to Professor Keith M Channon, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of ...