BMJ13 天
Association of innate versus specific immunity with heart failure incidence: a prospective ...
Background Immune disorders are key heart failure (HF) triggers, but little is known about whether the status of immunity ...
BMJ1 年
NT-proBNP: a new diagnostic screening tool to differentiate between patients with normal ...
Objective: To evaluate whether measurements of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) can be used to differentiate patients with normal and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction ...
BMJ11 天
Change in renal function associated with drug treatment in heart failure: national guidance
Inhibitors of the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone (RAAS) system are cornerstones of the management of patients with heart failure with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (HFrEF). However, RAAS ...
BMJ1 个月
Left ventricular thrombus formation after acute myocardial infarction
1 Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 2 Department of Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands Correspondence ...
BMJ6 年
The diagnosis of heart failure
Professor Allan Struthers, Department of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK email: a.d.struthers{at}dundee.ac.uk If you wish ...
BMJ5 个月
Diagnosis and management of dilated cardiomyopathy
Department of Cardiological Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK Dr PM Elliott, Department of Cardiological Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London ...
BMJ2 年
Supraventricular arrhythmia in pregnancy
The physiological changes during pregnancy predispose a woman for the development of new-onset or recurrent arrhythmia. Supraventricular arrhythmia is the most common form of arrhythmia during ...
BMJ1 年
Association between catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation and mortality or stroke
Objective Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation effectively reduces symptomatic burden. However, its long-term effect on mortality and stroke is unclear. We investigated if patients with atrial ...
BMJ5 天
Sex differences in the association of risk factors for heart failure incidence and mortality
Background There are known risk factors associated with the development of heart failure (HF), but it is not fully understood whether these differ by sex. Objectives To investigate sex differences in ...
BMJ6 年
Perioperative management of anticoagulant and antiplatelet therapy
Correspondence to Dr James Douketis, St Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, 50 Charlton Ave East, Hamilton, ON L8N 4A6, Canada; jdouket{at}mcmaster.ca To underscore clinical scenarios when anticoagulation ...
BMJ5 个月
Symptom onset-to-balloon time and mortality in the first seven years after STEMI treated ...
Objective To evaluate the consequence of treatment delay of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) on long-term survival. Background Network organisation based on early recognition, ...