Background In 2024, the UK National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommended TriageHF alerts as an option ...

Background In England, most prescribing of direct-acting oral anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation (AF) is in primary care. However, there remain gaps in our understanding of dosage and disparities ...

Aims of MINAP To audit the quality of care of patients with acute coronary syndrome and provide a resource for academic research. Quality of care interventions Feedback to hospitals, ambulance ...

Background Complete revascularisation has been associated with improved short-term outcomes in patients with coronary artery ...

Background The PR interval is a ubiquitous parameter available to all clinicians. Studies on associated risk have been ...

Acute aortic syndrome and in particular aortic dissection (AAD) persists as a cause of significant morbidity and mortality despite improvements in surgical management. This clinical review aims to ...

6 Institut für Medizinische Statistik und Epidemiologie, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany Objective The optimal treatment of patients with acute and severe decompensation of aortic ...

Correspondence to Dr Maarten Boers, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, VU University Medical Center, PO Box 7057,1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands; eb{at}vumc.nl Research is of little use if ...

Correspondence to Dr Nick Townsend, Nuffield Department of Population Health, British Heart Foundation Centre on Population Approaches for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention, Old Road Campus, ...

Background Menopause is a timely opportunity to screen for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and intervene with healthier lifestyles. We investigated the association between premature/early menopause and ...

Background No previous long-term studies have examined if workers with low physical fitness have an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality due to long work hours. The aim of this study was to test ...

Objective ACE inhibitors (ACEIs) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) are widely prescribed in patients with high cardiovascular (CV) risk. However, whether both classes have equivalent ...