Background Exercise has the potential to unmask ventricular arrhythmias in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM). The aim of ...

Adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs), including hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, gestational diabetes mellitus, preterm ...

Faculty of Health Sciences, Tygerberg Hospital and University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg, South Africa Professor B M Mayosi, Department of Medicine, J Floor Old Main Building, Groote Schuur Hospital, ...

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A 56 year old man with ischaemic heart disease and known allergy to wasp venom was stung in the mouth by a wasp and within four hours sustained an acute myocardial infarction. This complication has ...

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Objective Atrial fibrillation (AF) often progresses from paroxysmal or persistent to more sustained forms, but the rate and predictors of AF progression in clinical practice are not well described.

Background Women with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO) are at risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, which have been related to the severity of the LVOTO. However, the physiological ...

Background Patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) are not currently considered at elevated risk for infective endocarditis (IE) and are excluded from guideline-directed antibiotic prophylaxis ...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) accounts for a third of all deaths, making it the leading cause of mortality globally. Coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) has emerged as a prominent condition in ...

2 Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, University Hospital Lewisham, London, UK 3 National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK Background This study investigated ...