Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk increases with age. Statins reduce cardiovascular risk but their effects are ...

Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA W Patricia Bandettini, Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, National ...

A 23 year old man presented with a clinical history and ECG compatible with acute myocardial infarction, having taken a single tablet of ecstasy (3,4-methylenedioxymetamphetamine) 18 hours previously.

Background Participation in regular exercise activities is recommended for patients with chronic heart failure. However, less ...

The optimal treatment of chronic coronary syndromes (CCS) represents to date a matter of debate as revascularisation has not ...

Cardiac adaptation to intense physical exercise is determined by factors including age, gender, body size, sporting discipline and ethnicity. Differentiating physiology from pathological conditions ...

Gadolinium-based contrast media are widely used in cardiovascular MRI to identify and to highlight the intravascular and extracellular space. After gadolinium, manganese has the second highest ...

Right ventricular (RV) size and function are important predictors of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with various conditions. However, non-invasive assessment of the RV is a ...

Department of Radiology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK Correspondence to Professor Allan Struthers, Division of Medical Sciences, Mail Box 2, Ninewells, Ninewells Hospital and ...

Background Study of the vascular response to stent implantation has been hampered by difficulties in sectioning metal and tissue without distortion of the tissue stent interface. The metal is often ...

Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands Correspondence to Dr J J Bax, Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA ...