The global pandemics of plague and smallpox in the Middle Ages claimed hundreds of millions of lives. In this era, long before the concepts of pathogens and infectious diseases were established, ...

Anticoagulation is a critical component in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Large randomised controlled trials have demonstrated that direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are effective and safe ...

International Centre for Circulatory Health, 10th Floor QEQM Wing, St Mary’s Hospital, and Imperial College Paddington and Clinical Pharmacology, NHLI, Imperial College of Science, Technology & ...

In 2017, the British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation published its official document detailing standards and core components for cardiovascular prevention and ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia and is a leading cause of stroke and heart failure yet often remains undiagnosed. Screening has been proposed to identify asymptomatic AF and ...

Sick sinus syndrome (SSS) is a relatively benign cardiac conduction system disorder that can reduce patients’ quality of life by limiting exercise capacity or causing dizziness, fatigue, palpitations ...

Aims In people with heart failure (HF), a high body mass index (BMI) has been linked with better outcomes (‘obesity paradox’), but there is limited evidence in community populations across long-term ...

10 The George Institute for Global Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK Background Cardiovascular risk is underassessed in women. Many women undergo screening ...

Obesity is an independent driver of cardiovascular disease (CVD), mediated through adverse haemodynamic loading, insulin resistance, systemic inflammation, endothelial dysfunction and prothrombotic ...

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Fetal Cardiology Unit, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust, London, UK Correspondence to: Dr Gurleen Sharland Fetal Cardiology Unit, 15th Floor Guy’s Tower, Guy’s Hospital, St Thomas Street, London ...

3 School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Objective To examine the association of body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist hip ratio ...