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High incidence of atrial fibrillation in patients treated with ibrutinib

Development of heart failure in young patients with congenital heart disease: a nation-wide cohort study

Biological variation of cardiac markers in patients with aortic valve stenosis

Pharmacological interventions for the prevention of contrast-induced acute kidney injury in high-risk adult patients undergoing coronary angiography: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Simple renal cysts and bovine aortic arch: markers for aortic disease

Factors influencing long-term heart failure mortality in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in Western Sweden: probable dose-related protection from beta-blocker therapy

Importance of maintaining a low omega-6/omega-3 ratio for reducing platelet aggregation, coagulation and thrombosis

‘Big issues’ in neurodevelopment for children and adults with congenital heart disease

Real-world comparison of clopidogrel, prasugrel and ticagrelor in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention

Rapid early rise in heart rate on treadmill exercise in patients with asymptomatic moderate or severe aortic stenosis: a new prognostic marker?

NT-proBNP and postoperative heart failure in surgery for aortic stenosis

Association of income and health-related quality of life in atrial fibrillation

Pregnancy complications and premature cardiovascular events among 1.6 million California pregnancies

Glycaemic control and excess risk of major coronary events in patients with type 2 diabetes: a population-based study

Fractional flow reserve derived from microcatheters versus standard pressure wires: a stenosis-level meta-analysis

Surgical versus balloon valvotomy in neonates and infants: results from the UK National Audit

UK perspective on the changing landscape of non-invasive cardiac testing

High-sensitive cardiac troponin T as a predictor of efficacy and safety after pulmonary vein isolation using focal radiofrequency, multielectrode radiofrequency and cryoballoon ablation catheter

Management of perioperative myocardial ischaemia after isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery

End-systolic wall stress in aortic stenosis: comparing symptomatic and asymptomatic patients

Dietary fats, blood pressure and artery health

Coronary endothelial function testing may improve long-term quality of life in subjects with microvascular coronary endothelial dysfunction

Intraventricular flow patterns during right ventricular apical pacing

Associations between common ECG abnormalities and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Propensity score-matched analysis of patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement

Outcomes of cardiac resynchronisation therapy in patients with heart failure with atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

Budget impact analysis of PCSK9 inhibitors costs from a community payers’ perspective in Apulia, Italy

Statistical ranking of electromechanical dyssynchrony parameters for CRT

Hidden burden of arrhythmias in patients with small atrial septal defects: a nationwide study

Long-term follow-up of normal and structural heart ventricular tachycardia catheter ablation: real-world experience from a UK tertiary centre

Left ventricular ejection fraction adds value over the GRACE score in prediction of 6-month mortality after ACS: the MADDEC study

Complications and prognosis of patients undergoing apical or septal right ventricular pacing

Rapid use of high-sensitive cardiac troponin I for ruling-in and ruling-out of acute myocardial infarction (RACING-MI): study protocol

A hundred heart failure deaths: lessons learnt from the Dr Foster heart failure hospital mortality alert

Twelve-month outcome in patients with stroke and atrial fibrillation not suitable to oral anticoagulant strategy: the WATCH-AF registry

Prevalence and prognostic implication of iron deficiency and anaemia in patients with severe aortic stenosis

Increased baseline ECG R-R dispersion predicts improvement in systolic function after atrial fibrillation ablation

Need for expertise in mitral valve regurgitation

Utility of conventional aortic root shot angiography for SAPIEN 3 prosthesis sizing in TAVI: feasibility and inter-reader variability

Correction: Does transcatheter aortic valve alignment matter?

Heritability in genetic heart disease: the role of genetic background

Commentary on the Nordic-Baltic bifurcation study IV (randomised comparison of provisional side branch stenting versus a two-stent strategy for treatment of true coronary bifurcation lesions involving a large side branch)

Use and impact of the prehospital 12-lead ECG in the primary PCI era (PHECG2): protocol for a mixed-method study

Impact of ultrasound contrast agent on the detection of thrombi during transoesophageal echocardiography

Effects of oral sildenafil on exercise capacity in children with pulmonary arterial hypertension: a randomised trial

Correction: High prevalence of undiagnosed COPD among patients evaluated for suspected myocardial ischaemia

Correction: Fractional flow reserve derived from microcatheters versus standard pressure wires: a stenosis-level meta-analysis