Supplemental glycine, via activation of glycine-gated chloride channels that are expressed on a number of types of cells, including Kupffer cells, macrophages, lymphocytes, platelets, cardiomyocytes ...

Objectives To report the numbers of consultant congenital cardiac surgeons and cardiologists who have joined and left UK practice over the last 10 years and explore the reasons for leaving.Methods ...

Background Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is a hereditary disorder characterised by elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels, substantially increasing the risk of ...

Objectives The aims of this study were to evaluate the inconsistency of aortic stenosis (AS) severity between CT aortic valve area (CT-AVA) and echocardiographic Doppler parameters, and to investigate ...

‘I know of no single acceptable study that shows a high intake of sugar in a population that is almost entirely free from heart disease.’1—John Yudkin The evidence incriminating insulin and ...

Background Women with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) experience higher mortality rates than men. This disparity is influenced by factors such as older age, greater comorbidity burden, atypical ...

Objective We aimed to compare the early haemodynamic data of the On-X and St Jude Medical (SJM) Regent bileaflet mechanical prostheses in the aortic position.Methods A retrospective study was ...

Objective To update the Cochrane systematic review of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR) for heart failure.Methods A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials was ...

Background The prognosis of myocardial ischaemia with no obstructive coronary artery disease (INOCA) and its underlying vasomotor disorders, vasospastic angina (VSA) and microvascular angina (MVA), is ...

Background Drug-eluting stent-induced vasospastic angina (DES-VSA) has emerged as a novel complication in the modern era of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Although beta blockers (BBs) are ...

Conclusion This study highlights significant treatment disparities in AVR among octogenarians with high-gradient sAS despite clear benefits in survival and reduced hospitalisations. The findings ...

Objective Despite improvements in its management, infective endocarditis (IE) is associated with poor survival. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of a multidisciplinary endocarditis ...