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 ...

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 ...

Objective The relationship between dietary patterns and development of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is not well understood. Thus, we prospectively evaluated the association between the ...

Correspondence to Professor Tom Treasure, Clinical Operational Research Unit, Department of Mathematics, University College London, 4 Taviton Street, London WC1H 0BT, UK; tom.treasure{at}gmail.com ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Prof Jun Lv, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China; lvjun{at}bjmu.edu.cn Objective To comprehensively examine ...

Despite the growing recognition of the patent foramen ovale (PFO), particularly when associated with an atrial septal aneurysm, as risk factor for several disease manifestations (above all paradoxical ...

Department of Cardiological Sciences, St George’s Hospital Medical School, London, UK Correspondence to: Dr P Elliott, Department of Cardiological Sciences, St George’s Hospital Medical School, ...

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

Background: Occupational head exposure to radiation in cardiologists may cause radiation induced cataracts and an increased risk of brain cancer. Objective: To determine the effectiveness of 0.5 mm ...

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 ...