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- 1From: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. (Vol. 13) Peer-ReviewedBackground A health technology assessment (HTA) of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (CA-AF) was commissioned by the Belgian government and performed by the Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE). In this...
- 2From: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Hou Tee Lu1,2 and Rusli Bin Nordin1 Background Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) encompasses a spectrum of clinical entities, ranging from unstable angina (UA), non-ST-segment elevation myocardial...
- 3From: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Jenni Murray1 , Grania Fenton1 , Stephanie Honey1 , Ana Claudia Bara1 , Kate Mary Hill1 and Allan House1 Background Evidence supporting the role of healthy lifestyles in the prevention and management of...
- 4From: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Mohammed Al-Najai1 , Paul Muiya1 , Asma I Tahir1 , Samar Elhawari1 , Daisy Gueco1 , Editha Andres1 , Nejat Mazhar1 , Nada Altassan1 , Maie Alshahid2 and Nduna Dzimiri1 Background The...
- 5From: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Jayne Tullett1 , Ellen Murray1 , Linda Nichols1 , Roger Holder1 , Will Lester2 , Peter Rose3 , FD Richard Hobbs4 and David Fitzmaurice1 Background Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is associated with...
- 6From: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Nishant K Sekaran1 , Jeremy B Sussman2 , Anna Xu2 and Rodney A Hayward3 Background Cardiovascular (CV) disease is the leading cause of death in the world, with coronary artery disease alone resulting in...
- 7From: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Ruiming Liu1 , Yuansen Qin1 , Huijin Wang1 , Yong Zhao2 , Zuojun Hu1 and Shenming Wang1 Background Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and arterial...
- 8From: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Ischemic postconditioning (PostC), reperfusion in brief cycles, is known to induce short-term reduction in infarct size in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), especially among those...
- 9From: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Coronary heart disease remains the leading cause of death in developed countries. In Africa, the disease continues to rise with varying rates of progression in different countries. At present, there is...
- 10From: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Jun Su1 , Xiang Hua1 , Max Vikström2 , Karin Leander2 , Bruna Gigante2 , Mai-Lis Hellenius3 , Ulf de Faire2,4 and Johan Frostegård1 Background Atherosclerosis is the major underlying cause of...
- 11From: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Kenan Direk1 , Marina Cecelja2 , William Astle3 , Phil Chowienczyk2 , Tim D Spector1 , Mario Falchi4 and Toby Andrew1,4 Background Body fat distribution, particularly abdominal adiposity, is strongly...
- 12From: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Frank M Sanfilippo1 , Jamie M Rankin2 , Michael ST Hobbs1 , Michael Nguyen3 , Matthew W Knuiman1 , Patricia Berg1 , Eric G Whitford4 , Randall Hendriks3,5 , Bernard E Hockings6,7 , Michael Muhlmann4 , Mark...
- 13From: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Qian Du1 , Jinling Wu1 , Hua Wang1 , Xin Wang1 , Lin Xu1 , Zhiyong Zhang1 , Jiamei Liu1 , Juan Zhang1 , Jin Chen1 , Hakon Hakonarson2 , Aihua Hu2 and Lin Zhang1 Background In recent years, there has...
- 14From: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Isidora S Vujcic1 , Sandra B Sipetic1 , Eleonora S Dubljanin2 and Hristina D Vlajinac1 Background Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for 17.3 million...
- 15From: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Sarah Garcia1 , Michael L Alosco1 , Mary Beth Spitznagel1,2 , Ronald Cohen3 , Naftali Raz4 , Lawrence Sweet3 , Richard Josephson5 , Joel Hughes1,2 , Jim Rosneck2 , Morgan L Oberle5 and John Gunstad1,2...
- 16From: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Helena Gylling1,2,8 , Janne Halonen3 , Harri Lindholm3 , Jussi Konttinen3 , Piia Simonen4 , Markku J Nissinen5 , Aslak Savolainen6 , Airi Talvi7 and Maarit Hallikainen2 Background LDL cholesterol can be...
- 17From: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Johan Thelin1,2 , Catharina Borna1,2 , David Erlinge1,3 and Bertil ühlin1,2 Background The leading symptom of an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is typically chest pain. Since ACS is associated with a...
- 18From: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Joanna Lim1 , Alexander Sternberg2 , Nathan Manghat3 and Steve Ramcharitar1 Background We present an interesting case of hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) causing decompensated NYHA class IV heart...
- 19From: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Darwin F Yeung1,2 , Nicole K Van Dyke1 , Laura C Maclagan1 , Gordon W Moe3 , Baiju R Shah1,6 , Maria Chiu1 , Douglas S Lee1,4 , Dennis T Ko1,5 , Ching Lau5 and Jack V Tu1,5 Background Heart failure (HF)...
- 20From: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Endale Tefera1 , Ramón Bermudez-Caéete2 and Lola Rubio3 Background Membranous subpulmonic stenosis in association with supracristal ventricular septal defect or with ventricular septal defect and aortic...