Background In chronic heart failure many patients have recurrent hospital admissions and it
is the leading cause of admission in people aged over 65 years. In those with end-stage …

Occasionally complex congenital cardiac disease presents for the first time in adulthood,
encouraging us to reflect anew on our understanding of familiar conditions. A 59-year–old …

This registry assessed the impact of conservative and invasive strategies on major adverse
clinical events (MACE) in elderly patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (…

Background Pericarditis is a common cardiology presentation, most often due to a viral or
idiopathic cause. Listeria as a cause of pericarditis is rare. Listeria is an infection that is readily …

Aim: Despite atrial fibrillation being the most commonly occurring sustained cardiac arrhythmia
its treatment remains the subject of great debate. DC cardioversion is a treatment option …

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and NHS England have
shown a commitment to embedding shared decision-making (SDM) in clinical practice and …

Aims Evaluation of a community-based subcutaneous furosemide service for the treatment
of advanced heart failure. Methods We have initiated a community-based subcutaneous …

… I am indebted to Craig Runnett, Lesley Hamilton and John Dark, without whom none of
this would have been possible, all the gratitude in the world is not and never will be enough. …

The aim of our study was to describe the impact of emergency care centralisation on unscheduled
admissions with a primary discharge diagnosis of acute heart failure (HF). We carried …

670 patients attend Wansbeck General Hospital each year for elective and emergency
permanent pacemaker insertion or modification. Elective patients for new devices attend the …