Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation occurred in a fit 35 year old man who consumed large doses of nicotine chewing gum (Nicorette Leo) over a prolonged period.

Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation Trust, St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK Dr Catherine Nelson-Piercy, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation Trust, 10th floor Directorate Office, North Wing, St Thomas’ Hospital, ...

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Around 40% of all patients undergoing angiography are found to have normal coronary arteries or non-obstructive coronary artery disease (NOCAD). Despite the high prevalence, this is a group who rarely ...

Correspondence to: Dr Steve W Goodacre Medical Care Research Unit, University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 30 Regent Street, Sheffield, S1 4DA, UK; s.goodacresheffield.ac.uk Each year, over 15 million ...

Vagally mediated atrioventricular (AV) block is defined as a paroxysmal AV block, localised within the AV node, associated with slowing of the sinus rate. All types of second-degree AV block, ...

Almost every week there is an article published in a major national newspaper on the epidemic proportions reached by obesity in various countries. The pathophysiology of obesity is complex and some ...

1 Health Economics Research Centre, Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK 2 British Heart Foundation Health Promotion Research Group, Institute of Health Sciences, University ...

OBJECTIVE To describe clinical outcomes of a paediatric population with histologically confirmed lymphocytic myocarditis. DESIGN A retrospective review between November 1984 and February 1998. SETTING ...

Objective In the majority of studies, the effect of physical activity (PA) on cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality is estimated at a single time point. The impact of long-term PA is likely to ...

6 Department of Pathological Anatomy and Genetics, University of Bari, Bari, Italy Correspondence to: Dr Mattia Gentile Department of Medical Genetics, IRCCS “Saverio de Bellis”, via della Resistenza ...

Objective People’s socioeconomic status (SES) has a major impact on the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) in primary prevention. In patients with existing ASCVD these associations ...