Background The clinical significance of the association between elevated anti–Chlamydia
pneumoniae (Cp) antibody titres and coronary heart disease (CHD) is unclear. We explored …

OBJECTIVE--To investigate whether monocyte expression of tissue factor is increased in
patients with acute coronary syndromes and chronic stable angina. DESIGN--Cross …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the commonest sustained arrhythmia globally and results in
significantly increased morbidity and mortality including a fivefold risk of stroke. Paroxysmal …

Summary Class III (Vaughan-Williams classification) antiarrhythmic drugs prolong the
cardiac action potential without affecting depolarisation. The 3 class III drugs currently in …

Sarcoid-type pulmonary lymphadenopathy associated with testicular cancer is a rare
condition which has been previously reported in only 14 cases. Earlier case reports have …

Objective To investigate the expression of monocyte tissue factor (MTF) and adhesion
molecules in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) and to look for any correlation with …

A causative role of infection in the pathogenesis of athero-sclerosis was first proposed in
1908 by Sir William Osler.'Although originally this view was not widely accepted, there is …

Aim Administration of intravenous magnesium sulphate has been shown to be protective
during acute myocardial ischaemia and it may therefore have beneficial effects in unstable …

A case is presented in which a 66-year-old man received thrombolysis for an acute ST
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) within 6 minutes of developing chest pain. An ECG …

Many of the trials of intervention in AF are based on tertiary centre population. Few
contemporary data address emergency AF admissions to UK District General Hospitals …