Background: Vitamin‐D deficiency and vitamin‐D receptor genotype (VDR) are risk factors
for several disorders with inflammatory components, including coronary heart disease (CHD) …

Background— In vivo studies with intravascular ultrasound have shown that complex
plaque anatomy and plaque rupture are more frequent in the presence of marked outward …

Background—Atrial fibrillation (AF) occurs in 20% to 40% of patients after CABG. Identification
of patients vulnerable for arrhythmia will allow targeting of those most likely to benefit from …

Patients with diabetes are prone to silent myocardial infarction and silent exertional ischemia.
Although the mechanism is not clear, it may reflect a specific impairment of the sensory …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of low serum magnesium as a trigger for atrial fibrillation
in patients with a substrate for the arrhythmia (assessed by signal averaged P wave duration…

Cardiac angiography was reviewed in 91 patients with post-infarction ventricular septal
rupture. The results were compared with those of 123 stable survivors who had a positive …

OBJECTIVES This study was designed to assess the interaction between aspirin and C-reactive
protein (CRP) release in unstable angina. BACKGROUND C-reactive protein release in …

… Paul Mills graduated with a t_._ng, degree in engineering science and industrial management
from Liverpool University in 1980. After working for GEC in power and control systems …

Monocyte adhesion to the arterial wall is a key event in the atherosclerotic process. We
studied the interactions between human coronary arterial intimal smooth muscle cells (SMCs) …

A survey of infective endocarditis in the North East Thames Regional Health Authority was
carried out over a period of 30 months from 1982 to 1984. The incidence, clinical …