Takotsubo syndrome is an acute reversible heart failure syndrome that is increasingly
recognized in modern cardiology practice. This Position Statement from the European Society of …

Context: Biochemical control reduces morbidity and increases life expectancy in patients
with acromegaly. With current medical therapies, including the gold standard octreotide long-…

Although sudden cardiac death is one of the most important mode of death in Western
Countries, pathologists and public health physicians have not given this problem the attention it …

Importance Risk stratification of patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy is primarily
based on left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). Superior prognostic factors may improve …

… contributed to the writing of the paper; N Holden recruited patients for and maintained the
West Midlands hypopituitary database and was also involved in data analysis; MC Sheppard, …

Objectives : We studied the prognostic implications of midwall fibrosis in dilated cardiomyopathy
(DCM) in a prospective longitudinal study. Background : Risk stratification of patients …

Background Patients with acromegaly are treated with surgery, radiation therapy, and drugs
to reduce hypersecretion of growth hormone, but the treatments may be ineffective and have …

… Relative to the normal range for LV mass index from our institution for FISP acquisitions (69±10
g/m 2 ), both amyloid patients (116±33 g/m 2 ; P<0.001) and hypertensive controls (98±…

Objectives : We investigated the significance of fibrosis detected by late gadolinium
enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance for the prediction of major clinical events in …

Increasing use of assays for TSH with improved sensitivity as a first‐line test of thyroid function
has raised questions regarding prevalence and clinical significance of abnormal results, …