IN angina of effort, first-line therapy is still sublingual nitroglycerin. Where this proves
ineffective, the conventional strategy has been to add long-acting nitrates or beta-blockers …

In February, 2002, a 24-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with severe chest pain.
The pain developed when she was cycling. Nitrates administrated by her general …

Johannes Vesling indicates illustrations of the heart (engraving, 1666) peutic power of the
foxglove in 1785, doctors' experience with the drug varied. The 19th century was the golden …

A deputation from this society was appointed to interview the Members of Parliament
representing the counties of Lancashire and Cheshire for the purpose of obtaining their …

THE discovery by Harvey of the circulation of the blood and of the part played by the heart in
carrying on this circulation is one of the few scientific discoveries which have become …

Heart failure is the most common cardiovascular reason for hospital admission for people
older than 60 years of age. Few areas in medicine have progressed as remarkably as heart …

Millions of people are prescribed drugs to prevent and treat cardiovascular disease for
decades, even though the long-term safety and efficacy of these drugs are unknown …

In 2002, Björn Dahlöf and colleagues reported that the angiotensin-receptor blocker losartan
was superior to the β blocker atenolol in the prevention of stroke in hypertensive patients …

WHEN I was a house physician in 1936, one of my duties was to indicate the outcome of the
episode of illness, by underlining one of a list of possible options. One of these was" cure" …

Of all the dilemmas in acute paediatrics, that of distinguishing serious life-threatening illness
in young children from self-limiting, acute viral infections is probably the problem that causes …