The present document has been conceived as the European update to the American
College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA)/ESC 2006 Guidelines for …

A unique and highly versatile technique, stress echocardiography (SE) is increasingly
recognized for its utility in the evaluation of non-ischaemic heart disease. SE allows for …

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients≥ 80
years of age. Nonetheless, older patients have typically been under-represented in …

ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and
the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: A Report of the American College of …

Decision makers in health care are increasingly interested in using high-quality scientific
evidence to support clinical and health policy choices; however, the quality of available …

Inappropriate prescribing is particularly common in older patients and is associated with
adverse drug events (ADEs), hospitalization, and wasteful utilization of resources. We …

Prescription of medicines is a fundamental component of the care of elderly people, and
optimisation of drug prescribing for this group of patients has become an important public …

Objective.—To identify issues related to the quality of health care in the United States,
including its measurement, assessment, and improvement, requiring action by health care …

OBJECTIVE: Large health care utilization databases are frequently used in variety of
settings to study the use and outcomes of therapeutics. Their size allows the study of …

Tthe end of every century it is customary to reflect on the events of the past hundred years
and to look toward the future, and in this lecture I should like to do this for cardiovascular …