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Respiratory and Cardiovascular Medicine
Reappraisal of Ischemic Heart Disease
In recent years, it has become apparent that coronary microvascular dysfunction plays a pivotal pathogenic role in angina…
Percutaneous coronary intervention in stable angina (ORBITA)
Symptomatic relief is the primary goal of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in stable angina and is commonly observed…
Will New Anti-eosinophilic Drugs Be Useful in Asthma Management?
Recently there has been great interest in the development of precision medicines that target a specific underlying disease…
Targeting cytokines to treat asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Cytokines play a key role in orchestrating and perpetuating the chronic airway inflammation in asthma and chronic obstructive…
Restoring the resting potential brings maturity to induced stem cell-derived human cardiac myocytes
Reprogramming of mature human cells to produce the equivalent of embryonic stem cells offers exciting possibilities for therapeutic…
Role of sodium/calcium exchange in heart failure-induced arrhythmias
Sudden death from ventricular arrhythmias is an important source of mortality in patients with congestive heart failure. Rapid…
Mechanisms of calcium transient and action potential alternans in cardiac cells and tissues
Alternation of cardiac action potential duration (APD) from beat to beat and concurrent alternation of the amplitude of…
Risk of cardiovascular serious adverse events associated with varenicline use for tobacco cessation
To examine the risk of treatment emergent, cardiovascular serious adverse events associated with varenicline use for tobacco cessation.…
Improving outcomes for asthma
Adnan Custovic is Clinical Professor of Paediatric Allergy at Imperial College London. Prof Custovic has worked tirelessly to build…
Allergic Rhinitis
Adnan Custovic is Clinical Professor of Paediatric Allergy at Imperial College London. Prof Custovic has worked tirelessly to build…