Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2).1 Besides direct tissue invasion, SARS-CoV-2 can also elicit an exaggerated host immune response, frequently leading to a cytokine storm, which significantly contributes to multiorgan dysfunction.1 Indeed, high levels of circulating cytokines, particularly interleukin (IL)-6, are…
BACKGROUND: The American Heart Association recently launched updated cardiovascular health metrics, termed Life’s Essential 8 (LE8). Compared with Life’s Simple 7 (LS7), the new approach…
BACKGROUND: ISCHEMIA (International Study of Comparative Health Effectiveness With Medical and Invasive Approaches) did not find an overall reduction in cardiovascular events with an initial…
The US health care industry has broadly adopted performance and quality measures that are extracted from electronic health records and connected to payment incentives that…
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada (A.A.). Correspondence to: Michael M. Givertz, MD, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women’s…
Biomedical Engineering (C.P.R.), The Ohio State University, Columbus. Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical…
Correspondence to: Deborah M. Siegal, MD, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, 451 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada. Email…
Urban environments contribute substantially to the rising burden of cardiometabolic diseases worldwide. Cities are complex adaptive systems that continually exchange resources, shaping exposures rele
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, and Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC. Correspondence to: Manesh R. Patel,…
Correspondence to: Brendon L. Neuen, MBBS(Hons), MSc, PhD, The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 2050. Email The George…
Correspondence to: Rahul C. Deo, MD, PhD, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA, 02115. Email Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital,…
