In a cohort of English youths, those who persisted smoking tobacco from childhood to early adulthood showed significant cardiac damage by age 24 years and potentially irreversible cardiac injury, a researcher reported. Andrew Agbaje, MD, MPH, PhD, associate professor of clinical epidemiology and child health at the University of Eastern Finland in Kuopio, Finland, analyzed data from the Avon
In patients with a history of stroke or those at high risk of developing stroke, a continuous rhythm monitoring strategy using implantable loop recorders (ILR)…
A man in his mid-50s presented with chest pain lasting 30 minutes. The initial electrocardiogram showed type A preexcitation syndrome, with obvious ST-segment depression in…
BACKGROUND: Mitochondrial dysfunction is a key factor in the development of atherogenesis. METTL4 (methyltransferase-like protein 4) mediates N6- methyldeoxyadenosine (6mA) of mammalian mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA).…
Your family health history holds critical clues to your personal risk of developing blood clots. Join us for NBCA’s first PEP Talk of the year,…
Background: Thrombosis of the left internal jugular vein in an astronaut aboard the International Space Station was recently described, incidentally discovered …
The procedure, performed on Feb. 14, was part of an early feasibility trial developed with help from the FDA.
Dr. Chris LeSar talks about the driving forces that led him to open his own office-based lab.
Anthony A. Bavry, MD, MPH, FACC
The American College of Cardiology is seeking its next Editor-in-Chief for JACC: Basic to Translational Science (JACC: BTS), an exciting leadership opportunity for a visionary…
