Background – Patients with ischemic or dilated cardiomyopathy and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) face a high risk for ventricular arrhythmias. Exact grading of diastolic function…
Hypertension is the leading cause of cardiovascular disease and premature death worldwide. 1 An accurate blood pressure (BP) measurement is essential for the diagnosis and…
Medium cerebral arteries were defined either according to vessel size as cerebral arteri es with lumen diameters between 0.75 and 2.0 mm or according to…
BACKGROUND: Excess fibrotic remodeling causes cardiac dysfunction in ischemic heart disease, driven by MAP (mitogen-activated protein) kinase–dependent TGF-ß1 (transforming growth factor-ß1) activation by coagulation signaling…
Hypertension is the leading cause of cardiovascular disease and premature death worldwide. 1 An accurate blood pressure (BP) measurement is essential for the diagnosis and…
Hypertension is the leading cause of cardiovascular disease and premature death worldwide. 1 An accurate blood pressure (BP) measurement is essential for the diagnosis and…
BACKGROUND: Cardiac troponin (cTn) is key in diagnosing myocardial infarction (MI). After MI, the clinically observed half-life of cTn has been reported to be 7…
BACKGROUND: Cardiac troponin (cTn) is key in diagnosing myocardial infarction (MI). After MI, the clinically observed half-life of cTn has been reported to be 7…
Despite the availability of multiple classes of lipoprotein-lowering medications, some high-risk patients have persistent hypercholesterolemia and may require nonpharmacologic therapy. Lipoprotein apheresis (LA) is a…
BackgroundNeighborhood‐level income is inversely associated with cardiovascular events; however, it is uncertain whether this association varies with immigration status.Methods and ResultsWe conduc…
RegistrationURL: https://clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT02594111.
