The LPA gene is the only monogenetic risk factor for calcific aortic valve stenosis (CAVS). Oxidized phospholipids (OxPL) and lysophosphatidic acid generated by autotaxin (ATX) from OxPL are pro-inflammatory. Aortic valve leaflets were categorized pathologically from Both ATX-apoB and ATX-apo …
BACKGROUND: Worsening renal function (WRF) is common in hospitalized patients being treated for acute heart failure. However, discriminating clinically significant WRF remains challenging. In patients…
Podcast Episode · Pediheart: Pediatric Cardiology Today · 11/22/2024 · 39m
For patients with heart failure and reduced or mildly reduced left ventricular ejection fraction, iron deficiency is common and associated with more severe symptoms, worse…
American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs – Despite the effect on blood lipid levels, the clinical benefits of intensive versus standard pharmacological lipid-lowering therapy remain unclear….
In the 2024 U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” guidebook, the ACC recognizes the more than 2,000 hospitals, health systems and centers participating in…
CHICAGO — In patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia with high LDL despite being on optimal medical therapy, obicetrapib greatly lowered LDL levels compared with placebo,…
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Right ventricular outflow dysfunction, manifesting as stenosis, regurgitation, or both, is nearly universal in patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot, precipitating a complex pathophysiological cascade…
Background: Underlying intracranial stenosis is the most common cause of failed mechanical thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke patients with large vessel occlusion. Adjunct emergent stenting…
BACKGROUND: Resistant hypertension is characterized by elevated blood pressure (BP) despite using 3 antihypertensive agents. Ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM) detects the presence of white-coat resistant…
