BACKGROUND: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a life-threatening vascular disease with no effective pharmacological treatments. The causal role of triglycerides (TGs) in AAA development remains ...

Contemporary atrial fibrillation (AF) screening relies on ECG and photoplethysmography in hospitals or on data derived from wearable devices, which are constrained by limited accessibility and high ...

This real‐world evidence study of 6961 patients was conducted by applying pattern recognition methods to parse and extract CAC scores from CCTAs conducted as part of clinical screening for CVD risk.

Since its original description in 2011, much has been described about atrial functional mitral regurgitation (AFMR). In the original description of AFMR, mitral regurgitation (MR) significantly ...

Background and Purpose— The relationship between infarct dimensions and neurological progression in patients with acute pontine infarctions remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the ...

Background and Purpose—The association of total and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol with stroke risk is unclear, especially regarding hemorrhagic stroke. Methods—We prospectively ...

A 64-year-old man presented with acute epigastric abdominal pain. One year earlier, the patient was admitted for type B aortic dissection and treated medically. In the context of chronic aortic ...

In 2017, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a new clinical practice guideline for defining hypertension in children as an update to the previous Fourth Report guidelines issued in 2004.

Blood flows through blood vessels to deliver oxygen and nutrients to all the body's tissues. When a blood vessel is injured, a process called coagulation causes blood to form clots that stop the ...

Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2019 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association ...

We recruited 50 patients who had undergone cardiac surgery who were on telemetry. Exclusion criteria included cardiac pacemaker, surgical use of a radial artery, chronic heart rhythm abnormalities, ...

The 2020 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines on non–ST‐segment elevation acute coronary syndrome recommend a third high‐sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs‐cTn) measurement for patients ...