Background: Observational studies have suggested that sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) are associated with a lower risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence after catheter ablation ...

Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevalence is rising among younger women in the US. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are early indicators of cardiovascular risk, yet it remains ...

Electrolyte abnormalities are commonly associated with cardiovascular emergencies. These abnormalities may cause or contribute to cardiac arrest and may hinder resuscitative efforts. In some cases ...

Specifically, women with myocardial infarction or other vascular diseases, such as peripheral artery disease, and invasive procedures, including coronary bypass surgery or carotid endarterectomy, were ...

On page e382, in Table 2-4, 2 entries have been updated: In the fourth row (“Opioid use disorders”), fifth column (“2019”), the entry read, “286.80.” It has been updated to read, “2286.80.” In the ...

Figure. Omics strategies for hypertension prediction. DNA methylation-based epigenetic ages in the study showed strong statistical power to predict the incidence of hypertension in a large cohort of ...

Introduction: A pre-operative assessment of aortic valve anatomy is important in valve repair for aortic regurgitation (AR). Although echocardiogram provides precise information, clear visualization ...

Loss of functional cardiomyocytes caused by myocardial infarction (MI) is a significant risk factor for the development of heart failure. Since cardiomyocytes in the adult heart have been ...

Sleeping too little or too much increases the risk of cardiovascular events and death in those with coronary artery disease, suggests a growing body of evidence. More than one-third (35%) of US adults ...

Studies that include a large number of VTE cases diagnosed by autopsy generally report a higher proportion of cases with PE than DVT. The yearly incidence of PE and DVT was 205 and 182 per 100,000, ...

The National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry’s (NACB) Laboratory Medicine Practice Guidelines (LMPG) for use of cardiac markers were published in July of 1999. 1 The focus of this initial document ...

Background: Research has shown disparities between provision of bystander CPR among different race, gender and age groups. Reasons for this disparity have included concern of legal liability by ...