BACKGROUND: Evaluation of whether dyspnea has a cardiac cause is essential. Guidelines from 2016 were reported to result in a ...

Acute fulminant myocarditis (AFM) is characterized by sudden, severe cardiac inflammation causing hemodynamic instability or arrhythmia. 1 Currently, no approved medical therapy exists for AFM. Janus ...

Research studies in cardiovascular epidemiology assessing the relationship between a primary exposure and a health outcome must account for the presence of what are often called third variables, ...

Otto CM, Nishimura RA, Bonow RO, Carabello BA, Erwin JP, Gentile F, Jneid H, Krieger EV, Mack M, McLeod C, et al. 2020 ACC/AHA Guideline for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: a ...

Results: We recruited 1213 patients in 25 hospitals and 8 countries. We randomly assigned 599 to RIPC and 614 to sham-RIPC. The most frequent surgical procedures were abdominal and intrathoracic ...

Recent studies have highlighted the deleterious role of high phosphate intake in hypertension by means of sympathetic overactivation, yet the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Dietary phosphate ...

High expression of FGF20 was detected in the serum of patients with ischemic stroke, the cortex of ischemic rats, and oxygen-glucose deprivation-reoxygenation–injured neurons. Heparin-poloxamer ...

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Results: A total of 22,617 patients with CKD were randomized to the patient-level intervention, with 11,223 allocated to receive the electronic nudge letter and 11,394 to usual care. Separately, 1,540 ...

Three randomized controlled trials met our inclusion criteria, comprising a total of 10 626 patients and 74 incident intracranial hemorrhage events. In the pooled analysis, the relative risk of ...

Currently, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) represent the leading contributor to global disease burden among all level 2 causes in the GBD (Global Burden of Disease) study, measured by death and the ...

Thiele H, Møller JE, Henriques JPS, Bogerd M, Seyfarth M, Burkhoff D, Ostadal P, Rokyta R, Belohlavek J, Massberg S, et al; MCS Collaborator Scientific Group. Temporary mechanical circulatory support ...