A 94-year-old female with history of hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and hyperlipidemia presents to the emergency ...

Background: Cardiovascular disease caused by atherosclerosis is responsible for 18 million deaths annually, highlighting a significant need for new medical therapies, especially for patients who are ...

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Perioperative beta blockade lowers heart rate and decreases the risk of myocardial infarction but increases the risk of hypotension, death, and stroke. Ivabradine, a selective heart rate–lowering ...

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Although several epidemiological studies have assessed the risk of cancer in newborns with congenital heart disease (CHD), residual confounders were not excluded, especially maternal factors. 1 On the ...

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The American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the National Institutes of Health, annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and cardiovascular risk ...

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Since the beginning of using tobacco in the form of the modern cigarette in the late 19th century, there have been warnings about the harmful effects of smoking on human health, particularly also ...

The clinical syndrome of heart failure (HF), encompassing a constellation of signs and symptoms, has been recognized for more than a century. The incremental steps over the past 100 years—discoveries ...