Coronary artery disease (CAD) patients had a higher risk of first-ever stroke than general population even when they were on antiplatelet treatment. It was unknown whether more potent antipl...
View or Download AHA Statement (PDF) The American Heart Association (AHA) has issued interim guidance for CPR and emergency cardiovascular care for patients with known or suspected coro...
Evidence indicates that a small portion of hospitalized patients comprises a majority of hospitalizations through frequent readmission. “It’s frustrating for healthcare professionals, b...
While antireflux surgery is often proposed to patients with proton pump inhibitor-refractory GERD, a subgroup of patients remains symptomatic or experiences late complications of surgery, ...
Coronary artery disease (CAD) has historically been responsible for more deaths in women than in men and previous studies have suggested sex differences in revascularization approaches and o...
The transformation of macrophages to foam cells is a critical component in atherosclerotic lesion formation. Maslinic acid (MA), a novel natural pentacyclic triterpene, has cardioprotective ...
Danshensu (DSS) is a water-soluble phenolic compound in Danshen (Salvia Miltiorrhiza Radix et Rhizoma). Although various pharmacological activities have been recognized, little is known rega...
Assess achievement of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) targets in European Society of Cardiology (ESC)/European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) guidelines.Systematic literature revi...
We aimed to assess the association between migraine headache and incident dementia.Migraine is a risk factor for white matter hyperintensities and ischemic stroke, which are both associated ...
Rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) is one of the most serious extra-articular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). “Studies show that clinically s...
. With age, the proportion of memory T cells increases, while the proportion and number of naive T cell decreases. Memory T cells are more sensitive to antigenic stimulation and less depende...
Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) promote inflammation and atherosclerosis progression. NETs are increased in diabetes and impair the resolution of inflammation during wound healing. Ath...
Enhanced External Counterpulsation (EECP) can chronically relieve ischemic chest pain and improve the prognosis of coronary heart disease (CHD). Despite its role in mitigating heart complica...
Severe hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) is associated with major complications such as acute or relapsing pancreatitis (AP) and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Rapid elimination of...
Pyroptosis is a form of cell death that is uniquely dependent on caspase-1. Pyroptosis involved in oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL)-induced human macrophage death through promotion ...
Angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) is a proangiogenic factor that mediates inflammation and atherosclerosis. We evaluated the predictive value of circulating Ang-2 levels for periprocedural myocardial i...
Traditional cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, such as hypertension, dyslipidemia and diabetes do not explain the increased CVD burden in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The oxid...
Exercise training (ET) helps treat atherosclerosis. However, many patients stop regular ET for various reasons. The effect of detraining on atherosclerosis is not well studied. We examined t...
Higher statin intensity is associated with a lower risk of mortality in patients with cardiovascular disease. However, little is known about the relationship between statin intensity and chr...
Healthcare providers may not offer patient portal (PP) access to electronic health records (EHRs) to their patients older than 85 years, due to the false impression that they do not utiliz...
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