BACKGROUND: Despite the high morbidity and mortality of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), treatment ...

BACKGROUND: A preservation system, the Organ Care System (OCS; TransMedics) uses normothermic pulsatile perfusion during organ transport for heart transplantation. This system has demonstrated ...

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a major risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). This study examined the interplay between watching television and T2D genetic risk for risk of ASCVD.

Sex differences in the risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes of patients with cardiovascular disease have been well described; however, the bulk of the literature has focused on heart ...

Despite insufficient evidence to support direct-to-consumer genetic testing in routine clinical care, cardiovascular clinicians increasingly face questions about its utility and interpretation because ...

Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, MA (S.E.C., A.V.). Department of Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of ...

The coronary microcirculatory resistance index plays a crucial role in predicting patient prognosis. Coronary angiography‐based methods for assessing coronary microcirculatory function offer ...

Lead is an established causal risk factor for coronary heart disease. Atherosclerosis may be the key mediator for this association, but evidence from studies in humans is limited. Our objective was to ...

Department of Neurosurgery, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China. (L.G., J.Z., L.Z., K.B., J.P., Y.J.) Laboratory of ...

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (H.T., H.M., J.A.C.). University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of ...

How different combinations of comorbidities influence risk at the patient level and population level in patients with heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction/heart failure with preserved ...

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