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, ...

The present study was a retrospective observational study based on a nationwide Japanese administrative case‐mix Diagnostic Procedure Combination (DPC) database, the Japanese Registry of All Cardiac ...

Department of Cardiology, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Intervention and Precision Medicine, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang ...

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

Environmental toxicants and pollutants are causes of adverse health consequences, including well-established associations between environmental exposures and cardiovascular diseases. Environmental ...

While significant progress has been made in reducing disparities within the US health care system, notable gaps remain. This article explores existing disparities within pediatric congenital heart ...

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is now defined as mean pulmonary artery pressure >20 mm Hg according to the updated clinical classification from the 6th World Symposium of Pulmonary Hypertension (WSPH) ...

Cardiogenic shock (CS) is characterized by a low cardiac output state, which results in inadequate organ perfusion and tissue hypoxia. Despite recent advances in therapeutic strategies, the prognosis ...

BACKGROUND: Anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity has a variable incidence, and the development of left ventricular dysfunction is preceded by elevations in cardiac troponin concentrations.

Patient engagement is essential for virtual HF programs designed to optimize GDMT. 8 Digital health has the potential to expand such programs to focus on activating patients to advocate for optimal ...

BACKGROUND: Coronary intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) safely facilitates successful stent implantation in severely calcified lesions. This analysis sought to determine the relative impact of lesion ...

Cardiac arrest is common and deadly, affecting up to 700 000 people in the United States annually. Advanced cardiac life support measures are commonly used to improve outcomes. This “2023 American ...