Premenopausal women presenting with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) are a unique and often underrecognized patient population. Although they are traditionally considered at lower cardiovascular risk ...
A 68-year-old man without previous comorbidities presented to the emergency department with complaints of palpitations and giddiness. On examination, his pulse rate was 92 beats per minute, and his ...
Adam P. Bress, Timothy S. Anderson, John M. Flack, [...] on behalf of the American Heart Association Council on Hypertension; Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing; and Council on Clinical ...
The human body normally maintains a careful balance between bleeding and clotting. Blood cells called platelets, proteins in the blood, and the cells lining the blood vessels are closely regulated, so ...
BACKGROUND: Oscillatory shear stress (OSS), resulting from disturbed blood flow, is implicated in atherosclerotic plaque formation by incompletely understood mechanisms. This study aims to elucidate ...
Background: People with type 2 diabetes (T2D) who have elevated levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) face a greater risk of myocardial infarction and coronary death. Early data for ...
Background: Middle-aged and older endurance athletes have increased prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD) on coronary CT angiography (CCTA) compared to healthy controls, despite similarly low ...