Background: Patients with a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke have an increased risk of subsequent stroke that ...

BACKGROUND: For reasons not fully understood, Black adults experience more socioeconomic disadvantages (SED) than their White counterparts, as well as earlier onset and greater mortality from heart ...

Death certificate data indicate that hypertension may have increased as a contributing cause of death among US adults. Hypertension is not commonly recorded on death certificates although it ...

VESALIUS-CV is a large (N=12 257), rigorously conducted, international, randomized, placebo-controlled trial conducted in patients at high cardiovascular risk but without prior myocardial infarction ...

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Little DT, Howard CM, Pendergraft E, Brittian KR, Audam TN, Lukudu EW, Smith J, Nguyen D, Nishida Y, Yamaguchi Y, et al. Activated cardiac fibroblasts are a primary source of high-molecular-weight ...

Circulation: Population Health and Outcomes, a journal of the American Heart Association, invites applications for an ...

The arterial vasculature is the second most frequently calcified structure in the human body after the skeleton.

BACKGROUND: Aortic valve calcification increases leaflet stiffness and contributes to the development of calcific aortic valve disease. The molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying calcification ...

BACKGROUND: Consensus-based clinical practice guidelines recommend echocardiographic surveillance intervals based on aortic ...

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally. Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol is a causal risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular ...