A woman in her early 40s, diabetic, presented with severe right-sided chest pain radiating to her right hand of 2 hours’ duration. She did not have history of any previous episodes of chest pain, ...

Physical Activity and Public Health in Older Adults: Recommendation From the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association ...

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an important cause of myocardial infarction associated with pregnancy (P-SCAD). 1–3 It is also an understudied cause of maternal death. 4 The present ...

Writing a grant application is a demanding process, especially in the current environment of historically low funding levels. 1 The current funding rate of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood ...

There are several potential mechanisms for the favorable effects of omega-3 fatty acids on overall cardiovascular health (Table 1). Omega-3 fatty acids lower triglyceride levels and increase ...

Introduction: Vegan diets are often encouraged for a myriad of health reasons, traditionally for control of blood lipid, cholesterol, and lipoprotein values. We proposed looking at other markers of ...

Audrys G. Pauža is currently a PhD candidate at the Bristol Medical School (THS), University of Bristol. After earning his MS in Neuroscience from Vilnius University in 2015, he went on to receive a ...

A 78-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of ischemic stroke with regressive right hemiplegia. Two years earlier, she had undergone a supra-annular mitral valve replacement with a ...

In the article by McCrindle et al, “Diagnosis, Treatment, and Long-Term Management of Kawasaki Disease: A Scientific Statement for Health Professionals From the American Heart Association,” which ...

Introduction: Selective beta-1 blockers (s-BBs) are used in the management of hypertension (HT) in specific subsets. Studies comparing the potency of blood pressure (BP) lowering with different s-BBs ...

In the 14th year of these awards, 300 articles were submitted. Recipients of the awards are as follows: ...

Introduction: Non-traumatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ICH) accounts for 2 million strokes annually worldwide. This stroke burden disproportionately impacts minorities, and results in severe ...