Cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality increased by 78%, rising from 72.4 to 128.7 per 100 000 (2017–2022), with the greatest ...

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Background: People with HIV (PWH) have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Previous cross-sectional data suggest there is a higher prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in PWH than in ...

Evidence of myocardial injury does not necessitate a diagnosis of myocarditis. When a cardiac troponin level is over the 99th percentile of the upper reference limit, 6 there exists a spectrum of ...

Identification of children with latent rheumatic heart disease (RHD) by echocardiography, before onset of symptoms, provides an opportunity to initiate secondary prophylaxis and prevent disease ...

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

Glycoursodeoxycholic acid (GUDCA) has been acknowledged for its ability to regulate lipid homeostasis and provide benefits for various metabolic disorders. However, the impact of GUDCA on arterial ...

The PREVENT risk assessment tools can accommodate an updated and more comprehensive group of risk factors in the sex-based base models, including the addition of body mass index and estimated ...

A cardiac catheterization takes ≈45 minutes to complete. After a coronary angiogram, depending on the severity and pattern of any blockages detected in the coronary arteries, 3 common treatment paths ...

Gene Ontology analysis from differentially expressed genes revealed expected changes in cell cycle, metabolism, and contractility. In addition, mRNA splicing was among the top enriched differentially ...

The estimated mean systolic blood pressure (BP) declined from 123 mm Hg in 1999 to 2000 to 120 mm Hg in 2009 to 2010 and increased to 123 mm Hg in 2017 to 2020. The age-adjusted prevalence of ...

One of the most important sectors of health care is the ability to access not only quality health care services but diversity for comprehensive health care delivery. Not all children with congenital ...