Contemporary atrial fibrillation (AF) screening relies on ECG and photoplethysmography in hospitals or on data derived from wearable devices, which are constrained by limited accessibility and high ...

BACKGROUND: Whether cannabis is a risk factor for cardiovascular events is unknown. We examined the association between smoking cannabis and cardiovascular events in a cohort of older veterans (66 to ...

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a common comorbidity in hypertension. However, the impact of NAFLD and related fibrosis on hypertension and its control of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and ...

Abstracts from the American Stroke Association's 2025 International Stroke Conference and State-of-the-Science Stroke Nursing Symposium 2025 Volume 56 Number Suppl 1 February 2025 ...

Cardiac fibrosis is an important disease determinant of heart failure progression. Studies in animal models have shown preservation of cardiac function and delayed heart failure progression through ...

The 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association blood pressure guideline recommends initiation of antihypertensive medication for adults with stage 1 hypertension (systolic blood ...

The ductus arteriosus is a normal vascular connection between the pulmonary artery and the aorta that is essential to fetal circulation. Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) prevalence is inversely ...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) accounts for ≈18 million deaths annually worldwide, 1 with major disparities between low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and high-income countries. LMICs contribute a ...

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 ...

Cardiovascular disease may be the main reason for stagnant growth in life expectancy in the United States since 2010. The American Heart Association recently released an updated algorithm for ...

Advances in pediatric cardiology, congenital cardiac surgery, and intensive care medicine have significantly improved survival of children with congenital heart disease (CHD). 1, 2 Patients with CHD ...

Since the last published CPG for heart failure (HF), the field has progressed rapidly with much new evidence. As such, the authors of the new ACCF/AHA/HFSA and ESC guidelines had a monumental task of ...