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

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology A specialized journal dedicated to advancing the understanding and management of cardiac arrhythmias and electrophysiology Editor-in-Chief: Paul J. Wang, ...

Research studies in cardiovascular epidemiology assessing the relationship between a primary exposure and a health outcome must account for the presence of what are often called third variables, ...

High expression of FGF20 was detected in the serum of patients with ischemic stroke, the cortex of ischemic rats, and oxygen-glucose deprivation-reoxygenation–injured neurons. Heparin-poloxamer ...

Results: We recruited 1213 patients in 25 hospitals and 8 countries. We randomly assigned 599 to RIPC and 614 to sham-RIPC. The most frequent surgical procedures were abdominal and intrathoracic ...

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Results: A total of 22,617 patients with CKD were randomized to the patient-level intervention, with 11,223 allocated to receive the electronic nudge letter and 11,394 to usual care. Separately, 1,540 ...

Thiele H, Møller JE, Henriques JPS, Bogerd M, Seyfarth M, Burkhoff D, Ostadal P, Rokyta R, Belohlavek J, Massberg S, et al; MCS Collaborator Scientific Group. Temporary mechanical circulatory support ...

A total of 39 women were lost to follow-up, and 1 withdrew consent. Data for 266 women were available for analysis. Overall, preeclampsia occurred in 15.8% (42/266) and eclampsia in 2.3% (6/266) of ...

eLetters should relate to an article recently published in the journal and are not a forum for providing unpublished data. Comments are reviewed for appropriate use of tone and language. Comments are ...

Bainey KR, Wood DA, Bossard M, Campo G, Cantor WJ, Lavi S, Madan M, Mehran R, Pinilla-Echeverri N, Rao S, et al; COMPLETE trial investigators. Effects of complete revascularization according to age in ...

BACKGROUND: Coronary artery disease is a chronic and multifactorial disease with acute manifestations. Little is known about the concomitant impact of hypercholesterolemia and hypertension on the ...