Department of Cardiology, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Intervention and Precision Medicine, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang ...

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

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, ...

Acute fulminant myocarditis (AFM) is characterized by sudden, severe cardiac inflammation causing hemodynamic instability or arrhythmia. 1 Currently, no approved medical therapy exists for AFM. Janus ...

BACKGROUND: Penetrance and risk of ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) are increasingly recognized as being genotype specific. Therefore, ...

BACKGROUND: The RhoA (Ras homolog family member A) signaling pathway is pivotal in regulating vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) function and blood pressure homeostasis. Current inhibitors of the ...

Background: Major noncardiac surgery carries high rates of postoperative myocardial injury and other complications. Remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) was reported to decrease these complications.

BACKGROUND: Atherosclerotic calcification is a complex pathological process associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events. Despite extensive research, this disorder has no effective ...

BACKGROUND: Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) are a group of chronic leukemias that are associated with pulmonary hypertension (PH), which has been associated with increased risk adverse outcomes.

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 ...

Aortic stenosis (AS) is a progressive disease characterized by important interindividual variability in the rate of disease progression. The pathophysiology of AS progression is complex and involves ...

Campo G, Böhm F, Engstrøm T, Smits PC, Elgendy IY, McCann GP, Wood DA, Serenelli M, James S, Høfsten DE, et al. Complete versus culprit-only revascularization in older patients with ...