BACKGROUND: Premature atrial contractions (PACs) are independently associated with atrial fibrillation, stroke, and heart failure, yet no pharmacological therapy is approved for PAC suppression.

Background: Patients with a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke have an increased risk of subsequent stroke that persists for at least 10 years. We aimed to identify prognostic factors ...

BACKGROUND: For reasons not fully understood, Black adults experience more socioeconomic disadvantages (SED) than their White counterparts, as well as earlier onset and greater mortality from heart ...

The arterial vasculature is the second most frequently calcified structure in the human body after the skeleton. Calcification of the aorta and aortic valves occurs in most individuals in westernized ...

BACKGROUND: Aortic valve calcification increases leaflet stiffness and contributes to the development of calcific aortic valve disease. The molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying calcification ...

Circulation: Population Health and Outcomes, a journal of the American Heart Association, invites applications for an Associate Editor to join the journal’s new editorial team led by incoming ...

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request and IRB approval. Records were reviewed for all aSAH patients treated at Barrow ...

Myocarditis has been recognized as a complication of COVID-19 mRNA vaccinations, particularly in adolescent and young adult male patients. 1 Cardiovascular sequelae after an acute episode of ...

Several stroke prognostic scores have been developed to predict clinical outcomes after stroke. This study aimed to develop and validate novel data-driven predictive models for clinical outcomes by ...

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VESALIUS-CV is a large (N=12 257), rigorously conducted, international, randomized, placebo-controlled trial conducted in patients at high cardiovascular risk but without prior myocardial infarction ...

Death certificate data indicate that hypertension may have increased as a contributing cause of death among US adults. Hypertension is not commonly recorded on death certificates although it ...