Norepinephrine, epinephrine, and dobutamine promoted little contractile response in HF AVMs. MAOi significantly rescued norepinephrine and epinephrine but not dobutamine-induced excitation-contraction ...
Dog ownership has been associated with decreased cardiovascular risk. Recent reports have suggested an association of dog companionship with lower blood pressure levels, improved lipid profile, and ...
A journal club is a form of meeting regularly held among health practitioners to discuss recently published related literature. The first organized journal club is credited to Sir William Osler in ...
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 ...
Our goal was to investigate whether initial ischemic lesion pattern can predict stroke recurrence in patients with symptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis. Of the Trial of Cilostazol in Symptomatic ...
Background and Purpose— This study compared the psychometric properties of 3 clinical balance measures, the Berg Balance Scale (BBS), the Balance subscale of the Fugl-Meyer test (FM-B), and the ...
Sleeping too little or too much increases the risk of cardiovascular events and death in those with coronary artery disease, suggests a growing body of evidence. More than one-third (35%) of US adults ...
Background: The liver X receptors are oxysterol-activated nuclear hormone receptors that regulate cholesterol homeostasis and de novo lipogenesis. TLC-2716 is an oral, liver-targeted inverse agonist ...
Such findings were generally ignored because multiple epidemiological studies have demonstrated reduced cardiovascular disease (CVD) events with increasing levels of physical activity (PA). Randomized ...
The Russian Federation has 146.6 million inhabitants and the largest territory in the world. Cardiovascular mortality in the country is unacceptably high, and cardiovascular disease is the leading ...
Background: Stroke is the 5 th leading cause of death in the U.S. contributing to ≥$56 billion in annual healthcare costs. Effective blood pressure (BP) management is crucial for reducing stroke and ...
Background: While the incidence of sudden death in athletes is low, a number of clinically unsuspected cardiovascular diseases have been linked to sudden death in young well-trained athletes.