BACKGROUND: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a life-threatening vascular disease with no effective pharmacological treatments. The causal role of triglycerides (TGs) in AAA development remains ...

Welcome listeners. Now we're jumping into the month of August, and on this August 5th issue of Circulation on the Run, I'm one of your co-hosts Dr. Greg Hundley, associate editor director of the ...

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 ...

This real‐world evidence study of 6961 patients was conducted by applying pattern recognition methods to parse and extract CAC scores from CCTAs conducted as part of clinical screening for CVD risk.

BACKGROUND: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality, including sudden cardiac death in the young. Its prevalence is estimated to be 1 in 500, although ...

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 ...

Marfella R, Prattichizzo F, Sardu C, Fulgenzi G, Graciotti L, Spadoni T, D’Onofrio N, Scisciola L, La Grotta R, Frige C, et al. Microplastics and nanoplastics in atheromas and cardiovascular events. N ...

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 ...

Outcomes After Aspirin Discontinuation Among Baseline Users in Contemporary Primary Prevention Aspirin Trials: A Meta-Analysis ...

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 ...

Preventive therapy for cardioembolic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation is anticoagulation, and current guideline recommends direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) as alternatives to vitamin K ...