Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is considered a beneficial and disease-modifying treatment in appropriately selected heart failure (HF) patients. It reduces morbidity and mortality, reverses ...
Cardiovascular disease remains the foremost cause of morbidity and mortality globally, affecting millions of individuals. Recent discoveries illuminate the substantial role of genetics in ...
BACKGROUND: Patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy without left ventricular outflow tract obstruction commonly experience ...
Background: Legal recreational cannabis sales (“legalization”) began earlier in the Western U.S. (January 2014) versus non-Western states (November 2018), providing a natural experiment to study its ...
BACKGROUND: Blood pressure (BP)–lowering effects of structured exercise are well-established. Effects of 24-hour movement ...
Background: Obesity is a known contributor to the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and increases the risk of subsequent mortality. To fully understand the burden of obesity, accurate ...
BACKGROUND: Allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) is an efficacious treatment for hematologic malignancies but can ...
Department of Critical Care Medicine and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (S.v.D., J.M.S.).
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and lipoprotein(a) (Lp[a]) levels are independently associated with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). However, the relationship between Lp(a) ...
The burden of neurologic diseases, including stroke and dementia, is expected to grow substantially in the coming decades. Thus, achieving optimal brain health has been identified as a public health ...