Patients undergoing open surgical repair for intact descending thoracic aortic aneurysm had greater odds of early death than patients undergoing TEVAR.
Many people in the United States don’t know that heart disease is the leading cause of death.
Data show a causal association between lower LDL cholesterol and increased risk for osteoarthritis.
Many patients with spontaneous coronary artery dissection, particularly those with depression and with spontaneous coronary artery dissection-related chest pain, also have a history of migraine.
In order to revise the guidelines, the Task Force reviewed clinical trials presented at the annual scientific meetings of the ACC, AHA, HRS, and European Society of Cardiology in addition to other peer-reviewed, published data.
In women with HIV and subclinical cardiovascular disease (CVD), CXCR4 expression in non-classical monocytes is significantly lower.
Decreased sleep time and fragmented sleep are associated with an increased risk for subclinical multiterritory atherosclerosis.
Investigators sought to determine whether patients with HFrEF have more severe derangements in high-density lipoprotein particle subfractions compared with patients with HFpEF.
These results suggest that CHA2DS2-VASc scores should be continually reassessed, perhaps annually, in patients with atrial fibrillation.
For alirocumab to be considered cost-effective compared with generic ezetimibe, its annual price would have to be reduced to less than $90.
