Though neither a physiologist nor a physician, William Shakespeare, a master observer, deftly noted the central roles of the ...

Despite notable advancements in the acute and long-term management, coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction (MI) ...

BACKGROUND: Evidence of the diverse genetic architecture of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) continues to emerge and requires ...

My experiences reflect knowing a community from the inside rather than judging it from the outside. Detroit was often depicted as lacking promise, but those within it recognized strengths that made ...

BACKGROUND: Cardiac troponin is increasingly used for cardiovascular risk prediction. While abnormal values often reflect ...

Branded medications dominated the prescription market in the 1980s, constituting 81% of fills in the United States. A majority lacked generic equivalents even after patent expiry. In 1984, the ...

A 23-year-old man admitted to an intensive care unit with Staphylococcus bacteremia presented with soft heart sounds and a to-and-fro murmur, which progressed to a silent precordium within 24 hours.

Platypnea-orthodeoxia is a relatively uncommon but striking clinical syndrome characterized by dyspnea and deoxygenation accompanying a change to a sitting or standing from a recumbent position. Since ...

The circulatory system is made up of the heart and blood vessels. There are 3 major types of blood vessels: arteries, veins, and lymphatics. The heart is the pumping organ and helps to push oxygen- ...

The debate began in 2014, when the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) proposed a new approach for risk prediction using a clinical risk tool (HCM Risk-SCD [Clinical Risk Prediction Model for Sudden ...

Introduction: Electrical stimulation has proven itself to be a powerful and novel tool in stroke recovery. However, it is unknown why this therapy significantly improves behavioral outcomes in rodent ...

Bulk RNA-seq data from rat hearts and human induced pluripotent stem cell–derived cardiomyocytes are publicly available at the National Center for Biotechnology Information Sequence Read Archive ...