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Cardiovascular risk (CVR) is defined as the possibility of a subject suffering from car diovascular disease within a certain period. Although the pathology appears in adult life, the physiopathological changes start to develop...

Oxygen treatment is being widely used in intensive care and emergency medicine and is required to maintain aerobic metabolism. It may be administered by nasal cannula, face mask, high-flow therapy, and by ventilation. Under...

The prevalence of hypertension in adults in South Africa (SA) is 35%. Hypertension is the most important modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular (CV) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) in sub-Saharan Africa. However, 49% of...

In 2013 American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association released a guideline on the management of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) including a composite of death from CVD, non-fatal myocardial...

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is caused by obstruction of the pulmonary vasculature, leading to increased pulmonary vascular resistance and ultimately right ventricular failure, the leading cause of death...

To identify risk-factors for 30-day hospital readmission in systemic sclerosis pulmonary hypertension (SSc-PH) and to compare trends and characteristics of 30-day readmissions in SSc-PH versus non-SSc pulmonary arterial...

Clonidine (CL) and Rilmenidine (RI) are among the most frequently prescribed centrally- acting antihypertensives. Here we compared CL and RI effects on psychogenic cardiovascular reactivity to sonant, luminous, motosensory, and...

During normal pregnancy, increased insulin resistance acts as an adaptation to enhance materno-foetal nutrient transfer and meet the nutritional needs of the developing foetus, particularly in relation to glucose requirements....

 To evaluate the obstetric and sociodemographic characteristics of gestational diabetic women who maintained hyperglycemia in the postpartum period (6-12 weeks postpartum). This is a longitudinal cohort study with women who have...

Metformin as first-line treatment in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2 D) shows benefits in terms of reducing cardiovascular events, but the risk of a lactic acidosis as a serious adverse event especially in patients with decreased...

Background The impact of the new 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) hypertension guideline on dementia risk at the population level has not been evaluated. Methods and Results We studied...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with an increased risk of dementia. Little is known about the relationship of antithrombotic therapy and the risk of dementia in patients with AF without clinical stroke.This was an...

Cognitive impairment and depression in patients with heart failure (HF) are common comorbidities and are associated with increased morbidity, readmissions and mortality. Timely recognition of cognitive impairment and depression...

Background Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a frequent cause of inpatient admissions in the United States. The purpose of this study was to analyze the racial and gender disparities that occur in CHF admissions and determine...

The United States Food and Drug Administration is investigating possible diet-associated dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in dogs and cats.To retrospectively review DCM cases for signalment, diet information, echocardiographic...

To examine the association of a high C-reactive protein (CRP) level at discharge from an acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) hospitalisation with the 1-year clinical outcomes.A post-hoc subanalysis of a prospective cohort...

Mobile technology-based solutions present promising effects against cardiovascular diseases. Long-term follow-up in mobile phone-based interventions has not yet been elucidated as a primary prevention technique for...

High blood pressure (BP) during sleep (asleep blood pressure) is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, but a national prevalence estimate of masked asleep hypertension (high BP while sleeping but without...

Cardiac injury with attendant negative prognostic implications is common among patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. Whether cardiac injury, including myocarditis, also occurs with...

Using a nationwide epidemiological database, we aimed to clarify the association of fasting plasma glucose (FPG) with subsequent cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk among young adults.Medical records of 1,180,062 young adults...