BACKGROUND: Desmosomal gene variants (DGVs) have been associated with a diverse spectrum of phenotypic manifestations within ...

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Although tortuosity of the internal carotid artery (ICA) can pose a significant challenge when performing mechanical thrombectomy, few studies have examined the impact of ICA tortuosity on mechanical ...

Stroke prevention is central to the management of patients with AF. For many years, the use of oral anticoagulant therapy with warfarin, described as a vitamin K antagonist (VKA), has been the ...

Many features of the environment have been found to exert an important influence on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, progression, and severity. Changes in the environment because of migration to ...

Background— Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy measures the number and size of lipoprotein particles instead of their cholesterol or triglyceride content, but its clinical utility is ...

Cardiac intensive care units are witnessing a demographic shift, characterized by patients with increasingly complex or ...

Delayed cerebral ischemia is a major predictor of poor outcomes in patients who suffer subarachnoid hemorrhage. Treatment options are limited and often ineffective despite many years of investigation ...

Antiarrhythmic drugs (AAD) play an important role in the management of arrhythmias. Drug interactions involving AAD are common in clinical practice. As AADs have a narrow therapeutic window, both ...

Appendix 1. Author Relationships With Industry and Other Entitiese 717 Appendix 2. Reviewer Relationships With Industry and Other Entitiese 720 Since 1980, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and ...

Heart failure affects ≈5.7 million people in the United States alone. Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin receptor blockers, β-blockers, and aldosterone antagonists have improved ...