African Americans have an approximately 50% greater stroke rate and an 80% greater rate of cardiovascular mortality. "African Americans have an approximately 50% greater stroke rate and an 80% greater ...

Objective: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality all over the world. The combined effect of volume and pressure overload seen in patients with CKD is ...

Previous research correlates high parathyroid hormone levels with left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with kidney failure. Total parathyroidectomy with forearm autotransplantation (tPTx+AT) may ...

Background A 64-year-old male was observed as an outpatient with atypical, non-exercise-induced chest pain and palpitations. He had arterial hypertension and marked concentric left ventricular ...

Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. Human neutrophil peptide-1 (HNP-1) is a commonly investigated therapeutic agent. However, its role in ...

A randomized controlled study recently published in Ethnicity & Disease in their Autumn 2019 Hypertension issue found that the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique helps to prevent abnormal ...

Elevated left ventricular mass, known as left-ventricular hypertrophy, is a stronger predictor of coronary artery disease-related death and heart failure than coronary artery calcium score, according ...

Background. A 61-year-old man presented with shortness of breath and chest pain on exertion. He had been diagnosed as having hiatus hernia 2 years previously and was taking proton-pump inhibitors as ...

The three-decade-old international cutpoint for diagnosing children and adolescents with an enlarged heart misclassifies normal heart size as cardiac damage in adolescents, a paper published in the ...

Left ventricular noncompaction is characterized by deep trabeculations in the LV endocardium in association with left ventricular hypertrophy, dilation or hypertrophy/dilation. Noncompaction of the ...

Right Ventricular Systolic Function in Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Receive the the latest news, ...

Panel A shows a cross-section of a normal heart (top) and an endomyocardial biopsy sample from a normal heart (bottom; with hematoxylin and eosin staining) that shows normal histologic characteristics ...