BACKGROUND: Observational evidence investigating associations between cannabis use and hypertension is inconsistent. METHODS: ...

Keyhani S, Cohen BE, Vali M, Hoggatt KJ, Bravata DM, Austin PC, Lum E, Hasin D, Grunfeld C, Shlipak MG. Association of smoking cannabis with cardiovascular events among veterans with coronary artery ...

Screen time in children and adolescents may be linked to cardiometabolic and cardiovascular risk.

Cognitive impairment is a clinical condition that frequently occurs after stroke, interfering with patients’ functional status and increasing their risk of death. Multiple cognitive domains can be ...

Background: Both contact force monitoring (CFM) and unipolar signal modification (USM) are guides for ablation, which improve the efficacy of pulmonary vein isolation of atrial fibrillation. We sought ...

Predictive models such as the Cardiac Arrest Survival Score (CASS), FACTOR score, and Survival After ROSC in Cardiac Arrest (SARICA) have been developed to estimate in‐hospital mortality in ...

BACKGROUND: HIMF (hypoxia-induced mitogenic factor) induces pulmonary hypertension; however, the molecular nature of its extracellular membrane receptor(s) remains unknown. METHODS: A combination of ...

Time-restricted feeding (TRF), a type of intermittent fasting, has been shown to improve blood pressure; however, there is limited data on its effects in salt-sensitive (SS) hypertension. We ...

Pibarot P, Herrmann HC, Wu C, Hahn RT, Otto CM, Abbas AE, Chambers J, Dweck MR, Leipsic JA, Simonato M, et al; Heart Valve Collaboratory. Standardized definitions for bioprosthetic valve dysfunction ...

BACKGROUND: Myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury induces myocardial fibrosis that compromises cardiac function and electrical conduction, yet current clinical options remain inadequate. To ...