BACKGROUND: The American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the National Institutes of Health, annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and ...

Advances in critical care therapies for patients with cardiogenic shock (CS), including temporary mechanical circulatory support and multidisciplinary shock teams, have led to improved survival to ...

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Polyamines have been suggested to play pivotal roles in ischemic stroke and neurodegenerative disorders, but the associations of plasma polyamines with poststroke cognitive impairment (PSCI) remain ...

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Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada (C.S., K.J.R). Centre for Infection, Immunity ...

Smooth muscle cells (SMCs) of the proximal thoracic aorta are derived from second heart field (SHF) and cardiac neural crest (CNC) lineages. Recent studies, both in vitro and in vivo, have implied ...

In this perspective, we review 3 areas in which cardiology should reconsider current practices, and carefully consider studies in the future to address this important concern. Given the revolution in ...

Nurses, on the forefront of stroke care delivery, maintain a key role in early identification of patients with dysphagia. Although the Joint Commission no longer requires dysphagia screening rates be ...

From the Department of Cardiology and Angiology I, University Heart Center Freiburg, Germany (D.W.) Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany (D.W.) K. Ley has received research funding for ...

From Drug Discovery Biology, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville Campus, Victoria, Australia (R.H.R.) Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism (E.D.A.), ...