BACKGROUND: Whether cannabis is a risk factor for cardiovascular events is unknown. We examined the association between smoking cannabis and cardiovascular events in a cohort of older veterans (66 to ...

Marfella R, Prattichizzo F, Sardu C, Fulgenzi G, Graciotti L, Spadoni T, D’Onofrio N, Scisciola L, La Grotta R, Frige C, et al. Microplastics and nanoplastics in atheromas and cardiovascular events. N ...

The ductus arteriosus is a normal vascular connection between the pulmonary artery and the aorta that is essential to fetal circulation. Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) prevalence is inversely ...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) accounts for ≈18 million deaths annually worldwide, 1 with major disparities between low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and high-income countries. LMICs contribute a ...

Tirzepatide Reduces 24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Adults With Body Mass Index ≥27 kg/m 2: SURMOUNT-1 Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Substudy ...

Gene Ontology analysis from differentially expressed genes revealed expected changes in cell cycle, metabolism, and contractility. In addition, mRNA splicing was among the top enriched differentially ...

A study was made of 1,000 consecutive adult in-patient electrocardiograms to determine the possibility of making a more precise diagnosis than "nonspecific ST and T-wave changes." More than 50 per ...

Preventive therapy for cardioembolic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation is anticoagulation, and current guideline recommends direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) as alternatives to vitamin K ...

Climate change—which encompasses the long‐term changes in temperature and weather patterns seen since the Industrial Revolution attributed in large part to increasing levels of greenhouse gases—is ...

Subdural hematomas may cause ischemic strokes through direct mechanical compression of pial vessels, leading to perforator vessel thrombosis and small infarcts.

In the article by Heidenreich et al, “2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on ...

Teleneurology involves the use of real-time audio and video for remotely evaluating patients with neurological illnesses. While the use of teleneurology to provide emergent stroke care is widely ...