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

Catheter ablation as first-line therapy for ventricular tachycardia (VT) at the time of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation has not been adopted into clinical guidelines. Also, ...

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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 ...

Background—We determined whether the vascular effects of estradiol depend on the route of administration by comparing the effects of oral estradiol and transdermal placebo, transdermal estradiol and ...

Clopidogrel was thought to be superior to aspirin for secondary prevention of vascular diseases in clinical trials. In this study we assessed the safety and efficacy of clopidogrel versus aspirin in ...

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 ...

Table 1 reflects recommendations that are substantially revised from the 2020 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Guidelines or were drafted as new recommendations in the 2024 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ...

Duke Congenital Heart Surgery Research and Training Laboratory, Duke University, Durham, NC (N.K.P., B.A., M.M.-M., D.M.O., J.W.T.). Department of Surgery, Duke ...

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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 ...