While mechanical thrombectomy (MT) is proven to be lifesaving and disability sparing, there remains a disparity in its access in low- to middle-income countries. We hypothesized that team-based MT ...

Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a devastating form of stroke with high morbidity and mortality. This review article focuses on the epidemiology, cause, mechanisms of injury, current treatment ...

Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is a ubiquitously expressed cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase strongly activated by integrins and neurohumoral factors. Previous studies have shown that cardiac FAK activity is ...

We highly appreciate the consideration on differential diagnoses that Pieroni et al put forward regarding our recently published article 1 on the clinical, morphological, and ultrastructural features ...

Background— Heart failure with preserved left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF) is increasingly recognized and usually referred to as diastolic heart failure (DHF). Its pathogenetic mechanism r ...

Background and Purpose— The clinical usefulness of noninvasive measurement of carotid intima media thickness and plaque visualization in the general population is still uncertain. Methods— We ...

The science of cardiology has evolved parallel to most medical sciences, first emphasizing anatomy, then physiology, and now molecular biology. In the 1960s, when it had become obvious that effective ...

Background— Intake of trans fatty acids is associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease. Whether different classes of trans fatty acids show similar associations is unclear. We previously ...

The publication of the 2023 American Heart Association (AHA) Guidelines for the Management of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage represents a milestone in the evolving landscape of cerebrovascular ...

The Elective PCI in Outpatient Study (EPOS) was designed to evaluate the safety and feasibility of discharge the same day as PCI by testing the hypothesis that patients requiring extended observation ...

Background— BAY 41-2272 is a recently introduced novel orally available agent that directly stimulates soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) and sensitizes it to its physiological stimulator, nitric oxide.

Relationships Between Low-Density Lipoprotein Particle Size, Plasma Lipoproteins, and Progression of Coronary Artery Disease ...