Stroke is the second‐leading cause of death globally and ischemic stroke constituted more than 60% of all incident strokes in 2019. 1 Intravenous alteplase thrombolysis was approved by the US Food and ...

Intended Use Practice guidelines provide recommendations applicable to patients with or at risk of developing cardiovascular disease. The focus is on medical practice in the United States, but ...

Background: The DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diets reduced blood pressure (BP) in the DASH and DASH-Sodium trials, but the underlying mechanisms are unclear. We identified ...

Writing committees are instructed to consider the methodology of performance measure development 1, 2 and to ensure that the measures developed are aligned with ACC/AHA clinical practice guidelines.

Since 1980, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) have translated scientific evidence into clinical practice guidelines (guidelines) with recommendations to ...

Abstract—Inhibitors of 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) reductase, such as simvastatin, lower circulating cholesterol levels and prevent myocardial infarction. Several studies have shown an ...

Writing committees are instructed to consider the methodology of performance measure development 1, 2 and to ensure that the measures developed are aligned with AHA/ACC clinical practice guidelines.

Purpose— Our goal is to provide an overview of the current evidence about components of the evaluation and treatment of adults with acute ischemic stroke. The intended audience is physicians and other ...

The present study used RPT, congenic strains, haplotype analysis, sequencing, and gene expression to establish a small number of genetic variants associated with increased susceptibility of the S rat ...

TONE tested the hypothesis that sodium reduction in participants with hypertension or a weight loss program for those who were obese would reduce the need for antihypertensive medication. Using a 2×2 ...

Gut microbiota have been associated with a wide variety of diseases, 1 with cardiometabolic diseases and their risk factors being repeatedly identified as having a microbial component. Exposure to ...

Figure 2. Professor Katsutoshi Goto (1943–2017) and Professor Paul M. Vanhoutte (1940–2019). Professor Goto passed away on December 16, 2017, shortly after the ET-15 meeting held in Prague, Czech ...