An elevated resting heart rate is a risk factor for heart disease.
The joint cardiovascular practice guidelines of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) are largely based on expert opinion, case studies, or "standard of care," rather than on scientific evidence.
Ranolazine has gained expanded approval from the FDA for the treatment of chronic angina.
The ECG shown above was obtained from a 60-year-old woman who presented with an acute stroke. Is her ECG consistent with this diagnosis, and/or suggestive of something more?
The first new urate-lowering drug has been approved in more than 40 years.
A prospective study of men and women showed that duration of sleep is correlated with coronary artery calcification with 1 hour more of sleep daily reducing the odds of calcification over 5 years by 33%.
Utilizing genotyping for warfarin therapy in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation may not be cost-effective.
Proton pump inhibitors given concomitantly with clopidogrel administered after acute myocardial infarction appear to diminish the beneficial effects of clopidogrel, thus increasing the risk of re-infarction.
Evaluation of the clinical course of the 21,094 eligible U.S. male physicians in the Physicians' Health Study revealed that an elevated BMI in both pre-obese and obese subjects was associated with an increased risk of CHF and that vigorous physical activity was associated with a decreased risk of CHF.
For persons aged 65 or older in the United States, congestive heart failure (CHF) remains the most common diagnosis for hospital admission.
