Since the classic study by Keys et al, 13 it has been evident that people living in the South of Europe who follow the Mediterranean diet had lower incidence of cardiovascular disease compared with ...

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Little is known about the occurrence of hypokalemia due to combination therapy for hypertension. Using data from Danish administrative registries, we investigated the association between different ...

Although atherosclerotic models, especially in the rabbit, have existed for a long time, a comparative study of various drug-eluting stent (DES) implantations in atherosclerotic arteries have not been ...

Angiotensin II is a major determinant of atherosclerosis. Although macrophages are the most abundant cells in atherosclerotic plaques and express angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1), the ...

Ischemia in the placenta is considered the base of the pathogenesis of preeclampsia, a pregnancy-specific syndrome in which soluble endoglin (sEng) is a prognostic marker and plays a pathogenic role.

The 2018 American Heart Association scientific statement on Chagas cardiomyopathy recommends performing risk stratification in all patients with chronic Chagas disease. 6 However, the use of the Rassi ...

Chronic electronic cigarette (EC) users exhibit a higher susceptibility of LDL (low-density lipoprotein) to undergo oxidation as compared with nonuser controls. However, there is a paucity of data ...

Neutrophils play a key role in the immune response but can undesirably exacerbate inflammation. High-density lipoproteins (HDL) are antiinflammatory particles, exerting beneficial cardiovascular ...

All experiments were performed in accordance with the European Community guidelines (Directive 2010/63/EU) and the French National guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animals. All animal ...

Cardiac surgery risk scores perform poorly in elderly patients, in part because they do not take into account frailty and disability which are critical determinants of health status with advanced age.

Background— Epidemiological data strongly indicate that diabetes increases the incidence of heart failure. Although the benefit of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACE-I) treatment during and ...