BACKGROUND: Aortic valve disease (AVD) is associated with high mortality and morbidity. To date, there is no pharmacological ...

The history of aortic surgery involves describing innovations in repair techniques, which have both shaped and reflected our evolving understanding of aortic disease. Successful homograft replacement ...

There never has been another operation like coronary bypass surgery. There is more evidence, and more good evidence through randomized trials and large observational studies, that coronary bypass ...

Recent studies have shown that pharmacologic weight loss with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) and ...

Cardiac arrhythmias are commonly noted in patients during infections with and recovery from COVID-19. Arrhythmic manifestations span the spectrum of innocuous and benign to life-threatening and deadly ...

Brachmann J, Sohns C, Andresen D, Siebels J, Sehner S, Boersma L, Merkely B, Pokushalov E, Sanders P, Schunkert H, et al.

BACKGROUND: Brugada syndrome (BrS) is a cardiac arrhythmia disorder that causes sudden death in young adults. Rare genetic ...

BACKGROUND: Many specialized cells in adult organs acquire a state of cell cycle arrest and quiescence through unknown ...

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a fatal progressive disease characterized by pulmonary endothelial injury and occlusive pulmonary vascular remodeling. Lysosomal protease cathepsin L degrades essential ...

The burden of neurologic diseases, including stroke and dementia, is expected to grow substantially in the coming decades. Thus, achieving optimal brain health has been identified as a public health ...