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Author(s): Andrew E Epstein Added: 3 years ago
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most commonly sustained cardiac arrhythmia observed in clinical practice with a prevalence of over 2,200,000 adults in the US. The prevalence of AF increases with age, from <1% among persons <60 years of age, to approximately 10% among those aged ÔëÑ80 years. AF is associated with an increased long-term risk of stroke, heart failure, and all-cause mortality… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Find out more about Sex Differences in Aortic Disease in this free article from Radcliffe Cardiology and USC Journal. Sex Differences in Aortic Disease.
Author(s): Lauren V Huckaby , Bradley G Leshnower Added: 6 months ago

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Oussama M Wazni , Allan L Klein Added: 3 years ago
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most commonly sustained arrhythmia with a prevalence of 0.4% in the general population1-4 affecting 2.3 million people in the US.5 The prevalence increases with age being <1% in persons younger than 60 years of age to >8% in those older than 80 years.1,5-8 The incidence ranges from 0.2% per year for men 30 to 39 years of age to 2.3% per year in men 80 to 89… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics
Identification of Patients at Risk of Stroke From Atrial Fibrillation
Author(s): Raymond B Fohtung , Michael W Rich Added: 3 years ago
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common clinically significant arrhythmia, with an overall prevalence of approximately 1 % in the general population.1 An estimated 2.3 million adults in the US have AF, and this number is projected to increase to 5.6 million by 2050.1 The most clinically important complication from AF lies in the risk for cardiac thrombus formation and systemic embolism… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
TAVR Versus SAVR in Young, Low-risk Patients
Author(s): Quynh Nguyen , Jessica GY Luc , Thomas E MacGillivray , et al Added: 1 year ago

Vascular Disease and Surgery

Intervention
Author(s): Nieca Goldberg Added: 3 years ago
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death and disability in American women. Since 1984, more women have died of cardiovascular disease than men. More than 200,000 of these deaths are due to coronary heart disease.1 In two-thirds of these women, sudden death was the presenting symptom and studies2 show that 90% of them had at least one of the modifiable risk factors (e.g… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions

CV Disease in Special Populations
Cocoa Flavonols and Cardiovascular Risk
Author(s): Norman K Hollenberg Added: 3 years ago
Chocolate and cocoa are gifts of the Americas to the rest of mankind. When the Spanish conquistadors came to the New World about 500 years ago, they found ingestion of cocoa to be part of the Inca culture. Its use was reserved for royalty, and its function involved sexual interest and sexual performance—the king had a substantial harem. In the past several hundred years, a wide variety of medical… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Shanmugam Uthamalingam , James L Januzzi Added: 3 years ago
Amino-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is one of the natriuretic peptide family of hormones that play a vital role in the regulation of circulatory volume and pressure, reducing activity of the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system and minimising myocardial fibrosis in the setting of heart muscle stretch. Therefore, natriuretic peptides exert favourable effects on the heart in… View more

Heart Failure

MI/ACS
Author(s): Ijeoma Isiadinso , Nanette K Wenger Added: 3 years ago
Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease CVD is the leading cause of death in Europe and the United States. CVD mortality is on the decline in many countries, and in several European countries, cancer has now surpassed CVD as the leading cause of death.1 However, CVD remains the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States and results in more female deaths than cancer, lung… View more

Demographic

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Braghadheeswar Thyagarajan , Ankur Kalra , Alefiyah Rajabali , et al Added: 3 years ago
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), with a reported prevalence of AF in HCM of about 25 %.1 Patients with AF in HCM tend to be more symptomatic and have an increased stroke risk compared with patients without HCM.2 While the occurrence and treatment of (symptomatic) AF in HCM have been extensively studied, there is little data… View more

Heart Failure