The neural and neuroimmune mechanisms behind myocardial infarction-triggered cardiac events, immune responses and activation of the nervous system remain largely unexplored. The heart and the brain ...

Background There is a lack of contemporary data describing patients with left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction post ...

Acute inflammation is a physiological and host defense response to cardiac injury after suffering myocardial infarction (MI), which programmes cardiac repair and wound healing. Leukocyte-mediated ...

Level of risk peaked in the week after a hospital admission but lingered through 6 months ...

February is American Heart Month, with a focus on encouraging all of us to make heart-healthy choices to reduce ...

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD People who stay up late may face higher cardiovascular risk. However, this large UK study shows that ...

There is an emerging convergence between atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and cancer, driven by shared risk factors and overlapping pathophysiologic mechanisms. Traditional factors, such as ...

A major analysis led by the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), in collaboration with international institutions, has pooled data from 17,801 myocardial infarction survivors ...

The Department of Medicine at University of Calgary led an analysis comparing several clinical mental disorders with risk of ...

Premenopausal women presenting with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) are a unique and often underrecognized patient population. Although they are traditionally considered at lower cardiovascular risk ...

An estimated 4.2 million people die within 30 days of surgery worldwide each year. A new study suggests that deaths and ...