Antidepressants might increase compliance with cardiovascular disease risk reduction interventions. However, antidepressants have been linked to deleterious metabolic effects. In the present multicenter study, we sought to determine whether patients…
The aim of the present study was to assess the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) treatments in outpatients with cardiovascular disease and their interest in future use. The…
The high prevalence of unknown diabetes mellitus (DM) in patients with coronary disease and that the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) is the best diagnostic method in this context are…
The inflammatory biomarker high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) has emerged as a predictor of future cardiovascular events. Screening for coronary artery calcium (CAC) is an alternative method for stratifying subjects by…
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with risk for a first cardiovascular event in the general population, possibly because of inflammation, insulin resistance, and neurohumoral activation. However, its relation with outcomes…
Collaterals to occluded coronary arteries have been observed early after the onset of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The pressure distal to the occluded segment of the culprit coronary artery (P…
Previous studies investigating the influence of gender on ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction have reported conflicting results. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of gender on ischemic…
Reports from large studies using administrative data sets and event registries have characterized recent temporal trends and treatment patterns for acute myocardial infarction. However, few were population based, and fewer…
This paper listed the incorrect titles for Joseph J. Keller, the correct titles are MS, MPH.
This paper has an error in Table 6 on page 592. Nucleotide and amino acid change for the BMPR2 mutation of proband No. 18 should be “c.2286 del C” and “p.T762fsX9”…
