Coronary heart disease (CHD) is one of the major causes of mortality worldwide, leading to approximately 1.78 million European and 0.36 million American deaths every year1,2,3. The pathological process of CHD includes coronary atherosclerosis (the main cause) and spasm. Lipid metabolism disorders,...
Heart disease has been the leading cause of death in the United States since 1921, and stroke has been the third leading cause since 19381; together they account for approximately 40% of all deaths. Since 1950, age-adjusted death rates from cardiovascular disease (CVD) have declined 60%, rep...
Stage B (pre-HF): structural heart disease/objective evidence of minimal cardiovascular disease but without signs or symptoms of heart failure : Structural heart disease includes: Reduced ejection fraction Reduced left or right ventricular systolic function Ventricular hypertrophy Abnormalities in hear...
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a complex clinical syndrome that significantly impacts patient outcomes, especially in critically ill patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs). The aspartate aminotransferase (AST) to alanine aminotransferase (AL
The cause of death was determined to the 10th version of the International Classification of Disease (ICD-10). The cardiovascular death was defined as deaths due to heart disease (ICD codes I00-I09, I11, I13, 120-I25, and I26-I51) or cerebrovascular disease (ICD codes I60-I69). ...
Each year, 400 000 Americans are diagnosed with HF, and 200 000 die from the disease. Heart failure deaths have increased by more than 100% between 1979 and 1995. Heart failure is now the leading cause for hospitalization in those older than 65 years and is the most costly cardiovascular ...
Keywords Heart regeneration, Cardiac disease, Therapeutics, Signaling mechanisms Background Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and accounts for approximately 32% of global deaths, result- ing in the losses of 17.9 million lives each year [1, 2]. Military personnel is ...
10-14 Briefly, the CHART-2 Study is a multicentre, prospective observational study in Japan, where 10 219 stable patients aged ≥20 years with either coronary artery disease (n = 868), asymptomatic structural heart disease (n = 4475), or a current or past history of ...
Congestive heart failure-related hospital deaths across the urban-rural continuum in the United States. Prev Med Rep. 2019;16:101007. doi:10.1016/j.pmedr.2019.101007PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 30. Clark RA, Eckert KA, Stewart S, et al. Rural and urban differentials in ...
BackgroundWe conducted a meta-analysis of patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) to determine the effectiveness of statin therapy; whether