Cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in adults despite recent scientific advancements.

The growing morbidity, mortality, and health care costs related to heart failure (HF) underscore the urgent need to prioritize its primary prevention. Whereas a risk-based approach for HF prevention ...

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is an inherited heart disease characterized by irregular rhythms and right ventricular dysplasia. Sequence variations in desmosomal ...

Few middle-aged and older adults engage in regular leisure-time exercise. Incidental physical activity (IPA) encompasses activities of daily living outside the leisure-time domain. No dose-response ...

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Request permissions for this article. Department of Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (M.S.U.). Department of Medicine, Parkland Health and ...

Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, PA. (R.M., S.G.S.) Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA. (R.M ...

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Whereas obesity is a common confounder when interpreting natriuretic peptide values, and the presence of atrial fibrillation has an important influence on pretest probability, other confounders are ...

It is well recognized that cigarette smoking is a major cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The prevalence of cigarette smoking has declined markedly in the United States and in many ...