Heart failure (HF) ranks among the most costly chronic diseases in developed countries. At
present these countries devote 1–2% of all healthcare expenditures towards HF. In the US, …

Background: Although lifestyle modifications generally are effective in lowering blood
pressure (BP) among patients with unmedicated hypertension and in those treated with 1 or 2 …

Up to 20% of saphenous vein grafts (SVGs) fail within 2 years of coronary artery bypass
grafting (CABG). The long-term effects of early SVG failure on major clinical events remain …

Background Among the elderly population, heart failure (HF) with normal ejection fraction (EF)
is more common than classic HF with low EF. However, there are few data regarding the …

Objective To determine the independent and additive effects of aerobic exercise (AE) and
the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet on executive functioning in adults …

Object. Differentiating myocardial infarction (MI) from reversible neurogenic left ventricular
dysfunction (stunned myocardium [SM]) associated with aneurysmal subarachnoid …

The foundation of coral reef biology is the symbiosis between corals and zooxanthellae (dinoflagellate
genus Symbiodinium). Recently, coral bleaching, which often results in mass …

Left atrial appendage closure with the WATCHMAN device is an alternative to anticoagulation
for stroke prevention in selected patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). LA device-related …

BACKGROUND: Although heart failure (HF) afflicts nearly 5 million Americans, the long-term
cost of HF care has not been described previously. In a prospective, longitudinal cohort of …

A phylogeny has been inferred from parsimony and likelihood analyses of plastid rbcL DNA
sequences for seven recognized and six undescribed species of Gracilariopsis (Gp.) (…