BACKGROUND: Whether cannabis is a risk factor for cardiovascular events is unknown. We examined the association between smoking cannabis and cardiovascular events in a cohort of older veterans (66 to ...

Background— Traditionally, increased pericardial thickness has been considered an essential diagnostic feature of constrictive pericarditis. Although constriction with a normal-thickness pericardium ...

Damage to the tricuspid valve may occur during pacemaker implantation from direct trauma (leaflet perforation, avulsion, or damage to subvalvular apparatus). Further interaction of the device leads ...

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) in association with anomalous coronary arteries is a rare phenomenon. When described it is most often associated in patients with anomalous left coronary arteries, although ...

Electrolyte abnormalities are commonly associated with cardiovascular emergencies. These abnormalities may cause or contribute to cardiac arrest and may hinder resuscitative efforts. In some cases ...

Open in Viewer Figure. Ultrasound in vivo monitoring of the descending aorta in mice. A, Probe placement for a left paraspinal long-axis view. B, Representative long- and short-axis left paraspinal ...

Background: The risk of major adverse cardiovascular events is substantially increased following a stroke. Although exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation has been shown to improve prognosis following ...

In the article by Martin et al, “2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association,” which published ahead of print on January 27, 2025, and ...

A randomized controlled trial in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and receiving either placebo or 40 mg parecoxib (Dynastat; Pfizer), the intravenously administered ...

Background and Purpose—Diagnosis of Moyamoya disease (MMD) is based on the characteristic angiographic findings. However, differentiating MMD from intracranial atherosclerotic disease (ICAD) is ...

Background and Purpose— Coiling is increasingly used as treatment for intracranial aneurysms. Despite its favorable short-term outcome, concerns exist about long-term reopening and inherent risk of ...

A 42-year-old male soldier in the Air National Guard presented to our hospital with a 2-month history of increasing dyspnea on exertion, orthopnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, and lower extremity ...