Physical activity (PA) is essential for the cardiovascular, emotional, and social health of all children and adolescents.

BACKGROUND: Identifying and addressing barriers to antihypertensive medication adherence is critical for hypertension control ...

BACKGROUND: Genetic variants in components or regulators of the RAS-MAPK signaling pathway are causative for severe and early-onset hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in patients with Noonan syndrome ...

CM uniquely uses hands-on instruction to facilitate knowledge transfer, offering a unique opportunity for patients with ...

Obesity and hypertension frequently coexist and are major contributors to cardiovascular disease. 1,2 Beyond hemodynamic and ...

The past 25 years have witnessed remarkable developments in statistical methods for the analysis of longitudinal data. Despite these important advances, researchers in the biomedical sciences have ...

Pregnancy is a dynamic process associated with significant physiological changes in the cardiovascular system. These changes are mechanisms that the body has adapted to meet the increased metabolic ...

An 80-year-old woman was admitted for lethargy and vomiting after diagnostic cardiac catheterization. Initially, her symptoms were attributed to sedation; however, after failing to improve four hours ...

In the article by Jones et al, “Can We End the Salt Wars With a Randomized Clinical Trial in a Controlled Environment?” which published online on July 2, 2018, and appeared in the July 2018 issue of ...

Background and Purpose—There is currently no consensus on (1) the percentage of patients who develop spasticity after ischemic stroke, (2) the relation between spasticity and initial clinical findings ...

Three sets of vessels comprise the circulatory system: arteries, lymphatics, and veins. Arteries bring oxygen-carrying blood from the heart to the tissues. In the normal course of blood circulation, ...

Warfarin (brand names Coumadin and Jantoven) is a prescription medication used to prevent harmful blood clots from forming or growing larger. Beneficial blood clots prevent or stop bleeding, but ...