It is debated whether subjects with concentric remodeling (CR, normal left ventricular mass index (LVMI) and increased relative wall thickness (RWT)) are at higher cardiovascular risk than those with ...
Background The usefulness and modalities of cardiovascular screening in young athletes remain controversial, particularly concerning the role of 12-lead ECG. One of the reasons refers to the presumed ...
The metabolic syndrome increases one's risk of death from coronary artery disease threefold. [3] To lower the risk of acute coronary syndrome in patients, the clinician needs to evaluate and minimize ...
Data sources MEDLINE, EMBASE, PubMed, CINAHL, SPORTDiscus, APA PsycInfo, Cochrane Library and grey literature sources. Study eligibility criteria Observational and experimental studies assessing a ...
To assess the association between certain cardiovascular risk factors that are commonly clustered among individuals with insulin resistance syndrome (IRS) and adolescents’ body composition ...
In cardiovascular medicine, claims of ‘mortality reduction’ are widely used to summarise the benefits of contemporary ...
Continuing our series exploring diagnoses that can easily be missed, Dr Charlotte Weaver describes a case of aortic stenosis that was initially overlooked A 62-year-old female attended the practice ...