Goals and Vision of the ProgramAngina predicts outcomes from coronary artery disease, including mortality, morbidity, reduced quality of life, and increased healthcare spending.1 However, patient symptoms are underreported and incompletely documented, limiting understanding of the efficacy of therapies.2 Angina can be reliably assessed using patient-reported outcomes measures (PROMs): short,…
BACKGROUND: Heart failure (HF) is associated with high mortality rates and substantial health care costs. While there is growing emphasis on integrating palliative care for…
BackgroundUltrasound enhancing agents (UEAs) are an important diagnostic tool for transthoracic or stress echocardiography (TTE/SE) but recent concerns have been raised about their safety in…
BACKGROUND: Six-month results from the SPYRAL HTN-ON MED trial demonstrated that renal denervation (RDN) reduced office blood pressure (BP), and not 24-hour ambulatory systolic BP,…
BACKGROUND: Thresholds to define prognosis with hs-cTnI (high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I) have not been systematically addressed in wild-type transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy, in part because of…
BackgroundMitral valve prolapse (MVP) is highly prevalent in Marfan syndrome (MFS), but its associations with significant valvular regurgitation, the need for mitral valve (MV) surgery…
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BackgroundCardiac disease is a leading cause of death in American Indian populations, and echocardiographic screening within 1 tribal nation revealed 6% of tribal members had…
BACKGROUND: Hypertension and advanced age are risk factors for arteriosclerotic cerebral small vessel disease (cSVD), a common cause of vascular dementia in elderly individuals. Circulating…
Visit the AHA Stroke journal booth (# 15) in the Exhibit Hall where Stroke Managing Editor, Rebecca Seastrong, can answer all your AHA/ASA and journal-related…
BACKGROUND: The mediolateral diameter of the falcine sinus (FS) on fetal magnetic resonance imaging is a robust predictor of aggressive neonatal presentation requiring early treatment…
