Background Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) commonly involves the cardiovascular system, and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Mechanisms of cardiovascular disease (CVD) involvement are not fully understood, but cardiovascular inflammation is thought to drive many of the CVD manifestations, including myocardial ischaemia. The clinical utility of CMR firstpass perfusion for assess...

Problem: Depression is a widespread disorder and among the leading causes of disability worldwide. In this article, we perform an umbrella review on association between depression excess mortality, cardiovascular disease (CVD), risk factors. We also provide overview mechanisms that explain these associations. Finally, discuss clinical implications from general perspective potential physical act...

Mortality among the patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) remains high because of the very high incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) such as coronary artery disease, cardiac hypertrophy, and heart failure. Identifying CVD in patients with CKD/ESRD remains a significant hurdle and the early diagnosis and therapy for CVD is crucial in these patients. T...

polyunsaturated fatty acids (pufas) particularly ω-3 pufas showed great assure in prevention of cardiovascular diseases (cvd). the evidence for cv benefits of pufa comes from eicosapentaenoic acid (epa) with or without docosahexaenoic acid (dha) in primary prevention, after myocardial infarction (mi), with heart failure (hf). the epidemiologic studies and trials showing the benefits of pufa, sp...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD), a broad diagnostic category encompassing hypertension, atherosclerosis, heart disease, peripheral vascular disease, and stroke, is the leading cause of mortality in the United States and worldwide [1,2]. An estimated 92.1 million American adults (>1 in 3) are living with CVD; direct and indirect costs of CVD, including health expenditures and lost productivity, are...

AIMS Using a large, contemporary primary care population we aimed to provide absolute long-term risks of cardiovascular death (CVD) based on the QTc interval and to test whether the QTc interval is of value in risk prediction of CVD on an individual level. METHODS AND RESULTS Digital electrocardiograms from 173 529 primary care patients aged 50-90 years were collected during 2001-11. The Fram...

BACKGROUND Hyperuricemia is closely linked to hypertension and may be a marker of susceptibility or an intermediate step in the development of metabolic syndrome. However, recently, there have been conflicting conclusions regarding the independent role of uric acid as a risk factor of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The specific role of serum uric acid (SUA) in relation to CVD remains controversi...

BACKGROUND Many patients with cardiovascular disease do not attain the targets for health-related lifestyle and preventive treatment recommended in practice guidelines. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of diabetes (DM) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on the quality of cardiovascular risk management in patients with established cardiovascular diseases (CVD). METH...

in the present study, we examined the relationship between family history of cardiovascular diseases (cvd), dyslipidemia, hypertension, and diabetes with laboratorial abnormalities and syndromes in iranian patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld). a total of 332 nafld patients from our outpatient clinic were consecutively entered into analysis. exclusion criteria were having diab...