OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of microalbuminuria (MAU) in hypertensive outpatients visiting a cardiologist's office or clinic and to describe the relationship between MAU and cardiovascular risk factors. METHODS This was an international, observational, cross-sectional study of 22 282 patients, with 457 subjects from Morocco in 40 cardiology centres. Inclusion criteria were: male an...

Major and profound changes have taken place in China over the past 30 years. An epidemic of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in China is emerging as a result of lifestyle changes, urbanization, and the accelerated process of aging. The incidence of CVD is continuously increasing and will remain an upward trend in the next decade. Since 2005, the National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases of China...

results high-ranking officials in our study had less work experience in their current jobs and smoked fewer pack-years of cigarette, but they had higher waist and hip circumference, higher triglyceride level, more stress from role overload and responsibility, and higher total stress score. our group of office workers had more occupational stress because of role ambiguity and insufficiency, but ...

Throughout most of the world, people are living substantially longer. As a result, there is a rapidly expanding population of older adults who did not previously survive into old age. These adults are exposed to advanced aging processes that did not previously occur. Physiological changes of age predispose to cardiovascular diseases. Ironically, coronary heart disease, heart failure, valvular h...

scholarly articles on cardiology Journal of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Therapy is an Open Access, international peer reviewed journal launched from Juniper Publishers. a branch medicine deals with the disorders heart that keeps cardiologists up to date advances in diagnosis and treatment cardiovascular diseases.

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide. Hypertension, diabetes and dyslipemia major cardiovascular risk factors, thus modulating genesis, progression, severity atherosclerosis. Coexistence those factors further increase patients. Most recently published guidelines on disease prevention recommend a strict fast LDL cholesterol control. Nowadays, an increasing number drug...

scholarly articles on cardiology Journal of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Therapy is an Open Access, international peer reviewed journal launched from Juniper Publishers. a branch medicine deals with the disorders heart that keeps cardiologists up to date advances in diagnosis and treatment cardiovascular diseases.

the present study aimed to evaluate the distributions of high-sensitivity c-reactive protein, tc-hdl ratio and 10-year risk of cardiovascular diseases among iranian adult population. we conducted a cross-sectional study on a total of 2125 adults aged 25 to 65. data of the third national surveillance of risk factors of non-communicable diseases (surfncd-2007) was used. anthropometric indices, bl...