BACKGROUND: Whether cannabis is a risk factor for cardiovascular events is unknown. We examined the association between smoking cannabis and cardiovascular events in a cohort of older veterans (66 to ...

Contemporary atrial fibrillation (AF) screening relies on ECG and photoplethysmography in hospitals or on data derived from wearable devices, which are constrained by limited accessibility and high ...

Welcome again, listeners. Now we're rounding out that month of July with Circulation on the Run in this nice July 29th issue. And I'm one of your co-hosts, Dr. Greg Hundley, associate editor and ...

Background— Traditionally, increased pericardial thickness has been considered an essential diagnostic feature of constrictive pericarditis. Although constriction with a normal-thickness pericardium ...

Electrolyte abnormalities are commonly associated with cardiovascular emergencies. These abnormalities may cause or contribute to cardiac arrest and may hinder resuscitative efforts. In some cases ...

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) in association with anomalous coronary arteries is a rare phenomenon. When described it is most often associated in patients with anomalous left coronary arteries, although ...

A 64-year-old man presented with acute epigastric abdominal pain. One year earlier, the patient was admitted for type B aortic dissection and treated medically. In the context of chronic aortic ...

You have been diagnosed with heart failure, but you are not alone. There are now more than 5 million Americans living with heart failure. Fortunately, with advances in treatment, you may live longer ...

The 2020 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines on non–ST‐segment elevation acute coronary syndrome recommend a third high‐sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs‐cTn) measurement for patients ...

In the article by Martin et al, “2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association,” which published ahead of print on January 27, 2025, and ...

Congenital heart disease (CHD) defines any malformation of the cardiovascular system present at birth with an incidence of 1% of live births. 1 Although several recent studies have performed exome or ...

A randomized controlled trial in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and receiving either placebo or 40 mg parecoxib (Dynastat; Pfizer), the intravenously administered ...