Aim: We conducted a pilot study to clarify the effects of the Japan Diet nutritional education program on metabolic risk factors for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in middle-aged men who were brought up in the westernized dietary environment of modern Japan. Met...

Purpose To describe the characteristics of new users of cilostazol in Europe with the aim to support the evaluation of its benefit/risk as used in regular clinical practice before the implementation of labeling changes recommended by the European Medicines Agency. Metho...

Ageing populations represent a challenge to the sustainability of current healthcare systems. The need to balance these demographic changes with gains in healthy life years and quality of life (QoL) constitutes an additional challenge. Aware of this, the European Commis...

AbstractBackgroundCarriers of theAPOE ε4genotype have an increased risk for developing coronary artery disease (CAD), but there is preliminary evidence that lifestyle factors interact withAPOEgenotype on CAD risk. Here, we assessed the interactions of physical activity,...

-Klotho, while a negative correlation with phosphate (P), fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23), vascular calcification score (VCS), PP, calcium (x) phosphate (CaxP) and interleukin 6 (IL-6). Serum GRP levels were found to progressively decrease from stage 2 to stage 4 C...

Magnetocardiograms recorded in unshielded environments avoid the necessity of especially designed chambers, but are more sensitive to external interferences. Reliable denoising techniques have to be developed, which should not distort the clinical measurements. In the p...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Fatty acids are hypothesized to influence cardiovascular disease risk because of their effect on inflammation. The aim of this study is to assess the relationship between whole-blood fatty acids (WBFAs) and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-C...

Opinion statement Early secondary prevention trials of fish and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) capsules reported beneficial effects on cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes, including all-cause mortality and sudden cardiac death. These clinical findings, as w...

A previously healthy man aged 57years presented with a 4-week duration of predominant decubitus daily holocranial headache after minor head injury. Apart from unintentional weight loss of 8 pounds, there were no associated constitutional or systemic manifestations.The g...

Background The effectiveness trial “Stress echo (SE) 2020” evaluates novel applications of SE in and beyond coronary artery disease. The core protocol also includes 4-site simplified scan of B-lines by lung ultrasound, useful to assess pulmonary congestion. Purpose To p...