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Coronavirus Disease 2019: Psychological Stress and Cardiovascular Diseases
Author(s): Maki Komiyama , Koji Hasegawa Added: 2 years ago

COVID-19
Author(s): Roos ET van der Meer , Angela Maas Added: 2 years ago

Vascular Disease and Surgery
Author(s): Kavita Prasad Added: 3 years ago
Role of Mental Stress in Cardiovascular Disease The pathophysiology of how mental stress affects and modulates the cardiovascular system is incompletely understood. Chronic stress has long been suspected to be a risk factor for cardiovascular disorders (CVD), either through direct or indirect mechanisms.1,2 Stress is known to activate two biological systems: the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal… View more

Heart Failure

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Meditation and Cardiovascular Health: What is the Link?
Author(s): Sebastian Schnaubelt , Andreas Hammer , Lorenz Koller , et al Added: 3 years ago
Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. While traditional treatment protocols follow physical or pharmaceutical interventions, the mental approach of meditation has been used for centuries to induce beneficial changes to the patients’ cardiovascular risk profile. However, scientific refurbishment of this technique has in the past raised questions of… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Erectile Dysfunction And Ischaemic Heart Disease
Author(s): Abdalla Ibrahim , Mohamed Ali , Thomas J Kiernan , et al Added: 3 years ago
Erectile dysfunction (ED) is generally defined as the persistent (at least 6 months) inability to achieve and maintain penile erection sufficient to allow satisfactory sexual performance.1 It is a common condition, and recent studies predict a higher prevalence of ED in the future.2 It is estimated that ED has affected more than 150 million men worldwide and this number will reach approximately… View more

MI/ACS
Ranolazine to Improve Diastolic Performance
Author(s): Desak Ketut Sekar Cempaka Putri , Andrianto Andrianto , Makhyan Jibril Al-Farabi , et al Added: 1 year ago

Heart Failure
The Association Between Psoriasis and Cardiovascular Diseases
Author(s): Ahmed Zwain , Mohanad Aldiwani , Hussein Taqi Added: 2 years ago

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Peter P Swoboda , Adam K McDiarmid , Stephen P Page , et al Added: 3 years ago
Inherited cardiomyopathies are primary disorders of the heart muscle that have a genetic basis. On long-term follow-up they are associated with adverse outcomes, particularly sudden death, arrhythmia and heart failure.1 The diagnosis is made on the basis of clinical, cardiac imaging (primarily with transthoracic echocardiography) and genetic features,2 ideally by a tertiary inherited cardiac… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics

Heart Failure
Environmental Risk Factors for Endothelial Dysfunction
Author(s): Maria Teresa Bayo Jimenez , Omar Hahad , Marin Kuntic , et al Added: 1 year ago

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Ricardo A Perez de la Hoz , Sandra Patricia Swieszkowski , Federico Matias Cintora , et al Added: 3 years ago
The aim of reviewing the neuroendocrine–humoral response in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is based on the fact that beyond the distinctive thrombotic event that defines acute occlusion of a coronary artery, generically referred to as a plaque accident, it is not an isolated event. It is clear that a series of physiological and physiopathological mechanisms related to stress – before, during and… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions

MI/ACS