Thematic Units Arrhythmias and Electrophysiology Basic Research Bioengineering and Medical Informatics Cardiac Surgical Intensive Care Cardiomyopathies Cardiovascular Nursing Cardiovascular Pharmacology Cardiovascular Surgery Chagas Disease Echocardiography Epidemiology and Cardiovascular Prevention Heart Failure Hemodynamics Cardiovascular Interventions High Blood Pressure Ischemic Heart Disea...

Cardiovascular complications are mainly responsible for the high morbidity and mortality in people with diabetes. The awareness of physicians for the importance of primary prevention increased lately and numerous strategies have been developed. The spectrum ranges from pharmacologic treatment to vitamins and dietetic interventions. Some interesting concepts such as focusing on exogenous advance...

Amyloidosis is a disease characterized by aberrant precursor molecules whose misfolded intermediate forms aggregate and are deposited as interstitial fibrils. The most common type of systemic amyloidosis is immunoglobulin light-chain amyloidosis (AL). Less common types of systemic amyloidosis are the transthyretin (ATTR) types caused by either mutant (hereditary) variants or wild-type ("senile ...

OPINION STATEMENT Survivors of hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) are at significant risk for cardiac disease and cardiac complications. While there may be cardiac complications during the acute period of HSCT, long-term survivors remain at risk for cardiovascular disease at a rate at least fourfold higher than the general population. Aggressive screening for cardiac risk factors such as...

There are many studies documenting that diabetes mellitus is associated with cardiovascular diseases. Diabetes mellitus has a significant role and is an important risk factor in cardiovascular manifestations in patients with diabetes mellitus. Cardiovascular diseases are one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality in diabetic patients. Diabetes mellitus can affect performance, constructio...

Copyright © Polskie Towarzystwo Kardiologiczne WSTĘP W ostatniej dekadzie w postępowaniu z chorym na nadciśnienie tętnicze (HT), zwłaszcza współistniejące z chorobą wieńcową i innymi schorzeniami układu sercowo-naczyniowego, podkreśla się znaczenie oceny wczesnych powikłań narządowych. Nowe dowody kliniczne potwierdzają konieczność uwzględniania subklinicznych powikłań narządowych w obrębie ser...

Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality remain major problems in the end stage renal disease population.1 Patients with mild or moderate degrees of renal insufficiency are also at increased risk of a similar fate.2 The causes of this poor cardiovascular prognosis in patients with renal disease are complex although many abnormalities occur in patients with renal dysfunction which predispose to su...

The introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has significantly improved the clinical outcome of HIV disease, with increased survival rates. However, the introduction of HAART has generated a contrast in the cardiac manifestations of AIDS. In developed countries, we observed an approximate 30% reduction in the prevalence of HIV-associated cardiomyopathy, possibly related to a...

Case presentation: A 75-year-old woman was referred to cardiology for optimization of cardiovascular risk factors before starting a new cancer treatment. She was diagnosed with IgG-κ multiple myeloma (MM) 2 years previously that progressed after her previous treatments. Her medical history also included type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and a remote history of deep vein thrombosis treated...

CONTEXT Despite reductions in cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality over the past few decades, it is unclear whether adults with and without diabetes have experienced similar declines in CVD risk. OBJECTIVE To determine whether adults with and without diabetes experienced similar declines in incident CVD in 1950-1995. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Participants aged 45-64 years from the...