As the most upstream component of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, angiotensinogen represents an attractive target ...
BACKGROUND: Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a major health concern. Pathological stimuli and interactions between cardiac fibroblasts (CFs) and other cell types may lead to ...
Cardiovascular diseases account for approximately 30% of deaths worldwide and remain a leading cause of morbidity and ...
BACKGROUND: Classically, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) has been viewed as a single-gene (monogenic) disease caused by ...
Intensive blood pressure (BP) control in youth with chronic kidney disease (CKD) slows progression, delaying the need for kidney replacement therapy (KRT). Most youth with CKD have hypertension and BP ...
Happy 100th Birthday AHA! It is possible to image the moving heart after all. 2024 is the 70th anniversary of ...
Myeloid-specific cracr2a conditional knockout mice and intravital microscopy were used to investigate the physiologic role of neutrophil cracr2a in neutrophil recruitment in vascular inflammation.
Declining cardiovascular mortality rates have been well-documented, yet temporal trends of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young individuals remain unclear. We provide contemporary nationwide estimates ...
Cardiomyocytes in the adult human heart show a regenerative capacity, with an annual renewal rate of ≈0.5%. Whether this regenerative capacity of human cardiomyocytes is employed in heart failure has ...