Background: Heart failure (HF) is a global pandemic and lays an added burden on public
healthcare. Previous studies indicated that high and low serum uric acid levels are …

The invention provides binding agents and assays for ghrelin signal peptide. The agents
and assays are useful in methods for predicting, diagnosing, assessing or monitoring acute …

BACKGROUND: Hypertension is a well-established risk factor for myocardial infarction (MI),
but its prognostic importance in survivors of an acute MI is less clear. METHODS: We used …

KCNE5 Gene Variant, QTc and Survival in ACS. Introduction: The KCNE family is a group of
small transmembrane channel proteins involved in potassium ion (K+) conductance. The X …

The vitamin D 3 and nicotine (VDN) model is a model of isolated systolic hypertension (ISH)
due to arterial calcification raising arterial stiffness and vascular impedance similar to an …

We evaluated the combined effect of admission systolic blood pressure (SBP) and
antecedent hypertension on short-term outcomes in patients with ST-segment elevation …

Background: Hypertension is a well known risk factor for atherosclerosis. However, data on
the impact of hypertension in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction …

The prognosis for patients who suffer myocardial infarctions (MIs) is poor, with 22% of male
and 46% of female survivors being disabled by heart failure within 6 years. Many well …